Senior Finance Officer (HSS Accelerator)

Results for Development (R4D) is a leading non-profit global development partner. We collaborate with change agents around the world — government officials, civil society leaders and social innovators — to create strong systems that support healthy, educated people. We help our partners move from knowing their goal to knowing how to reach it. We combine global expertise in health, education and nutrition with analytic rigor, practical support for decision-making and implementation and access to peer problem-solving networks. Together with our partners, we build self-sustaining systems that serve everyone and deliver lasting results. Then we share what we learn so others can achieve results for development, too.

We have a unique and vibrant culture at R4D. Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of our work environment and help advance our mission. Diversity—of ideas, identities, perspectives and backgrounds—is vital to who we are and what we do. We seek people who embrace these values and will help reinforce them. Our work culture is collaborative, creative and entrepreneurial. We operate based on trust and respect. Teams across the organization frequently collaborate on programmatic work and support each other in continuously building a better R4D.

R4D’s Global Health portfolio leverages extensive networks and expertise to improve health and achieve equity in health outcomes for all people around the world. Whether it’s assessing policies that can support research and development on new drugs and vaccines, exploring innovations in healthcare and connecting innovators to each other or to investors, supporting the growing global movement for universal health coverage, or producing on-demand research and forecasting to help countries and global institutions plan their healthcare futures, R4D’s global health work unlocks new possibilities for global health actors worldwide.

Opportunity

R4D is a growing organization with new funders, awards, and a growing global presence. We are seeking an initiative-taking, strategic, and creative individual to provide financial, operational, and administrative leadership to the USAID-funded Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator (HSS Accelerator).

R4D has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Officer to oversee financial aspects of the HSS Accelerator program, provide leadership through the close-out of the project, engage deeply in activities with program teams, as well as provide leadership and mentorship to program and finance colleagues. This $200 million USAID-funded project (recently extended for a 6th year, Sept. 2018-Sept. 2024) has developed a global platform to connect locally driven health system innovations with global knowledge, accelerate countries’ journeys to self-reliant health systems, and improve the institutional architecture for evidence-based and sustainable health system strengthening. Previous experience providing financial guidance to a USAID global project, developing and managing budgets, and tracking project expenditures, along with strong verbal and written communication skills and an ability to think creatively and strategically about how to improve organizational systems and practices, are required. Working in closing out a global USAID project is desired.

This position will report to the organization’s Director of Grants and Contracts Administration with a dotted-line relationship to the Accelerator project’s Director of Operations. Upon closure of the Accelerator project, it is expected that the individual will support other projects. The role is remote/telecommute optional.

This is a US-based position.

Responsibilities

Program Portfolio Management

• Manage the assigned portfolio of grants and contracts and represent and consult with program counterparts on behalf of the finance team.
• Collaborate with program staff during proposal submissions, and review grant applications to ensure compliance with guidelines, policies, and financial goals of R4D.
• Provide financial forecasting to ensure program team coverage, accurate financial spend down, and future fundraising needs.
• Support project start-ups and project ending including setting up projects in the ERP system, setting up project files, and setting up project budgets or other templates needed for project management.
• Prepare financial reports/invoices for funders and as needed, interface with funders on financial matters.
• Provide close-out analysis and other related financial & compliance documents required by the funder.
• Ensure sound project financial, administrative, and programmatic management to support the achievement of contract deliverables, consultant and sub-award tracking, invoicing, effective project burn rates against planned activities.
• Manage LOC cash requests with Payment Management System (PMS)
• Advise on compliance with grant agreement and program objectives.
• Prepare financial analysis, what ifs and other ad hoc requests

Subaward Management

• Support programs in budgeting and planning for subawards at the proposal stage.
• Support and advise program teams on matters relating to issuing subawards.
• Perform subaward risk analysis, prepare monitoring and or capacity building plan and oversee plan throughout the subaward period of performance.
• Ensure subgrantees are trained on finance compliance.
• Provide post-award guidance to subgrantees including basic terms of signed agreements, reporting schedule, and documentation for allowable costs.
• Perform desk audits of subaward invoices and financial requests.
• Interface in a professional and respectful manner with all subs to resolve any invoicing questions.

Reporting and Budget Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of project work plans and deliverables, budgeting, and funder quarterly and annual progress reports (425’s, FFR’s, PPR’s, cost share reporting)
• Prepare regular financial analysis and reporting as needed to facilitate project decisions.
• Advise teams on long-range budget/planning issues and conduct financial analysis including forecasting and pipelines.
• Prepare annual VAT and asset / disposition to donors and assist in close out of country activities and operations.
• Develop and manage project budgets for country activities, as required.
• Assist the audit process to include audit work-papers, and work with auditors to ensure a clean audit.

Other Management Responsibilities

• Develop or support the development of trainings and policy documents in collaboration with the finance team leadership to ensure org-wide understanding of grants and contracts compliance and subaward monitoring and management.
• Resolve all work-related problems promptly and use good judgment in escalating critical issues.
• Monitor applicable federal regulations for changes and updates to prime and sub awards.
• Update knowledge and keep abreast of current and proposed work-related legislation.
• Provide finance training to staff, as needed.
• Function as back-up to the Director of Grants Administration and grants staff as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• 7+ years prior experience working with government grants and contracting rules and regulations at an international NGO, preferably related to USAID projects. Experience working with USAID, FCDO, UN and/or Gates Foundation to enable quick learning of R4D’s funders’ requirements.
• Experience and working knowledge of U.S. federal regulations for awards specifically 2 CFR 200 and 22 CFR 228
• High proficiency with excel data dumps, data manipulation, pivot tables, vlook-ups.

Other preferences

• Bachelor’s or MA in finance, accounting, or business preferred.
• Strong financial analysis capability
• Understanding of project management/project delivery concepts and tools
• Ability to translate financial concepts to non-financial project managers verbally and through the effective graphic presentation of data.
• Exposure to ERP accounting and business management software, such as Cost Point Deltek or Jamis Prime
• Experience developing and leading team training.
• Communication skills and strong people skills such as customer service, professionalism, a calm and practical approach to resolving conflict.