Senior Finance Officer - Francophone Countries, Malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases, REACH Malaria

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PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing heath challenges. 

PATH's Malaria, Neglected Tropical Diseases program is a leader in the effort to end malaria illnesses and deaths, refines and develops tools and approaches, invests in national programs, and builds data to empower national governments to pursue malaria elimination.  

PATH seeks a francophone Senior Finance Officer for the USG-funded Reaching every at-risk community and household with malaria services (REACH Malaria) global project. REACH aims to provide implementation support services and technical assistance to countries to accelerate progress in comprehensive delivery of facility and community-based malaria services, including malaria case management, prevention of malaria in pregnancy (MiP), seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), health systems strengthening, data collection and use for service delivery, and other malaria prevention interventions. 

The Senior Finance Officer will report to the Director of Finance and Administration and assist with all financial management and compliance, human resource management, operations and logistics project activities.  

Responsibilities:

• Provide overall technical and administrative leadership in the areas of financial management and grants management for the project 
• Ensure that financial systems and processes for the project are in compliance with PATH policies, donor expectations and good financial practices.  
• Review budgets and financial reports prepared by country teams and advise on long-range budget/planning issues 
• Monitor and analyze expenses and budgets and conduct financial analyses including forecasting and pipelines. 
• Act as a liaison between project team and PATH shared services such as Procurement, Accounting and Facilities.  
• Participate in technical meetings to advice on operations processes or monitor for potential compliance risks 
• Review, analyze and negotiate subrecipient project budgets 
• Advise country teams on donor requirements, and provide training on financial and grants management, recordkeeping, operational systems, and policies as needed.  
• Analyze project expenses, including partner financial reports, on a monthly and quarterly basis. 
• Coordinate input for the annual work plan and budgeting process with the project team and partners. 

Required Skills And Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in a field related to business administration or accounting. At least seven years of experience in financial management and grants and contract administration, preferable with an international organization.   
• At least five years of relevant experience managing USAID awards, with preferred experience in managing USAID, USG contracts, and/or Grants under Contract.  
• Extensive knowledge of USAID rules and regulations with experience managing subgrants, experience building capacity in financial management and organizational development of community-based organizations and implementing partners.  
• Relevant skills in accounting software and cloud systems and use of advanced excel.  
• Experience in capacity building of sub grantee organizations and in financial and audits of donor-funded projects and programs.  
• Experience in building and effectively supervising a diverse team of employees.  
• Excellent attention to detail, sound planning and organizational skills, and problem-solving skills.   
• Analytical approach to work and strong time management skills   
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.   
• Strong work ethic, resourcefulness, integrity, credibility, and dedication to PATH’s mission.   
• Professional proficiency in English and French mandatory.   
• This job is opened to any existing PATH Africa offices