Director of Finance and Operations
Pact
- República Dominicana
- Permanente
- Tiempo completo
- Manage financial, accounting and administrative operations, including the Finance, Operations/Procurement, and Grants components.
- Supervise the Grants and Contracts Manager, the Senior Finance Officer, Operations and Logistics Officer and the Sub-Partner Finance Officer, and ensure that they successfully carry out their duties.
- Ensure that administrative and financial policies and procedures conform to best practices and comply with Pact policies and donor regulations.
- Lead the development of policies, guidelines and criteria for the management of projects finances and grants, in accordance with Pact standards and USAID regulations.
- Stay up to date on new regulations and donor updates, local laws and Pact policies.
Effective and proactive financial management of the projects in the Dominican Republic. * Make projections of expenses, cash, USAID accumulations, in coordination with the personnel of the Pact headquarters.Monitor the effective execution of the projects budget, through the preparation of the Pipeline (burn rate) and update of the monthly projections. * Develop and execute, in coordination with Programs and Strategic Information, an annual monitoring plan of partners based on risk. The plan must consider financial, programmatic and compliance monitoring.
- Help partners take timely and appropriate corrective action on all identified findings.
- Support with the development of training materials and conducting regular trainings with Pact partners and staff.
- Support the work plan and budget development of the projects in the Dominican Republic.
- Facilitate knowledge management systems and processes at the projects level.
- Coordinate grant management, including contracts, cost share, and compliance issues. Lead the financial monitoring of the implementing partners, ensuring that the execution budget is in accordance with the approved budget, and complies with the policies, regulations and established procedures.
- Prepare deliverables related to her/his area, at the request of the headquarters, the donor, or the management, such as DATIM reporting, Expenditure and HRH reporting, VAT, ITBIS (USAID and PEPFAR), among others that are required.
- Maintain close coordination with the projects COPs to ensure appropriate priorities definition.
- Any other that may be required by the COPs, related to the purpose of the position.
- All other duties as assigned.
- This JD is subject to change.
- Master’s degree and 9+ years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, including 5 years of management experience. Bachelor's and 11 years of experience.
- 1 years of experience, in areas such as business administration, finance or accounting or related field.
- Five years prior experience managing US Government projects and managing funds from USAID-funded programs, including 3+ years with PEPFAR´ funds.
- Proven knowledge of USG regulations, standard procedures, and policies.
- Audit and compliance experience, including sub-award and grants monitoring, under USAID/PEPFAR programs.
- Proven skills in building finance and operations capacity of sub-partners, under USAID programs.
- Writing and oral presentation skills, including fluency in English.
- Proven experience managing personnel.
- Creole Preferred.
- Experience overseeing and coordinating with international field offices preferred.
- All applicants must have the legal right to work in the Dominican Republic.