IMA World Health, a member of Corus International, is seeking a Finance and Administration Director for the anticipated 5-year $10-$24.99 million USAID-funded Strengthening Systems for Health Security Activity (SSHS) in Peru.
This activity seeks to help Peru build robust capabilities in preventing, detecting, and responding to infectious disease and health threats to ensure national and global health security (GHS). The Activity will work to achieve this goal by working on the following three objectives: 1) better prevention of infectious diseases through the reduction of disease transmission from animals to human populations 2) better detection of infectious diseases through improved surveillance systems, 3) effective response to infectious disease outbreaks through a skilled and competent health security workforce.
Founded in 1960, IMA World Health (IMA) operates in some of the world's most fragile settings, centering its work on global health security, health systems strengthening, social and behavior change, and integrated primary health care support and delivery. IMA leads the global health portfolio at Corus International, an international development and humanitarian assistance organization that includes global non-governmental organization (NGO) Lutheran World Relief (LWR), technology for development company CGA Technologies, and impact investing group Ground Up Investing.

Summary of the Position
Based in Lima, Peru the Finance and Administration Director will manage the finance activities of the project; supervise procurement, finance, human resources, and administrative staff; and ensure that adequate and appropriate internal controls are in place in compliance with USAID policies and procedures to meet generally recognized accounting standards. S/he will develop and oversee the implementation of policies, procedures, and systems for administration and financial support services, and human resource management.

Actual hiring is contingent upon successful agreement award and USAID approval.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee all aspects of program financial management and operations, including financial and accounting systems implementation; forecasting; budgeting; procurement; payroll expenditure tracking; and financial reporting.

• Collaborate with the COP, Country Financial Team, the Regional Financial Team, and IMA Headquarters in the development of financial, accounting, procurement, and HR systems, including policies and procedures, in accordance with USAID rules and regulations and IMA policies.

• Develop program budgets; oversee effective budget planning; develop and implement budgeting and financial reporting processes to meet project financial management, forecasting, and reporting requirements.

• Supervise project financial staff; institute staff development plans for training and capacity development; oversee staff recruitment.

• Ensure continual review of internal controls, communications, risk assessments, and maintenance of documentation.

• Provide timely and accurate financial reports to HQ and USAID as required.

• Ensure that sub-recipients, sub-grants, and local consultancy documents and procedures are completed in a timely and correct manner and comply with IMA and USAID policies and regulations.

• Support and monitor local partners and sub-recipients to ensure sound financial management, operations, and compliance; contribute to capacity building of local partners in administration and financial management.

• Oversee all program human resources management, policies, and procedures; oversee local staff recruitment processes, including participating in interviews (as needed) and salary negotiations, and in preparing employment contracts. The Finance and Administration Manager will oversee a system of yearly employee evaluations.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Master's degree (or international equivalent) in business administration, finance, accounting, or related field; additional accounting certification preferred, e.g., American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA); Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), etc.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible administrative and financial management experience on large, complex, donor-funded international development projects, including financial and accounting systems development, financial monitoring, budget development, procurement, operations and logistics, IT, and HR management and administration.
• Minimum of 6 years of leadership/supervisory experience managing finance, accounting, operations, and administrative staff and teams. Experience strengthening the organizational capacity of host country institutions is strongly preferred but not required.
• Substantial experience in financial management of consortia of local implementing partners.
• Extensive experience in financial management of USAID-funded projects of similar scope and size (cooperative agreements and/or contracts); strong understanding of USG compliance rules and regulations (including FAR and AIDAR acquisition regulations) and Cost Accounting Standards; demonstrated experience with USAID/USG financial reporting requirements.
• As appropriate, previous experience working with auditors.
• At least 5 years of experience overseeing project operations, procurement, and logistics; extensive experience in the development and management of large project budgets.
• At least 5 years of experience overseeing management of sub-grants and sub-contracts.
• Experience working in Peru highly desirable.
• Knowledge of and experience with financial accounting software, including USAID financial dashboards (DATIM, Dev Results, etc.) and related financial management software and applications; high degree of proficiency in relevant software packages such as Adobe, MS Word, Excel, etc.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, versatility, and integrity; excellent organizational, analytical, interpersonal, and oral and written communications skills; demonstrated supervisory skills and ability to work well as a member of a team.
• Professional-level fluency in English and Spanish, both oral and written.