Project Finance and Compliance Director, CSM-STAND (NEW)

Description

At IREX we strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people and communities thrive.

But around the globe, persistent poverty, repression, and injustice prevent too many people form achieving their full potential. To address these problems, we focus on people, not on vaccines, roads, or wells. We support individuals and institutions to create change in their own communities—and to create person to person bridges between nations.

IREX works with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

The Project Finance & Compliance Director is a new role responsible for ensuring operational excellence for the newly awarded LWA-STAND activity. The Director will play a key role in establishing processes and policies focused on financial and budgeting; procurement, subaward and subcontract management; and logistics; and donor compliance in collaboration with IREX HQ staff. The successful candidate will bring previous experience in a similar capacity leading finance and operational environment on a USAID funded project. They will be proactive, strategic, and collaborative in nature and play a direct role supporting our client and partners over the life of the project.

We are doers. Our decades of on-the-ground experience help us create greater impact, practical recommendations, and lasting partnerships.

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Your Background & Skills

• A Bachelor’s degree in business, management, accounting, finance, or economics
• 10+ years of progressive work experience; may include a combination of part-time, internships, etc.
• Prior experience with auditing or accounting preferred
• Prior experience in financial compliance for USAID/federal government and working knowledge of CFR and FAR required
• Prior knowledge of Deltek accounting system and IBM TM1 budgeting and planning application highly desired
• Proficiency in one of the following languages – Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish
• Willingness to travel overseas up to 40 percent of the time and to consider long-term overseas assignments
• Proven experience managing multiple tasks in a demanding, time sensitive work environment
• Experience conducting research and ability to proficiently articulate findings in the English language
• Proactive and comfortable with contemporary digital platforms for collaboration and communication
• Proficient in Microsoft office products, including and especially Excel
• Clear, succinct and compelling communication skills, both oral and written
• Outstanding interpersonal and intercultural skills
• Very strong time management, multitasking, and organizational skills
• Speaking, reading and writing proficiency in English required
• You must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Your Daily Tasks

General Responsibilities:

• Oversee Finance and Compliance of IREX LWA program portfolio
• Provide finance and compliance guidelines to LWA program staff; conduct trainings for project staff
• Ensure LWA projects procurement systems and USG approval, waiver, and other regulatory compliance processes are in place
• Make recommendations on strengthening policies and procedures to ensure the effectiveness of internal controls in preventing, identifying, and addressing noncompliance with applicable rules and regulations
• Make recommendations on strategies to streamline systems for effectiveness and efficiency with respect to funder needs, team dynamics, and program goals and objectives

Operations and Procurement:

• Review and approve LWA Requests for Quotations (RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP), sub-awards and subcontracts; and oversees the execution and overall management of sub-subawards
• Manage travel of project staff; approve travel authorization requests; oversee issuing of travel advances and reconciliation of expense reports
• Collaborate with the program team to ensure that the proper procurement and logistical arrangements are made to facilitate the implementation of technical activities.

Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with US Government regulations, IREX policies, and host country laws
• Promote staff awareness of US Government regulations relevant to LWA projects implementation
• Establish standards and procedures to ensure that the compliance processes throughout LWA projects are effective and efficient
• Initiate project procedure and policy manuals as necessary
• Ensure proper filing of administrative and technical documentation

Finance and Budget:

• Manage LWA program budgets and forecasts in IBM TM1 (PPRS) software. Prepares LWA program quarterly budget recasts for submission to IREX FP&A
• Keep FP&A staff up to date on the financial status of the project and the execution of the budget; provides accurate forecasting of project expenses
• Effectively utilize and train LWA program team members on IREX’s financial software, including IBM TM1 (PPRS), Concur, Online AP, etc.
• Reviews field office expense reports for LWA projects
• Reviews and approves sub-awardee financial reports
• Lead internal reviews of LWA program field offices and subawardees

Miscellaneous:

• Perform additional tasks as required by the supervisor and/or the Washington, D.C.

IREX will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments of 2008.

We conduct background checks on all successful candidates.

This position is eligible for Telework.

This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship.