PSI TANZANIA
Source: The Guardian 31 March 2017
Description
Title: Deputy Country Representative-Finance & Corporate
Department: East Africa
Based: Dar Es Salaam
Reports: Country Representative
Who we are:
We're Population Services International (PSI), the World's leading
non-profit in Social Marketing Organization. We work to make it easier
for people in the l[; Developing World to be healthy by providing access
to products and services that range from mosquito nets to HIV testing.
There are over 9,000 PSI’ers" around the World. It's a diverse group of
entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of
backgrounds - from the medical industry to the music business - all with
unique skills we bring to the job.
Join us!
The Deputy Country Representative - Finance & Corporate Services (OCR -
FCS), working under direct supervision of the Country Representative,
will be responsible for providing leadership, technical support,
supervision, and guidance to the Finance (including Grants & Contracts),
Supply Chain (Procurement & Warehouse), HR & Administration (incl. ICT,
Fleet, Administration) an(l Operations teams. She/he will play a key
role in ensuring that all these teams have the required tools, processes
and talent to meet their objective of acting as strategic partners to
the rest of the organization. She/he is the custodian of accounting and
financial process to ensure PSI is compliant with donor and PSI global
standards and that the processes are enabling the implementing teams
achieve program targets while driving efficiency. In addition, to strong
technical knowledge and experience, the OCR - FCS will be a key leader
within the organization whose leadership style reflects high Emotional
Intelligence (EI) and their ability to lead while nurturing talent in
their teams.
Sound like you? Read on.
Your contribution
Strategic leadership role:
• Ensure administrative processes. align with PSI Tanzania Strategic
Objectives and can be accomplished in an efficient manner;
• Design and maintain internal systems that ensure accurate and timely
reporting on financial and program performance;
• Consistently demonstrate a leadership style that reflects high EI,
nurtures talent and reinforces the fone at the top of the organization.
Budgeting, Financial analysis and donor compliance:
• Lead the annual budgeting process;
• Validate monthly common cost analysis and update cost ratios to ensure
each donor bears the correct proportion of common costs
• Track and review departmental budgets in consultation with budget
holders and finance team and conduct detailed activity status review and
give input to DC and budget holders
• Prepare and track donor budgets. Prepare modifications and Activity
realignments as necessary;
• Monitor performance and efficiency of on-going Donor projects by
analyzing country/project monthly spend rates and highlighting possible
problem areas. Legal and Compliance
• In collaboration with PSI Legal Counsel, minimize legal risk to the
organization and engage any legal issues confronting the organization;
• Review and test controls to 'ensure PSI systems are compliant with PSI
Global policies, donor requirements, as well as, Tanzanian laws;
• Ensure prompt preparation and submission of statutory returns, donor
reports and tax compliance.
Team & Organizational Development
• Supervise and provide leadership to PSI Tanzania's Finance, Supply
Chain, and Administration teams;
• Work in close collaboration with the CR and HR ensure teams receive
appropriate training programs to continuously improve individual and
organizational capacity to take on additional responsibility. Government
and Donor Management
• Ensure a understanding of donors administrative and financial
requirements before entering any aware and compliance with the same
We're Population Services International (PSI), the World's leading
non-profit in Social Marketing Organization. We work to make it easier
for people in the l[;
Developing World to be healthy by providing access to products and
services I~ that range from mosquito nets to HIV testing. !~
There are over 9,000 "PSI'ers" around the World. It's a diverse group of
entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of
backgrounds - from the medical industry to the music business - all with
unique skills we bring to the job.
Join us!
The Deputy Country Representative - Finance & Corporate Services (OCR -
FCS), working under direct supervision of the Country Representative,
will be responsible for providing leadership, technical support,
supervision, and guidance to the Finance (including Grants & Contracts),
Supply Chain (Procurement & Warehouse), HR & Administration (incl. ICT,
Fleet, Administration) and Operations teams. She/he will play a key role
in ensuring that all these teams have the required tools, processes and
talent to meet their objective of acting as strategic partners to the
rest of the organization.
She/he is the custodian of accounting and financial process to ensure
PSI is compliant with donor and PSI global standards and that the
processes are enabling the implementing teams achieve program targets
while driving efficiency. In addition, to strong technical knowledge and
experience, the
OCR - FCS will be a key leader within the organization whose leadership
style reflects high Emotional Intelligence (EI) and their ability to
lead while nurturing talent in their teams.
Sound like you? Read on.
Your contribution
Strategic leadership role:
• Ensure administrative processes align with PSI Tanzania Strategic
Objectives and can be accomplished in an efficient manner;
• Design and maintain internal systems that ensure accurate and timely
reporting on financial and program performance;
• Consistently demonstrate a leadership style that reflects high EI,
nurtures talent and reinforces the fone at the top of the organization.
Technical support, audits and legal
• Review management comments for audit reports and ensure appropriate
action taken to correct audit findings.
Financial reporting and policies:
• Establish and/or refine and disseminate policies, systems and
practices for effective management, procurement, disbursement and
accounting for all financial resources in line with PSI Washington's
global accounting policies, funder requirements and local law where
required;
Lead monthly review and analysis of financial reports and
reconciliations with attention to how resources can be better allocated
to achieve program objectives;
Budgeting, Financial analysis and donor compliance:
• Lead the annual budgeting process;
• Validate monthly common cost analysis and update cost ratios to ensure
each donor bears the correct proportion of common costs
• Track and review departmental budgets in consultation with budget
holders and finance team and conduct detailed activity status review and
give input to DC and budget holders
• Prepare and track donor budgets. Prepare modifications and Activity
realignments as necessary;
• Monitor performance and efficiency of on-going Donor projects by
analyzing country/project monthly spend rates and highlighting possible
problem areas. Legal, and Compliance
• In collaboration with PSI Legal Counsel, minimize legal risk to the
organization and engage any legal issues confronting the organization;
• Review and test controls to 'ensure PSI systems are compliant with PSI
Global policies, donor requirements, as well as, Tanzanian laws;
• Ensure prompt preparation and submission of statutory returns, donor
reports and tax compliance. .
Team & Organizational Development
• Supervise and provide leadership to PSI Tanzania's Finance, Supply
Chain, and Administration teams;
• Work in close collaboration with the CR and HR ensure teams receive
appropriate training programs to continuously improve individual and
organizational capacity to take on additional responsibility.
Government and Donor Management
• Ensure a understanding of donors administrative and financial
requirements before entering any aware and compliance with the same
Application Instructions
.All applications with well typed CV should be addressed to country
representative to email address recruitment@psi.or.tz Only Short
listed candidate will be contacted
Deadline 15th April 2017
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