Financial Analyst, Asia & Eastern Europe vacancy at Population Services Intl.in Washington DC,USA

Post:Financial Analyst, Asia & Eastern Europe
Organization: Population Services Intl.
Location:Washington DC,USA
PSI is a leading global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV and
reproductive health. Working in partnership within the public and private sectors, and harnessing the power of the markets, PSI provides life-saving products, clinical services and behavior change communications that empower the world's most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives.

PSI's core values are a belief in markets and market mechanisms to contribute to sustained improvements in the lives of the poor; results and a strong focus on measurement; speed and efficiency with a predisposition to action and an aversion to bureaucracy; decentralization and empowering our staff at the local level; and a long term commitment to the people we serve. PSI has programs in 67 countries. For more information, please visit www.psi.org.

PSI seeks applicants for the Financial Analyst role, supporting the Asia and Eastern Europe. The Financial Analyst plays a critical role in supporting the regional support team and is responsible for providing financial services for domestic and overseas program staff on all accounting and finance issues. This position will be based in Washington, DC and requires approximately 10% overseas travel to countries in the region.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Budgets: 
• Monitor Country Program and Regional performance against annual operating and donor budgets (burn rate, etc)
• Provide assistance in developing program and regional roll up of annual operating, including program and regional analysis
• Provide assistance in donor proposal budget development through cost and pricing analysis and trend analysis of historical expenses. This would mainly be at a program level, but may also require regional and corporate level analysis
• Monitor Surplus/Deficit, Program Income, and Overhead at program and regional levels

Billing: 
• Monitor Accounts Receivable for the Region including local donor bills receivables
 • Coordinate responses to donor questions regarding PSI financial reports
 • Review all donor invoices (both produced at HQ and field), including cost share requirements, Program Income reporting, Interest Earned reporting
• Coordinate the review and research of Accounts Payable transactions made from DC

Field Financial Information: 
• Monitor the suspense balance at a program and project level
 • In tandem with Accounting Department, coordinate with country programs to ensure project related suspense items are corrected in timely manner
• Manage the Operating Advance Request (OAR) process
• Review cash balances in the field

Liaison:
 • Serve as main liaison on financial issues between Regional Department, Accounting Department and field offices

Capacity Building:
 • Assist with capacity building and addressing country-specific needs through assessments, development of tools and short term technical assistance visits

Audit:
 • Assist country programs with their country program audits requests (donor, project, inventory, external audits) as requested. This could include running reports for the country program, coordinating the request with the appropriate resource in DC and providing additional financial analysis
• Support the country program and coordinate PSI resources to address audit recommendations (GIA, external, donor, etc) as requested
• Maintain a list of finance admin staff for the country programs to assist the PSI Audit Liaison in request to the country programs

Reporting & Analysis:
 • Conduct analysis of regional financial status and trends, including periodic review of regional budget and target, program balance sheets, donor funding trends, obligation analysis, etc.
• Develop financial management dashboards (burn rates, program income monitoring etc)

Inventory:
 • Assist Program Managers in monitoring inventory levels, inventory pipeline, and commodity forecasting - at Regional and Program levels

QUALIFICATIONS:
 • BA in Finance or equivalent experience, MBA/MS Accounting preferred
• Minimum 3 + years professional work experience
 • Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills and ability to multitask
 • Experience with accounting software
• Excellent in working with spreadsheets
 • Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
 • Excellent organizational and multitasking capabilities

Preference will be given to candidates with work experience in a developing country; experience in auditing, financial training, and financial oversight of foreign entities; experience with Lawson; strong attention to details; and interactive nature.
How to apply:

APPLY ONLINE
 at www.psi.org. No calls or emails, please.

PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
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Closing date: 01 Jan 2014
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