Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) at Heartland Alliance

Call For Resume

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is bidding for the Expansion of Community HIV Response in Nigeria under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), with the Agency Notice of Funding Opportunity Number CDC-RFA-GH-24-0072. This five-year cooperative agreement aims to support civil society organizations (CSOs) in collaboration with the Government of Nigeria (GoN) to expand the delivery of comprehensive HIV services to sub-population groups through community-led approaches. The project will focus on select Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -supported sub-national units (SNUs) in Delta, Gombe, Imo, Nasarawa, and Oyo states.

Heartland Alliance Ltd/Gte is currently seeking qualified candidates for this position.

Job Summary

The DFA will be the lead expert for financial management as well as for administrative, human resource, procurement, and logistics management. S/he is responsible for overseeing project accounting and finance/budget management, along with project operations, in line with CDC policies. This includes being responsible for efficient resource deployment and use, program accounting and financial reporting systems, cost-share and related reporting and ensuring compliance with CDC financial and accounting rules and regulations.  This position reports directly to the Project Director.

Summary of Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain financial management responsibility for the project including expenditure reporting.   
• Develop and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets.
• Prepare periodic financial analyses and manage cash flow.
• Prepare financial reports and analyses for Heartland Alliance leadership monthly and CDC/NG quarterly.
• Oversee the implementation of sub-contracts and sub-grants to ensure operational integrity and financial accountability.
• Support all financial reviews and audits for the project and the organization.

Administrative Role

• Improve the operational systems, processes, and policies in support of organization’s mission.
• Coordinate across and work to improve the quality of operational services (human resources, contracts, legal, procurement and logistics, budgeting, IT, etc.), through understanding current systems and working collaboratively with the teams to improve each function to respond to increases in scale.
• Play a significant role in long-term planning, including an initiative geared toward operational excellence.
• Regular and ongoing communication with Project Director, providing counsel and vision for operational planning.
• Manage operational staff in human resources, IT, procurement, logistics, administration, and sub award management.

Risk Management

• Manage the organization’s security systems, including ensuring the phone tree and Security plan are updated and liaise frequently with HALG’s Security Manager as needed to ensure risk and security management of all the project offices.
• Serve as primary liaison to legal counsel in addressing legal issues.
• Oversee organizational insurance policies.

Qualifications.

• A minimum of a Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration or a closely related field.
• An ACA/ACCA/CPA or other recognized professional accounting qualification is a must.
• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in overseeing financial operations and management of large-scale, complex development activities in developing countries.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience overseeing the procurement, administration and financial management and expertise with CDC financial reporting and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated understanding, experience and competency in working with community-led organizations and community leaders;
• Demonstrated written, presentation, communication and organizational skills in English.
• In-depth knowledge of financial software applications, including QuickBooks and others