Jobs at FHI 360

Job Description

The STA, TQLA - Systems Strengthening will lead the development and/or strengthening of systems to promote use of financial and technical data to improve performance of program results.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Set up framework and strengthen data platforms (CO, NASCP and SASCP) to increase appetite for use of finance and service/program data to guide implementation direction towards corrective actions that will inform overall performance improvement.
• Strengthen CO, NASCP and SASCP systems to promote transparency and accountability in financial and program information for greater beneficiary experience, program impact and societal benefits.
• Work in sync with Data Visualization & Utilization Specialist to prepare funding and fund utilization dashboards, disaggregated by states. The dashboard shall highlight cashflow and program outcomes (e.g., US dollars spent to identify each HIV positive pregnant women in X state), disaggregated by state contributions versus GF funding over time.
• Work with Program, Finance, SI teams to develop tools, SoPs, protocols, job aids Apps etc to facilitate documentation of results, conduct of out spot-checks at national (NASCP) and sub-national (state, LGA, health facility, community) levels to review the value chain and integrity of financial and program data being reported. This will range from data collection, collation, reporting, analysis, and data utilization for decision-making.
• Work with FHI 360 teams and NASCP staff to establish/strengthen third party payment platform and instances to improve turn around time for payment of volunteers and teams in the project. This will require that the position holder builds on existing systems/frameworks that will support real time monitoring and advanced tracking of deliverables of these program volunteers and LGA teams.
• Provide hands-on training and mentoring support to the finance, technical and program staff of FHI 360 and NASCP where capacity gaps are identified.
• Disseminate dashboards consisting of validated information, to generate dialogue, promote evidence-based decision making, address corrective actions and foster performance improvement in financial management.
• Ensure the use of peer review approach, generate monthly dashboards highlighting results and best practices in financial and technical performance across states, to catalyze action among lagging state actors ensuring that key best practices identified during regular SRMs, or field-based practices shall be shared across the project as knowledge management and thought leadership products.

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:

• Report to supervisor on variances and status on regular basis.
• Perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy. Interact with diplomacy and tact and follow-up on requests in timely and efficient manner.
• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on innovation design and strategic frameworks using technology.
• Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
• A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques.
• Knowledge and experience in use of data analysis tools and instances such as Tableau, Power BI etc.
• Ability to triangulate data to improve program efficiency. Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English for coordinating across teams.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• BSc in Social Sciences, Management Sciences or another quantitative field with relevant experience.
• 9 to 11 years relevant experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models.
• Experience using Tableau, Power BI, advanced excel, Strata, DHIS etc to manipulate data, query databases, and draw insights from large data sets.
• Experience working with and creating data architectures.

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Basic Function:

• Collaborating with management to gather and analyze financial information.
• Preparing financial plans and developing financial models.
• Evaluating cost structures and revenue streams.
• Researching and analyzing business trends and preparing financial forecasts.
• Preparing budget reports and financial statements in accordance with professional and regulatory standards.
• Performing risk modeling and quantifying results to advise strategic business decisions.
• Monitoring the implementation of financial plans, performing risk assessments, and adjusting as needed.
• Providing advice on financial and business decisions
• Documenting financial processes and presenting progress reports.
• Keeping informed of regulatory requirements and best practices in financial management.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Accounting with 9 – 11 years experience in related field and sector.
• Professional qualification: ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CFA
• At least 5 years’ experience as a senior financial advisor, or related field.
• Proficiency in business management, statistical, data analysis tools, and spreadsheet software.
• In-depth knowledge of financial analysis, models, and forecasts.
• Superb attention to detail.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
• Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
• Great organizational and time-management skills.

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strengthen the compliance structures, policies and procedures in NASCP by supporting NASCP to set up a compliance and Anti-money Laundering (CAML) committee at their head office in Abuja, with CAML focal performs designated in each state of the country.
• Facilitate in a Master level compliance training to be organized and hosted by NASCP, with participants including all members of the CAML, as well as state level compliance focal persons and work with NASCP team to ensure that step-down trainings are integrated into any upcoming NASCP led workshops for program managers and providers of direct services.
• Strengthen compliance policies and procedures to address AML, safeguarding and internal controls, and support teams to ensure all standards are duly followed.
• Sensitize NASCP program staff on the key roles they must play in preventing, detecting, reporting and correcting potential noncompliance or fraud, wastage and abuse (FWA) of program resources by ensuring staff are sensitized to comply with applicable financial laws and regulations in Nigeria, as well as the publicized rules, regulations and policies of the Global Fund.
• Promote the culture of transparency and data use for decision-making, by ensuring NASCP program staff will be supported to identify the need for positive change and value-based resource utilization, to influence change and program impact.
• Assist to establish a compliance hotline in NASCP, and ensure its is disseminated in the open, where program teams and beneficiaries can access to report any compliance violations, share information, or indicate any activity that they deem as illegal, dishonest, or a violation of professional standards.
• Deploy financial management tools to bolster compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and accountable use of GF resources by tracking to verify that all deployed funds are allowable, allocable, and reasonable in line with approved workplans and rates. Verify that funds are received by intended recipients as indicated in the budget and for the purpose(s) described in the workplan.
• Track to verify that recipients of project funds (frontline workers and field managers) deploy the same for the intended use(s), e.g., for supportive supervisory visits conducted, trainings held, etc., with bankable means of verification (MoV) available for audit purposes.
• Work with NASCP national office and their counterparts at state levels to identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risks. Prioritize areas of greatest risk (i.e., requiring urgent attention); then, work with field staff to prevent occurrence, detect occurrences early, report occurrence and/or develop/implement corrective actions, immediately, to resolving the issues. Provide general preventive guidance to forestall future occurrence or deal with similar situations in the future.  
• Track to ensure accurate, fair and transparent keeping of all books of account for the project, including checking accounts, inventory registers and other accounting records. Ensure adherence to statutory standards of financial management, consistency, sincerity, periodicity, prudence, and permanence of methods. Support MOH to maintain complete financial transactions in well organized, and comprehensive records in appropriate books of account.
• Review processes and documentation for cash advances, retirements, petty cash management and refunds made in favour the grant, staff, or volunteers
• Support NASCP finance staff to prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including budget pipeline and budget variance analysis (BVA). Conduct periodic spot checks to verify financial data and relevant supporting documentation (e.g., training records, supportive supervisory records, etc.,), as well as perceived or actual conflicts of interest by project actors. Any instance of conflict of interest or noncompliance shall be reported to the GF, immediately.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Report to supervisor on variances and status on regular basis.
• Work independently with initiative to manage high volume workflow.
• Resourceful through technology, research skills, and relationship building among several organization teams and units and professional organizations.
• Perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy.
• Interact with diplomacy and tact and follow-up on requests in timely and efficient manner.

Qualifications and requirements:

• BS/BA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 9 – 11 years relevant experience.
• Or MS/MA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 7 – 9 years relevant experience.
• 3-5 years’ experience in internal control functions.
• Familiarity with Global Fund Procurement and Financial policies
• CPA, ACA, CIMA, CFE or any other relevant professional qualification is an advantage.
• Knowledge of local and donor contractual requirements and regulations
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting, budgeting and fiscal control theory and practices.
• Budget development skills with multi funding sources and general ledger skills.
• Relevant software skills to include automated accounting software and database spreadsheets and Management Information Systems. 
• Maintain confidentiality for sensitive issues or projects and use judgment and decision-making to execute duties and responsibilities.
• Handle financial and quantitative information with accuracy and precision; resourceful in gathering, verifying and analyzing financial data.
• Strong understanding of risk management and internal control issues.
• Good communication and report writing skills.
• Must exhibit high levels of professionalism, integrity and ethical values at all times.

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Basic Function:

• The Senior TQLA Specialist Data Visualization and Utilization will promote dialogue using finance data to make decisions, take corrective actions and inform performance improvement by establishing platforms for situation room meetings (SRM) to review the financial health of the project. Will support provision of technical assistance aimed at strengthening collection, analysis, and use of data for decision making.
• This position holder will ensure participants at each SRM shall include project managers and other actors from NASCP and SASCPs, to conduct peer reviews within and between states and ensure financial information shall be collected at granular level, collated, analyzed, visualized, presented, and discussed. Promote transparency and accountability in financial information for greater beneficiary experience, program impact and societal benefits T
• he Senior TQLA Specialist Data Visualization & Utilization will supervise and utilize large data sets to find opportunities for improving program implementation, strategy optimization, and providing data-driven feedback to both NASCP and FHI 360.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Promote dialogue using finance data to make decisions, take corrective actions and inform performance improvement by establishing platforms for situation room meetings (SRM) to review the financial health of the project
• Support NASCP and SASCP to comply with applicable statutory, regulatory, and other project requirements, including adopting and using an effective compliance program.
• Promote transparency and accountability in financial information for greater beneficiary experience, program impact and societal benefits
• Assist NASCP to prepare funding and fund utilization dashboards, disaggregated by states. The dashboard shall highlight cashflow and program outcomes (e.g., US dollars spent to identify each HIV positive pregnant women in X state), disaggregated by state contributions versus GF funding over time.
• Carry out spot-checks at national (NASCP) and sub-national (state, LGA, health facility, community) levels to review the value chain and integrity of financial data being reported. This will range from data collection, collation, reporting, analysis, and data utilization for decision-making.
• Track to verify that appropriate financial data are duly recorded with the right supporting documentations. That the right source documentations are being used for data collection, collation, analysis, presentation, and reporting. Where quality gaps are noted, MOH teams will be supported to follow appropriate protocols and processes for improvement. Standard data collection tools will be put into effective use, to support granular level data collection and analysis, appropriate to identify and address any data quality gaps on just-in-time (JIT) bases.
• Review data visualization dashboards to highlight data points needing greater accuracy, completeness, consistency, and validity, and make any findings accessible, readable, and appreciable by applicable program managers and frontline workers.
• Provide hands-on training and mentoring support to the finance and program staff on financial management, financial recording, and reporting, pipeline analysis, burn rate monitoring, compliance with donor policies and procedures and prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Conduct periodic spot checks to verify data reported during financial surges due to increases in program activities (e.g., trainings, supportive supervisory visits, etc.).
• Disseminate dashboards consisting of validated information, to generate dialogue, promote evidence-based decision making, address corrective actions and foster performance improvement in financial management.
• Use peer review approach, generate monthly dashboards highlighting results and best practices in financial performance across states, to catalyze action among lagging state actors ensuring that key best practices identified during regular SRMs, or field-based practices shall be shared across the project as knowledge management and thought leadership products.
• Develop data analysis plans and prepare reports based on data analysis plans
• Work with stakeholders and the organization to identify opportunities for leveraging innovative technology/statistical models for business development.
• Mine and analyze data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of implementation strategies.
• Advise and assist in the development of inferences and conclusions, as appropriate

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:

• Report to supervisor on variances and status on regular basis. Perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy. Interact with diplomacy and tact and follow-up on requests in timely and efficient manner.
• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on innovation design and strategic frameworks using technology.
• Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
• A drive to learn and master new technologies and techniques. Knowledge and experience in statistical and data mining techniques: GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining, etc.
• Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics: regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees, neural networks, etc.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests, and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English for coordinating across teams.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• BSc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Health Information Management, Statistics, Mathematics or another quantitative field with relevant Professional Certification in Information and Communications, Technology, and related disciplines. 9 to 11 years relevant experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models.
• MSc in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Health Information Management, Statistics, Mathematics or another quantitative field with relevant Professional Certification in Information and Communications, Technology, and related disciplines. 7 to 9 years relevant experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models
• Experience using statistical computer languages (R, Python, SLQ, STATA, SAS, etc.) to manipulate data, querying databases, and draw insights from large data sets.
• Experience working with and creating data architectures.

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Basic Function:

• Under the direction of Senior Technical Advisor, TQLA - Compliance, the position holder will support SASCP to demonstrate transparent utilization of financial data and mutual accountability of financial resources for greater program outcomes.
• Ensure that tools, and systems are deployed to support SASCP and LGA teams with capacity for value-based financial management, with direct measurements of value creation to project beneficiaries and the society.
• This position holder will support the SASCP, LGA and community teams to gain key insights around preventing, detecting, reporting, and correcting noncompliance practices, including fraud, waste, and abuse of program resources [in line with Global Fund Operational Policy Manual, page 107].

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with relevant stakeholders on the TQLA documentation process.
• Provide adaptive management support to HIV program managers and providers on financial data visualization, utilization, transparency, mutual accountability, and compliance with use of GF resources.
• Support the Senior TQLA Specialist Project Compliance to flow down compliance policies and procedures to address compliance and anti-money laundering (CAML), safeguarding and internal controls, and support teams to ensure all standards are duly followed.
• Sensitize SACP staff, LGA and community teams on the key roles they must play in preventing, detecting, reporting and correcting potential noncompliance or fraud, wastage and abuse (FWA) of program resources by ensuring staff and teams are sensitized to comply with applicable financial laws and regulations in Nigeria, as well as the publicized rules, regulations and policies of the Global Fund.
• Promote the culture of transparency and data use for decision-making, by ensuring SASCP program staff will be supported to identify the need for positive change and value-based resource utilization, to influence change and program impact.
• Track to verify that recipients of project funds (frontline workers and field managers) deploy the same for the intended use(s), e.g., for supportive supervisory visits conducted, trainings held, etc., with bankable means of verification (MoV) available for audit purposes.
• Work with SASCP state offices to identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability and risks. Prioritize areas of greatest risk (i.e., requiring urgent attention); then, work with field staff to prevent occurrence, detect occurrences early, report occurrence and/or develop/implement corrective actions, immediately, to resolving the issues.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Report to supervisor on variances and status on regular basis.
• Work independently with initiative to manage high volume workflow.
• Resourceful through technology, research skills, and relationship building among several organization teams and units and professional organizations.
• Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on innovation design and strategic frameworks using technology
• Perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy.
• Interact with diplomacy and tact and follow-up on requests in timely and efficient manner.

Qualifications and requirements:

• BS/BA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 5 – 7 years relevant experience.
• Or MS/MA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 3– 5 years relevant experience.
• CPA, ACA, CIMA, CFE or any other relevant professional qualification is an advantage.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting, budgeting and fiscal control theory and practices.
• Budget development skills with multi funding sources and general ledger skills.
• Relevant software skills to include automated accounting software and database spreadsheets and Management Information Systems. 
• Maintain confidentiality for sensitive issues or projects and use judgment and decision-making to execute duties and responsibilities.
• Handle financial and quantitative information with accuracy and precision; resourceful in gathering, verifying and analyzing financial data.
• Strong understanding of risk management and internal control issues.
• Good communication and report writing skills.
• Must exhibit high levels of professionalism, integrity and ethical values at all times