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Job Description
Director
of Finance and Administration, USAID/Bangladesh, Strengthening Local Level
Health Systems Activity
About
Palladium:
Palladium
is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on
the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health,
water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and
transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges;
and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a
workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions,
races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
Palladium seeks an
experienced Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) for an anticipated
USAID/Bangladesh activity focused on health systems strengthening at the local
level. The DFA will provide a crucial link between the technical and support
functions (finance, administration, HR, operations, security, compliance, etc.)
within the project to ensure that USAID, corporate, and project policies are
followed in all aspects of program implementation. The DFA has responsibility
for oversight of the finance and operations teams and is a member of the
project leadership team.
Duration: 5
years (anticipated start in September 2024)
Location: Bangladesh
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversees program operations including, but not limited to, accounting/finance, human resources, logistics, procurement, and sub-contracts / sub-awards.
- Manages the financial operations and financial reporting of the project, providing guidance and technical assistance to financial management personnel.
- Conducts financial analysis in areas such as forecasting, budgeting, engaging in cost reduction analysis, and reviewing operational performance
- Ensures that all applicable regulations, guidelines and legal requirements are met in the execution of financial operations.
- Develops internal control measures, conducts internal financial audits, and coordinates external financial audits.
- Prepares budgets for annual work plans and financial reports for USAID.
- Supervises the administrative team to ensure all operations, administrative and contractual activities and expenditures follows the compliance and cost principles, are tracked and completed on timely matter, and consistent with relevant requirements and policies of the donor agency
- Ensure timely financial reporting for annual budget planning, project budget modification, pipeline monitoring, subaward budget review, audit reviews and assessment processes.
- Oversees and provides supervision and guidance to finance, and administration teams and encourages a collaborative, cohesive working environment.
- Develops the financial management capacity of all relevant staff and sub-awardees.
- Ensures that the project is in compliant with donor regulations, award requirements and conditions, Palladium policies and local laws
Key Competencies Required:
- Masters degree in business administration, finance or a related field in international business management, finance, accounting and/or auditing experience.
- An ACA/ACCA/CPA or other recognized professional accounting qualification.
- At least seven (7) years of progressively senior experience in accounting, auditing, finance, or business management with a recognized organization. Prior experience in a senior financial / operations management role on a United States Government-funded program highly preferred.
- Experience managing $10
million or more per year. - Proven expertise in finance, accounting and auditing, including grants management, financial planning, monitoring of grant compliance and management and the establishment of internal controls.
- Solid understanding of USAID rules and regulations governing project compliance, procurement, granting and financial management.
- Progressively responsible experience supervising project operations, including human resources, procurement, and sub-contracts or sub-awards.
- Demonstrated experience in supervision finance and/or operations staff members.
- Demonstrated strong management, coordination, teamwork, and planning skills.
- Extensive knowledge of and experience with accounts payable and receivable accounting systems and accounting software.
- Knowledge of Bangladeshi labour and tax laws and reporting procedures
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills in English. Verbal communication skills in Bengali highly desirable.
- Proficiency in MS Excel and other relevant computing applications
- Must be willing to live and travel within Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi Nationals are encouraged to
apply.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion –
Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into
everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and
actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good
practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our
workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair
treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These
include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender
identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability,
nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or
accommodation to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent
individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] and we
will be in touch to discuss.
Safeguarding – We
define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect
our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are
committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with
Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to
an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a
rigorous due diligence process.
We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.