Senior Manager, Regional Finance Operations (Francophone)

Population Services International; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Population Services International as a Senior Manager, Regional Finance Operations, to provide vital financial support across French-speaking countries in Africa. Your expertise in finance and accounting will help shape policies, engage with local teams, and optimize financial operations, ensuring compliance and efficiency.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Professional development opportunities

Flexible work-life balance

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience in finance or accounting.
• High proficiency in English and French, both written and spoken.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Review balance sheets and financial reports, ensuring compliance with finance policies.
• Build capacity of country office finance teams, including recruitment and training.
• Support local audits and work with country office leadership for compliance.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Change Management

Audit Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Team Building

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

Tools

QuickBooks Enterprise

Infor Lawson

ERP Systems

Job description

Senior Manager, Regional Finance Operations (Francophone)

Location: Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Nigeria, Madagascar, Benin, Tanzania, ZimbabweLocation type: Remote Eligible - Location subject to manager approvalReports to: Deputy Director, Regional Finance*If you are unsure if you are in an eligible location, please visit our Career page for more details.

Welcome to PSI!PSI is a network of locally rooted, globally connected organizations working to achieve consumer-powered healthcare — people-centered health systems that ensure quality, affordable care wherever and whenever it is needed. Our origins in sexual and reproductive health have grown into a broader mission. Today, we work with the public and private sectors as well as local communities, prioritizing people’s voice and choice and developing solutions to meet their essential health needs. Over the past five decades, we have helped push boundaries, break taboos, set trends, and develop innovative solutions to complex global health challenges.

Do you want to join PSI to help make it easier for all people to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire? Read on!

Join us!

The Regional Finance Operations team works with the finance teams in 50+ country offices around the world to build capacity, implement processes and systems, and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. We help recruit local finance teams by writing job descriptions and interviewing, and testing candidates. We train the country finance teams regarding accounting policy and procedure, providing necessary technical support on QuickBooks Enterprise or Infor Lawson, and help create change management plans to support full adoption. We review and address issues on balance sheets and monthly financial packets. We help prepare management responses to audit reports and action plans to remediate findings. We travel to country offices often to provide on-site support.

PSI seeks a Senior Manager, Regional Finance Operations to provide financial and accounting operational support to PSI's French-speaking country offices in the Africa region, as well as select English-speaking country offices. This person will serve as the counterpart to Directors of Administration and Finance (DAF) or other heads of Finance for the countries in their portfolio. An expert for country offices on PSI accounting systems, global finance policies and procedures, balance sheet review and risk assessments, and audit management.

What You'll Do

• Review and address issues on balance sheets and monthly financial packets (includes field grading and other reports). Promote compliance with or assess deviations from PSI global finance polices, provide input on global finance policy development or revisions; support resolution of variances in balance sheet reconciliations between PSI/W and country offices (QBE).

• Serve as the First Line of Support for Field-Based Financial Operations may include functional (direct) reporting line for one or more country office finance staff. Assist in change management around HQ requirements, including adoption of new policies and procedures. Lead roll-out of new accounting systems and provide post go-live support.

• Build capacity of Country Office Finance Teams. Provide input on or review of country office finance team structures, recruitment and onboarding of country office finance team leaders. Provide onsite and off-site training of finance team leaders.

• Support field office Finance Directors in efficiently conducting and closing local audits, including maintaining a schedule of in-country audits, Work with country office leadership and HQ External Audit team to ensure documentation is compiled quickly and completely for both country and HQ financial transactions, support timely development and implementation of items identified in management action plans on audit issues.

• Embody PSI’s values: Measurement, Pragmatism, Honesty, Trust, Collaboration, and Commitment.

• 26-50% international travel

Time percentages listed above are not exact. They are estimates and may change. This is also not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requirements of the job. The incumbent may be asked to perform duties not included above. PSI reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree (or international equivalent) in a related field.

• At least 10 years of related work experience in finance/accounting positions in a country office or headquarters environment. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted.

• Demonstrating a high level of both English and French language ability, encompassing a range of skills like understanding, speaking, reading, and writing with accuracy and fluency required.

• At least 3 years of supervisory experience.

• Working knowledge of ERP systems such as QBE or Lawson.

• Expert Excel user.

• Familiarity with donor funding regulations (i.e. USAID, Global Fund, FCDO) and foreign country statutory requirements.

• Chartered Accountant/CPA equivalent preferred.

We know that a long list of requirements may be discouraging, but don’t let imposter syndrome or the confidence gap get in the way of you applying — we’d love to hear from you.

Why Work at PSI?PSI's work is about enabling families to live happy and healthy lives—we think this should apply to our employees, too.

• Diversity & Inclusion: PSI affirms its commitment to diversity and believes that when people feel respected and included, they can be more honest, collaborative, and successful. Want to be involved in our DEI work at PSI? We have a council made up of PSIers that drive, sustain, and deepen our DEI practices.
• Health & Wellness: In all of our locations, PSI offers a comprehensive benefits package that offers health, financial planning, family care, and flexibility for work life fit. For U.S. based benefits visit www.psi.org/careers to learn more!
• Time Away: We want you to take time away when you need it. PSI offers a competitive leave package. On top of our leave, some PSI offices offer a compressed work week throughout the year, giving you additional work-life flexibility.
• Learning & Development: PSI is committed to your career growth. Through PSI’s job architecture, there are many potential career paths you can follow depending on your skills and interests. Additionally, PSI University, our learning management system, offers hundreds of courses, hosts org-wide trainings, offers Great Manager/Leader trainings, as well as a mentorship program for all staff levels.
• Innovation & Collaboration: With over 53 years of insight, PSI reimagines how to bring quality healthcare closer to those who need it most. Innovation requires stepping out of comfort zones, and our employees are encouraged to think beyond boundaries, collaborate to drive impact, challenge conventions, and pioneer new solutions.

Salary Ranges:*

PSI is committed to pay equity and transparency. We ensure pay meets the market within each country. This approach minimizes our impact on local talent markets and allows PSI to attract and retain employees, while staying cost-competitive.

Actual base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, external market analysis, and other business factors permitted by law. Hiring above the mid-point of the range below would not be typical in order to allow for potential future salary growth.

PSI is offering the following gross annual salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• For Kenya (paid in Ksh): Ksh 5,460,000 (minimum) - Ksh 9,100,000 (midpoint) - Ksh 11,830,000 (maximum)

*For applicants applying outside of the US: Please note that those hired outside of the US will be employed through the local PSI office. Pay and benefits will be commensurate with the role and practices of the local office, including payment in local currency. Details will be provided during interview process.

About PSIDid you know that we have over 3,000 “PSIers” working across the globe in 40 different countries? We’re a diverse group with a wide range of backgrounds from the medical industry to the music industry, all with unique skills we bring to the job. We value self-motivated people with a track record for getting things done in tough situations. We take our work seriously, but not ourselves.

Interested in Learning More?

• About PSI: Who we are, how we work, and the challenges we seek to solve.
• PSI Career site
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• Where We Work: PSI’s Global Network
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PSI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, tribal belonging, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status. PSI is a safe, inclusive workplace that welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life, and it’s reflected in our diverse community.

References will be required. The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check. PSI will not consider work visa sponsorship for this position.If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability, please send an email to: [e-mail] or call [phone].

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