Accountant, Global Finance - Short-Term

Clinton Health Access Initiative

20h•Remote

About The Position

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems. CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally. At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication, and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture. CHAI's finance team is based out of our Boston office, which provides operational support to programmatic teams working in over 35 countries around the world. Our teams work to improve access to quality health care and focus on a number of different issues and disease areas including, but not limited to HIV, vaccines, malaria, and maternal and newborn health. This position manages the accounting process for domestic and international offices. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Accounting, the Accountant will have significant responsibility for the maintenance of financial records, audit of financial transactions and production of monthly reports. This is a 6-month short-term engagement to support the Global Finance Team. Base Location is flexible to any of our program countries at CHAI; see where we work here.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent plus 5 years work experience
CPA/ACCA
International, non-profit, or US government grant accounting experience
Strong familiarity with financial systems, including but not limited to: Agresso, QuickBooks
Advanced Excel working skills
Good understanding of US GAAP
Dynamic individual with strong managerial, interpersonal, problem-solving, and written and oral communication skills
Ability to operate in an unstructured but demanding environment, and demonstrable track record of high performance; high level of independence and motivation required
Self-motivated and capable of working independently as well as with a team

Responsibilities

Review monthly cash reports from country teams for accuracy and compliance with accounting principles
Review the reconciliation of monthly bank and balance sheet activity from country teams
Prepare and process of journal entries in the central ERP system
Review the staff time tabulation and distribute payroll costs to appropriate general ledger accounts
Monitor the financial activity on assigned programs and prepare expenditure reports for program managers as needed
Prepare and analyse complex financial statements that relate to various fund types and account groups
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany reconciliations
Prepare monthly preliminary and final financial statements for country teams
Assist in the preparation of audits, financial statements and varied fiscal reports
Review accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and compliance
Perform other tasks as necessary