International Accounting Manager

Partners in Health • Boston, MA

71d • $80,000 - $85,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The International Accounting Manager will be a valuable member of the Partners In Health (PIH) Finance team in ensuring international accounting entries are accurate and timely and that global accounting teams are well supported and trained. The International Accounting Manager will work closely with the Financial Operations Manager in providing holistic oversight and accounting analysis for a portfolio of PIH sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field from an accredited institution with 5 years of relevant experience required.
• Strong knowledge of financial statement review, including balance sheet reconciliations, fixed asset management, and GAAP lease standards.
• Experience with international accounting, including familiarity with IRFS and dual ledger accounting.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or preparing for audits.
• Advanced computer skills, including mastery of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to travel to PIH international locations up to 10% to support training and capacity building initiatives.
• Demonstrates the organization's core values of: Commitment, Humility, Integrity and Pragmatic Solidarity/Accompaniment
• Accountability - Able to accept responsibility for one's actions, outcomes, and those of their team.
• Achieving results - Able to design and conduct work with clarity and integrity: to set realistic targets for themselves and others, ensure availability of resources, monitor progress and performance, accomplish meaningful outcomes, evaluate achievements, and integrate lessons learned.
• Adaptability - Able to adapt to change, to balance multiple demands, consider new approaches, and persist towards solutions in changing circumstances.
• Teamwork - Able to work well with others to achieve common goals. Exemplary interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively with staff across departments and country.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or international equivalent preferred but not required.
• Previous experience working with or supporting international finance teams, especially in low-resource settings, preferred.
• Experience with Serenic or Microsoft Navision preferred, or ability to learn new accounting system quickly, demonstrated from previous experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary accounting liaison for international site finance teams, building strong relationships and providing guidance on accounting inquiries and processes.
• Provide site backup accounting support and assist with ad hoc posting entries, as needed.
• Review and analyze international sites' income statements and balance sheets, on monthly basis, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness of financial data.
• Lead monthly close call meetings with international site finance team; identifying necessary corrections and ensuring they are completed. Conduct more detailed quarterly reviews to support audit readiness.
• Perform quarterly spot checks to assess and strengthen financial procedures and internal controls.
• Lead the collection and review of financial documentation from international sites in preparation for PIH's consolidated audit, acting as the key accounting contact for PIH sites involved in donor audits and single audits.
• For PIH sites that do not use PIH accounting system, review and upload Excel files into PIH accounting system, ensuring accuracy of the data.
• Support the Financial Operations Manager in evaluating global accounting team structures, policies, and processes to ensure adherence to GAAP accounting and PIH best practices.
• Identify common challenges and opportunities for improvement across PIH, along with site-specific barriers and process improvements.
• Design and deliver targeted trainings - both one-on-one and team trainings - for a single site or cross-site audiences, to address identified issues and capacity building.
• Assist with ad hoc accounting requests and accounting process improvements.

Benefits

• eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan with automatic employer contribution, as well as participate in organization-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee's eligible dependents.
• PIH offers professional development and home office reimbursements as well as a flexible paid time off policy with no maximum, generous holiday time, summer and winter breaks, and a sabbatical leave policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees