Description
Job Title: Associate Director of Financial Operations
Reports to: Director of Finance
Location: Boston, MA or remote, willingness to travel up to 15%
Position Type: Full Time
Position Summary:
The Associate Director of Financial Operations is responsible for driving all activities related to budgeting, supporting Partners In Healthโs (PIH) site finance leaders through mentorship, implementing multi-year capacity building plans, and overall relationship management. This position oversees the annual global budgeting process and midyear reforecasting. As a critical member of the finance leadership team, the Associate Director of Financial Operations will be a valued advisor to the Director of Finance and CFO while also working closely with a global team of finance professionals.
The Associate Director will manage a team that supports all of PIHโs site finance teams. As the Associate Director, they are ultimately responsible for ensuring that site budgets without donor restrictions are accurate and that each site finance team has actionable multi-year goals and priorities. The Associate Director will have deep technical competency and a demonstrated track record as a strong leader and manager who values teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, and a positive work environment.
Major Responsibilities:
Unrestricted Budget Planning & Management
- Implement and monitor processes and tools in support of annual budgeting, mid-year review, year-end close, and budget launch.
- Assess areas for improvement in annual budgeting, mid-year review, year-end close, and budget launch, such as those related to HR planning or international procurement.
- Ensure team is monitoring site budgets as a whole, inclusive of restricted and unrestricted grants and ongoing and time-bound costs, and tracking progress and changes while keeping finance leadership informed.
- Oversee the cash management for each site, including monitoring wire requests and cash balances.
- Overseeing the planning and management of all PIH coordination department budgets, including developing new processes to support with increased efficiencies and potential financial savings.
Relationship Management
- Establish processes between coordination Finance team and all other cross-functional teams in working with site finance leadership to ensure clear communication and alignment of priorities.
- Work to improve the financial acumen of PIH staff globally, including through improving Finance trainings and capacity building resources for usage with both site finance teams and coordination Finance onboarding.
- Support finance managers as they work with site finance teams to assess opportunities for improvement in the areas of accounting, planning & monitoring, and reporting, identifying appropriate solutions and ensuring smooth implementation. This includes playing a lead role in new system (budget, accounting, etc.) implementation.
- Develop site finance priority setting processes and tools as well as methods for regular monitoring in order to ensure each site has a multi-year roadmap for improvement.
Other responsibilities
- Provide supervision and mentorship to site finance team members across our sites to increase overall budget management capability, and contribute to overall team support, especially during fiscal year end or times of critical need
- International travel, as required
Qualifications:
- Minimum 10 years progressively responsible finance experience including a portion of supervisory level experience.
- Masters-level degree in public administration, business, finance, economics, accounting, or a related field preferred
- Experience developing and strengthening finance staff capacity, policies, procedures, systems, and processes
- At least two yearsโ professional experience working in Asia, Africa, and/or Latin America, preferred.
- Supervisory experience, with a demonstrated commitment to recruiting, mentoring, and training a diverse team
- Experience managing financial processes and comfortable with inheriting already established processes and tools, while also assessing areas for improvement
- Experience at a global non-profit required
- Ability and willingness to travel, when needed
- Demonstrated ability to lead across a range of cultures, personalities, and competencies
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to senior management, board or other outside partners
- Interest in social justice and the cause of global health equity
A Cover Letter and Resume or CV are required to be eligible for application review. Please note we are not able to sponsor U.S. work authorization for this role.
Organizational Profile:
Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the world. PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the worldโs leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governmentsโ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.As of today, PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Navajo Nation, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, United States), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement.
Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.
Partners In Health participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $90,000 and $115,000 per year. The starting salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market for the position, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan with employer match, 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 employeeโs eligible dependents. Full time employees will receive 15 days of vacation, 12 sick days, 3 personal days, and 3 volunteer days in addition to paid time off during the week between Christmas and New Yearโs Day, the week of July 4th, and 11 additional holidays annually.