Who we are

With over 45 years of experience, working in over 60 countries, Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. PSI is reimagining healthcare, by putting the consumer at the center, and wherever possible – bringing care to the front door. We are working to fix market failures, shape future health markets and shift policy and funding to better support consumer empowered healthcare.

There are over 7,000 “PSIers” around the world. We are a diverse group of entrepreneurial development professionals with a wide range of backgrounds and experience. All with unique skills that we bring to the critically important work that we do.

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We are looking for a Deputy Country Representative – Operations to provide overall technical and management leadership, guidance and oversight of the organization’s operations, finance, grants and contract’s portfolio. She/ he will be the custodian of financial, accounting, IT, branch operations, supply chain, grants and contracts process to ensure PSI Malawi is compliant with donor and PSI global finance, budget, procurement, grants and compliance standards and that the processes enable PSI Malawi achieves its strategic priorities. In addition, to strong technical knowledge and experience, the DCR-Operations will be a key leader within the organization whose leadership style should reflect high Emotional Intelligence (EI) and their ability to lead while nurturing talent. The DCR-Operations will be working closely with the CR and DCR-Programs.

Your contribution:

Strategic leadership and oversight role:

• Provide direction and strategic leadership to the organization’s finance, IT, supply chain, branch operations, grants and contracts portfolio to ensure that operational processes efficiently support program teams.
• Ensure that the finance, IT, supply chain, grants and contracts systems and process align with PSI Malawi’s Strategic Plan and priorities.
• Ensure that PSI Malawi policies and procedures align with PSI Global Services Finance, Procurement, Grants and Contracts policies, procedures and requirements, and proactively identify and manage any potential conflicts to ensure compliance with the necessary regulations.
• Design and maintain internal systems that ensure accurate and timely reporting on financial performance of the organization.
• Consistently demonstrate a leadership style that reflects high emotional intelligence, nurtures talent and reinforces the right tone at the top of the organization.
• Promote and demonstrate an ethical environment, in line with PSI’s values of honesty and acting with integrity.
• Supervise and provide leadership to PSI Malawi’s Finance, IT, Supply Chain, Branch Operations and Sub-Awards teams.

Financial reporting and policies:

• Establish and/or refine and disseminate policies, systems and practices for effective management, procurement, disbursement and accounting for all financial resources in line with PSI Global accounting policies, funder requirements and local law where required;
• Work closely with the Director of Finance, Head of Finance and Finance Managers to prepare submission of monthly financial packages to PSI/W and to ensure complete, accurate and timely recording and reporting of transactions;
• Coordinate with Programs and co-lead monthly review and analysis of financial reports and reconciliations with attention to how resources can be better allocated to achieve program objectives, Budgeting, Financial Analysis and Donor compliance;

Budgeting, Financial analysis, Compliance:

• Lead the annual operating budgeting process;
• Validate monthly common cost analysis and update cost ratios to ensure each donor bears the correct proportion of common costs in line with PSI’s global policy
• Manage the common direct cost budget to ensure efficient and effective use of donor funds to support common direct costs
• Develop, track and review PSI Malawi consolidated budget and departmental budgets in consultation with budget holders and finance team and conduct detailed activity status review and give input to DC and budget holders
• Prepare and track donor budgets. Prepare modifications and Activity realignments as necessary;
• Monitor performance and efficiency of on-going Donor projects by analyzing country/project monthly spend rates and highlighting possible problem areas.

Technical Support, Audits and Legal

• Support preparation and successful conclusion of internal and external auditing activities for the CR, PSI/W and for the donor annual audit reporting.
• Ensure that the PSI Malawi team responds to audit requests on a timely basis, and provides clear, complete and accurate information to auditors
• Review management comments for audit reports and ensure appropriate action is taken to correct audit findings.
• In collaboration with PSI Legal Counsel, minimize legal risk to the organization and engage any legal issues confronting the organization
• Review and test controls to ensure PSI Malawi systems are compliant with PSI Global Services Finance, Grants and Contracts policies, donor requirements, as well as, Malawi laws
• Ensure prompt preparation and submission of statutory returns, donor reports and tax compliance.

Operational Management and Administration:

• Ensure branch operations, IT, procurement, warehouse and fleet management activities are delivered efficiently;
• Coordinate with Director of Operations to establish and support suitable accounting, IT, Fleet Management and general administrative systems and personnel in all PSI Malawi field offices.
• Work with Head of Supply Chain to ensure that PSI Malawi’s procurement system is adequately updated in line with PSI Global Procurement Manual and changing funder guidelines.
• Ensure adherence to PSI Global Responsibilities Matrix on Approval limits for Procurement of Goods and Services;
• Conduct quarterly oversight and supervision visits to field offices to review the quality of business operations systems and activities and provide support, where necessary;

Sub-Award Management:

• Lead the development and negotiation of sub-award agreements, workplans and budgets
• Coordinate monthly reporting process from sub-awardees and joint programmatic and financial reports reviews, ensuring that costs are in line with the progress on delivery and implementation and that budget variances explanations are provided.
• Conduct regular sub-award visits / evaluations to verify adherence to contract terms and gauge internal control systems to obtain confidence in the reports submitted to PSI Malawi.
• Design and implement a proactive, rigorous, risk-based and effective sub-awardee monitoring system and approach.
• Contribute to designing the capacity building plan for sub-awardees in financial management, internal control systems, budgeting and forecasting, technical programs implementation and coordinate the provision of trainings when needed
• Lead sub-award closeout in accordance with PSI Malawi policies and procedures.

What are we looking for?

The basics

• Postgraduate degree in Finance, Management, MBA and/or professional qualifications like ACCA, CIMA.
• At least 8 years post qualifications experience in general management, financial management and experience with donor-funded projects at a senior management level.
• Working knowledge of integrated, accrual-basis accounting systems such as QuickBooks Enterprise, Lawson, or another ERP. Advanced computer skills, with strong Office 365 skills preferred
• Have demonstrated grants management experience and in-depth understanding of current donor rules and regulations. Experience working with DfID, USAID. KfW and other international donors
• At least 5 years of experience living or working in a developing country and working experience in Southern and Eastern Africa will be an added advantage.
• High level of written and verbal communication skills. Written and verbal fluency in English required.
• Exceptional quantitative data analysis skills.
• High emotional intelligence, people management and interpersonal skills; High level staff management and leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a diverse cultural environment with multiple stakeholders (including Ministry of Health authorities (MoH), beneficiaries, implementing partners, program staff, donors)

What will get us excited (personal and management characteristics)?

• Successful candidates will be customer service oriented, exhibit excellent communication and interpersonal skills; have proven problem solving ability; be able to work efficiently and quickly under pressure; be able to prioritize and perform multiple tasks; and have the ability to work with minimal supervision and follow through on assignments. Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated experience in international health and development issues, and technology innovation.
• Be self-starter, effective team player and demonstrated verifiable result-oriented track record. Act with urgency for continuous improvement and with a bias towards action; promote development of breakthrough solutions; embrace and advocate innovations that improve results; aggressively promotes the need for breakthrough improvements.
• Acting with Long Term Perspective: Take actions today to build a strong foundation for future success, identify and take advantage of emerging opportunities, keep PSI Malawi’s long-term goals in mind when addressing short-term issues and problems.
• Adaptive and flexible in approaches to work, comfortable with changing approach based on the evidence of what works.
• Passionate about learning, documenting and sharing what does and doesn’t work
• Proven ability to develop routines to manage large workloads and organize work efficiently
• Ability and desire to coach and transfer learning capacity to partners and program staff.
• References will be required
• The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check.

Source:https://careers-psi.icims.com/jobs/2900/deputy-country-representative---operations%2c-malawi/job