Post: NgenIRS Finance Manager

Reports to:Programme Director (dotted Line to Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Location:Liverpool

Job Aim: Through direct reporting to the NgenIRS Programme Director, responsible for all financial aspects of the NgenIRS project to ensure smooth, effective delivery. Strategic financial planning of all programme related activities, organisation of cash flow from UNITAID and negotiation with partners and contractors for payments in line with deliverables. Design and management of project financial interventions, such as co-payments, forecast guarantees and price negotiations. Ensures the due diligence, fiduciary assessment and audit functions are appropriately adhered to and driven forward across the programme.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Planning and implementation of the NgenIRS project financial strategy, including scenario planning and projection of funding requirements to guide overall project operations.
  • Design, negotiation and implementation of the forecast guarantee and underwriting facility within the project.
  • In conjunction with LSTM financial and grant management teams, responsible for the implementation of appropriate project specific processes and systems to ensure timely financial results, progress and effective forecasting to inform the project management team
  • In conjunction with LSTM financial and grant management teams, development and implementation of financial strategies across the project to ensure a high degree of financial risk control with alignment to LSTM/IVCC policies as well as to UNITAID terms and conditions
  • In conjunction with LSTM grant management team, responsible for the production of appropriate financial reports across the project ready for submission to UNITAID
  • To take responsibility for the IVCC budget, and working with the project management team, ensure strict financial controls are in place throughout the delivery of the project
  • Manage project cash flow from UNITAID into IVCC and out to country and project partners.
  • Financial support and advice to partners to ensure adherence to project requirements and UNITAID terms and conditions as well as smooth and timely delivery of the project
  • Attendance at required project meetings, steering group meetings and board meetings to present the financial progress reports, results and forecasts
  • Ensure LSTM/IVCC due diligence and appropriate fiduciary assessment processes/systems have been implemented, and are being adhered to, across the project and at country level
  • Travel to partners, country offices and any relevant stakeholders as necessary to provide support and reassurance on financial project implementation.
  • Develop appropriate communication channels with finance and management functions of country and partner stakeholders.
  • Gather necessary information from partners, supporting the co-payment negotiation process.
  • Manage consultant engagement to provide the supporting information for price negotiations and support the project price negotiation process with industrial partners.
  • Ensure process and contracts are in place for agreement and payment of co-payment and project contracts.
  • In conjunction with LSTM financial and grant management teams, manage the audit process across the project with partners
  • Manage audit process for co-funding and project contracts.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Criteria / Essential / Desirable
Qualifications /Experience / Fully qualified Accountant
Experience of managing funding programmes in Africa
Experience of managing complex, multi partner funding programmes
Experience of negotiation with commodity suppliers handling contract development and completion
Experience of reporting at strategic programme and board levels / CCAB accounting experience
Understanding of audit requirements across multiple countries
Due diligence and fiduciary assessment experience and their application
Broad leadership experience
Skills & Abilities / Key skills in financial strategy development
Financial process development for funding in Africa
Excellent time management skills
Excellent organisational skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels
High level of communication reporting skills
Excellent numeracy skills
Ability to work as an integral and cooperative member of a multidisciplinary team
Outstanding IT skills including the MS packages, accounting packages and other relevant management information systems / Business financial strategy experience
Scenario modelling of market elasticity, pricing strategies, and forecasting
Competencies / Analytical / Strategic thinker
Adaptable, flexible and independent
Rational influencer
Critical information seeker / Efficiency oriented
High level problem solving initiative
An enthusiasm for contributing to a multi-disciplinary programme
Comfortable travelling independently overseas