Associate, Finance, Malaria & NTDs

Overview

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 skill sets 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. 

Team Overview

CHAI’s Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) program provides direct technical and operational support to countries around the globe to strengthen their programs and reduce the burden of preventable, treatable diseases. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of illnesses and deaths worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards elimination of malaria and NTDs in the long term.

Position Overview 

CHAI’s Malaria & NTDs program is seeking a highly motivated individual to work as a Finance Associate, supporting financial management for the program. Robust financial management and effective administration are critical to achieving the programmatic objectives of the team, and the Finance Associate will play a critical role in ensuring that core finance functions are well managed and executed. The Finance Associate will work closely with the Finance Manager to support donor budgeting and reporting, internal financial monitoring and management, and operations initiatives.

Responsibilities

Monthly financial management

• Tag preliminary financials within monthly general ledger (GL) to internal cost categories and prepare files for review by programmatic leads
• Review tagged financials to ensure expenses are posted to the correct grants and projects, and flag potential errors to programmatic leads
• Submit adjustments to the Accounting team based on feedback from programmatic leads
• Monitor and update invoice status within the contract tracker, documenting payment receipt and flagging outstanding invoices; escalate unpaid invoices exceeding 30 days to contract manager and/or accounting team as appropriate
• Create monthly salary allocation files using the latest internal approved budget and share with Accounting
• Verify that expenses are posted according to the submitted salary allocation file
• For Malaria & NTDs staff based in program countries, send salary allocation information to country team finance staff to inform fair share allocations for in-country support staff

Grant management

• Update monthly grant trackers with the latest GL and budget information
• Review the GL to ensure that expenses comply with donor policies
• Review automated tagging to ensure correct tagging of expenses to donor cost categories
• Track foreign exchange rate gains and losses monthly

Operational support

• Contribute to the development and refinement of finance processes to improve efficiency, transparency, and consistency across the team
• Work collaboratively across teams to support a strong, service-oriented finance function and team-based culture

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 2–3 years of relevant work experience; experience with international non-profits/NGOs is an advantage
• Familiarity with financial systems, budgeting, compliance, and accounting best practices
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
• Commitment to ethical standards and a desire to contribute to positive social impact

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