Accountant, Global Finance - Short-Term (12)

Finance Accountant

CHAI's finance team is based out of our Boston office, which provides operational support to programmatic teams working in over 35 countries around the world. Our teams work to improve access to quality health care and focus on a number of different issues and disease areas including, but not limited to HIV, vaccines, malaria, and maternal and newborn health.

This position manages the accounting process for domestic and international offices. Reporting to the Deputy Director of Accounting, the Accountant will have significant responsibility for the maintenance of financial records, audit of financial transactions and production of monthly reports. This is a 3-month short-term engagement to support the Global Finance Team, with the possibility to be extended. Base location is flexible to any of our program countries at CHAI; see where we work here.

Responsibilities

• Review monthly cash reports from country teams for accuracy and compliance with accounting principles
• Review the reconciliation of monthly bank and balance sheet activity from country teams
• Prepare and process of journal entries in the central ERP system
• Review the staff time tabulation and distribute payroll costs to appropriate general ledger accounts
• Monitor the financial activity on assigned programs and prepare expenditure reports for program managers as needed
• Prepare and analyse complex financial statements that relate to various fund types and account groups
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany reconciliations
• Prepare monthly preliminary and final financial statements for country teams
• Assist in the preparation of audits, financial statements and varied fiscal reports
• Review accounting documents to ensure accuracy of information and compliance
• Perform other tasks as necessary

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent plus 5 years work experience;
• CPA/ACCA
• International, non-profit, or US government grant accounting experience
• Strong familiarity with financial systems, including but not limited to: Agresso, QuickBooks
• Advanced Excel working skills
• Good understanding of US GAAP
• Dynamic individual with strong managerial, interpersonal, problem-solving, and written and oral communication skills
• Ability to operate in an unstructured but demanding environment, and demonstrable track record of high performance; high level of independence and motivation required
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently as well as with a team