Finance and Operations Director

　　Company Overview

　　Kaizen, A Tetra Tech Company (Kaizen) is an international development consulting firm and an incubator for innovative, scalable solutions that address emerging market challenges and opportunities. Our proven solutions catalyze locally driven organizational and institutional performance improvements and establish communities of practice that facilitate peer-to-peer learning and the achievement of shared goals. We aspire to transform the nature and impact of development assistance and work to strengthen organizations and institutions through innovative approaches to organizational development, reform, and change.

　　Position and Project Summary

　　Kaizen is seeking a Finance and Operations (F&O) Director for the anticipated United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cambodia Localization Support Activity to support USAID/Cambodia efforts to ensure that local actors are leading Cambodia’s development. Primary services under the prospective activity will cover the three categories: support for Mission staff to improve local partnership; monitoring, evaluation and learning; and capacity strengthening for local actors. These services will assist the Mission in contributing to the Agency’s localization agenda and indicators. These efforts align with the goal of USAID/Cambodia’s 2020-2025 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS): “Cambodia becomes a more open, prosperous, resilient, and inclusive partner in the Indo-Pacific region. The F&O Manager will be responsible for management and compliance of all financial, operational, procurement and administration of the project. This individual will be responsible for managing the contract budget and preparing financial reports for submission to USAID.

　　Duties and Responsibilities:

　　Oversee activity operations, including but not limited to human resources, logistics, procurement, sub-contracts or sub-awards, and accounting/finance.

　　Supervise finance, security, procurement, database, and administrative operation staff; provide capacity building and mentoring to team, as necessary.

　　Establish and maintain financial management and accounting control systems for activity expenditures and maintain database of accounting documents in line with USAID and Tetra Tech requirements.

　　Lead preparation of budgets and financial reports for USAID.

　　Keep up to date and adapt to the new requirements by Law of Royal Government of Cambodia;

　　Maintain effective timeliness and quality control processes for financial and operational deliverables and financial management processes.

　　Qualifications

　　Masters’ degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or a related field.

　　Minimum of 8 years of experience in financial, compliance, or operational role, supporting USAID and international donor projects.

　　Demonstrated ability to develop and manage large budgets, and in-depth knowledge of accounting principles.

　　Strong understanding of and experience developing internal control measures, implementing them program-wide, and conducting internal financial audits.

　　Proven experience leading start-up/close-out, recruiting, and procurement for field-based, USAID-funded programs, remote project start-up experience is highly preferred

　　Experience ensuring compliance with USAID and U.S.G requirements, based on demonstrated familiarity with FAR, ADS, and other operational guidance.

　　Demonstrated flexibility and adaptability based on work experience in conflict and/or fragile operating environments

　　Strong organizational, communications, and interpersonal skills and ability to network and maintain effective working relationships with diverse actors.

　　Proven integrity and ethical behavior in all aspects of work

　　Experience in Cambodia is preferred, regional experience is required

　　Fluency in English, required

　　Fluency in Khmer, preferred

　　For candidates applying for positions based in Kaizen's office in Washington, DC, we utilize career.place to mitigate bias in the recruitment process. Upon submitting an application, candidates will receive an email from career.place, prompting them to go through the anonymous screening. In order to be considered for a role, candidates must respond to career.place and proceed with the application. We do not currently use career.place for project positions outside of the United States.

　　At Kaizen, A Tetra Tech Company, we find strength in our diversity. We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfill their potential. We know that we can only do development differently if we are open to and inclusive of new and unique perspectives. We encourage candidates of all abilities, ages, gender identities and expressions, national origins, races and ethnicities, religious beliefs, and sexual orientations to apply. Further, we urge parents and non-parents, married and unmarried, those from different or non-traditional educational backgrounds, and persons of all other diverse identities or experiences to apply. Kaizen is an equal opportunity employer.

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