Location: Cairo, Egypt

 

SUMMARY

 

Arizona State University is seeking qualified Finance Manager candidates for the anticipated USAID/Egypt Partnerships for Educational Progress Activity. The activity will strive to transform Egypt’s public universities into world-class centers of learning that prepare Egyptian students for and connect them to meaningful jobs.

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This position is based in Cairo, Egypt and is contingent upon award funding.

 

Responsibilities

• Provide overall technical and administrative leadership in the areas of financial management, including financial management of all subawards for the Partnerships activity.

• Work closely with the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) and Home Office Project Management team to establish and oversee the management of the project financial systems.

• Carry out accounts payable, cost allocation, quarterly reporting, payroll, budget preparation, subaward management, and tracking support.

• Manage personnel and payroll office staff and procedures.

• Represent the program with local administrations (social security, tax authorities, landlord, etc.).

• Ensure that all required documents are accurate and updated and compliant with the up to date local regulations and laws governing taxes, contracts, administration and accounting.

• Set-up, manage, and provide technical assistance related to the sub-awarding components of the Partnerships activity.

• Ensure that all financial and subaward management and reporting are compliant with USAID.

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Qualifications

• Bachelor degree (advanced degree preferred) in Finance, Business Administration, Management, or Accounting.

• Eight years of experience in Financial Management.

• Experience managing subawards with international development programs and donor funds.

• Knowledge of USAID policies and business practices and direct experience managing the finances and administration of a USAID-funded project are required.

• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, leadership, creative problem-solving, and ethical management.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Fluency in written and spoken English, additional fluency in Arabic is preferred.

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ABOUT ASU

Arizona State University is a public learning enterprise, and our mission is no less than transforming the model for public higher education. We call the model the New American University, and we began our transformation in 2002, led by President Michael Crow. Six years later, Newsweek hailed ASU as “one of the most radical redesigns in higher learning since the modern research university took shape.” By 2016 and again for the following six years, U.S. News and World Report has named ASU the #1 innovative U.S. university. ASU ranks #1 in the U.S. and #2 globally for university impact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Times Higher Education, 2022). ASU is eager to collaborate with and learn alongside higher education systems in emerging economies to meet shared and escalated expressions of challenges educators face globally. Since 2010, ASU has successfully implemented projects in the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean for USAID, the State Department, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, the Inter-American Development Bank, and private sector donors including foundations such as Mastercard and Gates. Through its University Design Institute, ASU is partnering with 90 institutions in 20 countries to assist universities that are transforming themselves into powerful engines of social and economic impact.

 

This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. ASU reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

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ASU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

 

How To Apply: Qualified applicants should submit a CV and cover letter highlighting fit for the position to recruitment@broderickhaightconsulting.com with the subject line "ASU Egypt PEP Finance Manager”

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