Finance & Administration Manager - World Learning - Lebanon

World Learning seeks a Beirut-based Finance & Administration Manager for a USAID-funded education project in Lebanon.
Recruitment contingent upon successful award of the project. Theis position will be reserved for Lebanese nationals or residents of Lebanon.
This position will support a project aimed at training English teachers, developing extra-curricular activities, providing schools with ICT equipment and training, and school leadership development in order to enhance student achievement in public schools.

- S/he will report to and work with the Deputy Chief of Party to support her/him in assigned duties and specifically those tasks that relate to financial planning, management and reporting. Major responsibilities will be directed towards managing USAID/Lebanon participant training funds for project participants.
- Establish and maintain financial management and accounting control systems for training expenditures by development objective.
- Provide and/or arrange financial analysis services related to institutional diagnoses, training planning and evaluation.
- Prepare pipeline analysis of the project for USAID/Lebanon
- Coordinate with USAID/Lebanon's Office of Financial Management, as appropriate, regarding the management of U.S. dollars and local currencies.
- Direct the Contractor's cost containment efforts and other cost-effectiveness programs.
- Establish and maintain grant management procedures.
- Manage internal control process, procurement, audit and other administrative functions

Requirements
- M.S. degree in accounting or financial management with 7 years of progressive experience, or B.S. degree with at least 7 years of career/experience equivalent to a Master’s degree.
- Experience with public or private sector management, financial analysis, cost accounting.
- Relevant experience in developing countries.
- Demonstrated capacity to supervise a complex financial management or general ledger system.
- Demonstrated capacity to manage the financial and administration management functions within the broadened results-oriented programming.
- Experience working in Lebanon or critical priority countries (CPC) is desired.
- Must have excellent ability to read, write and speak in English and Arabic

Send CV and cover letter (in English) with the post title on the subject line explaining why you are best qualified for this position, and three references with contact information, to recruitment2@worldlearning.org.
Only finalist candidates will be contacted.