PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The 5-year regional USAID/LAC Reads Capacity Program (LRCP), implemented by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Juárez and Associates (J&A) under the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-A-14-00058, seeks to increase the impact, scale, and sustainability of early grade reading interventions in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. This will be achieved through the development and dissemination of state-of-the-art knowledge resources and the provision of technical assistance to host country governments and other key stakeholders. The program, implemented from 2014-2019, enhances efforts to boost early grade reading outcomes in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua and Peru, as well as Eastern Caribbean states.
During the 2017-2019 period, LCRP will intensify, deepen, and expand its work in Haiti. The LRCP team will provide technical support which will lead to sustained, systematic improvements in early grade literacy (EGL) capacity in Haiti. The LRCP team will provide technical support by building capacity in curriculum and materials development in the Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle (MENFP), in The Direction de Formation et de Perfectionnement (DFP) whose work focuses on teacher training, higher education institutions, and other education sector stakeholders including national instructional materials creators and printers, thus leading to sustained, systematic improvements in EGL capacity in Haiti.

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Accounting Manager will be responsible for maintaining finance and bookkeeping records for a single country office.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• Maintains project financial reporting following USAID, or other bilateral/multilateral donor, and AIR guidelines, and in compliance with local law.
• Prepares and submits monthly, quarterly and annual financial and accounting reports to AIR Washington.
• Communicates with local banks and ensures all payments/transfers are properly executed.
• Ensures compliance with AIR finance and accounting procedures, USAID, or other bilateral/multilateral donor, regulations and contract requirements.
• Update and maintain accounting records, including those which calculate expenditures, receipts, accounts payable and receivable, and profit and loss.
• Verifies, allocates, and posts details of business transactions to subsidiary accounts in journals or computer files from documents, such as sales slips, invoices, receipts, check stubs, and computer printouts.
• Summarizes details in separate ledgers or computer files and transfers data to general ledger.
• Reconciles and balances accounts.
• Compile reports to show statistics, such as cash receipts and expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, profit and loss, and other items pertinent to operation of business.
• Assist with processing payroll. Prepare withholding, Social Security, and other tax reports.
• Compute, type, and mail monthly statements to customers.
• Prepare bank deposits.
• Act as a supportive member within a team environment with a focus on customer service and effective communication.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or business administration Prior accounting or related course work or commensurate experience
• Solid background in bookkeeping transaction review and processing
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel
• Working knowledge of QuickBooks
• Accounting systems background and orientation.
• Detail oriented
• Dependability and willingness to take on projects and complete them in a timely manner
• Demonstrated ability to provide high levels on customer service in a fast-moving environment
• Finance experience supporting USAID or other international donor-funded technical assistance projects.

Qualified candidates should send their CV and cover letter to lrcphaiti@air.org by April 30th, 2017