[Hiring] Finance Associate REMOTE

­­­­Position: Finance Associate

Date posted: 2025-01-31

Industry: other

Employment type: Full Time

Experience: 2 year                       

Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree holder

Location: United States, REMOTE

Company: Resolve To Save Lives

Description:

Hiring Finance Associate

United States

About the job

Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a US-based, global public health organization with a mission to prevent 100 million deaths from heart disease and to make the world safer from epidemics. Since 2017, Resolve to Save Lives has partnered with low-and middle-income country governments, multilateral agencies, academic and other civil society partners, and communities to implement policies and programs to treat and control hypertension, reduce sodium intake, eliminate artificial trans fats, and strengthen systems for epidemic prevention.

Position Purpose

The Finance Associate supports RTSL’s grants management team, ensuring accurate records, compliance with organizational procedures and policies, and serving as a key point of contact for the team. Solid knowledge of accounting practices, attention to detail, effective communication with internal and external partners, and a strong work ethic are essential for this role. The Finance Associate assists the Senior Finance Managers with daily tasks and helps maintain account information. This position reports to the Senior Finance Managers and works closely with the grants, finance, and program teams (US and global). This is a full-time, remote role with occasional in-person team meetings.

Accounting

Core Duties and Responsibilities

• Review and process expense reports and per diem requests in compliance with the travel and expense policy.
• Verify corporate credit card reports for correct budget coding.
• Review, reconcile and assign budget codes to monthly transactions as needed.
• Maintain account reconciliations for contracts as needed.
• Assist with invoice processing, forwarding relevant documents to Accounts Payable.

Finance

• Monitor expiration dates for contracts (e.g., independent consultants, service provider agreements, subgrants) and alert Contract Managers accordingly.
• Respond to and manage ad hoc report requests from staff.
• Create Purchase Requisitions for contractual obligations.
• Track subgrant financial reports, ensuring timely receipt and compliance.
• Manage expired Purchase Orders, de-obligating funds as necessary.

Qualifications

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field
• 2+ years of relevant experience in accounting, finance, or related roles
• Experience with expense management and accounts payable processes
• Familiarity with grant management a plus

Skills And Abilities

• Highly organized, detail oriented, self-starter
• Strong computer skills; intermediate ability in MS Excel, including understanding of formulas and pivot tables
• Ability to work independently and as a team member; self-directed, ability to work with minimal supervision yet knowing when to ask questions
• Excellent communication and customer service skills, plus discretion with sensitive information and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Comfortable communicating with staff across different countries and cultures
• Critical thinking skills to apply general rules, but also catch inconsistencies

Other

• Able to work during US East Coast working hours
• Able and willing to convene in-person for team meetings about twice a year

Compensation And Benefits

Resolve to Save Lives prides itself on cultivating a supportive, connected remote team doing work that matters. We do everything possible to ensure our employees are connected and set up for success.

The salary range for applicants based in the US is $– to $– annually. The exact offer will be determined by various factors, such as the candidate’s skills and experience relative to the requirements of the role. For applicants based outside the US, salaries are set according to national labor rates for the international NGO sector.

In addition to a competitive salary, Resolve to Save Lives provides a generous package of benefits, including:

• Health insurance for you and your dependents
• Contributions toward retirement
• Paid annual leave and sick leave, in addition to public holidays
• Two paid, week-long organization-wide breaks at mid-year and end-of-year
• Professional development and home office setup benefits
• Up-to-date computer equipment

RTSL believes its programs are strengthened when they are developed and supported by individuals with diverse life experiences whose understanding of social and cultural issues can help make our work and workforce more inclusive. We encourage applications from and provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, organ donor status, or status as a veteran. Resolve to Save Lives complies with all applicable US EEO laws.