Advisor, Humanitarian Finance & Compliance - Global Hunger Crisis (P3)

This is a temporary role with an expected duration of 18 months.

Summary

The Advisor, Humanitarian Finance and Compliance (HF&C) serves as the primary financial focal point for a portfolio of high priority humanitarian awards, most notably the Global Hunger Crisis Project. The Global Hunger Crisis Project is an 18-month, strategic global award requiring a unique support structure. You will provide fiscal leadership and active engagement through the Global Hunger Crisis Project and be instrumental in supporting Implementing Offices (IOs), including country, regional and technical teams, ensuring donor compliance and successful implementation, and be responsible for meeting donor deadlines and deliverables. You will liaise with relevant internal stakeholders, particularly in programs, compliance, and technical teams, problem-solve to ensure the overall health of the award and escalate issues as needed.

Across the full portfolio of awards under this portfolio, you will provide fiscal leadership and active engagement through the full life cycle of the award process including proposal development, award monitoring and closeout, in coordination with the Humanitarian Program Portfolio unit (HPP) and other relevant stakeholders. You will be responsible for award compliance in accordance with Save the Children’s (SC) accounting policies and donor requirements, and will report into a Sr. Director, Humanitarian Finance and Compliance.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Department and Humanitarian Leadership (5%)  

• Serve as SCUS finance lead on the Global Hunger Crisis project, leading and/or participating in coordination calls, and acting as SCUS point person on the response, working closely with DHR and International Programs management; responsibilities on prioritized responses can include:
  • Represent SCUS on internal response update calls or in external fora, such as InterAction working groups or with institutional donors; 
  • Support the fundraising of private resources, including coordinating information requests for private funding proposal
  • Support cross-functional coordination for high-risk awards or high-priority responses, as needed
•  Play a key role in continuous unit improvement efforts, taking the lead on specific improvements as identified/requested.  
• Other key strategic work as determined appropriate with department leadership   

Portfolio Finance Management (70%)

• Lead the financial management oversight to a portfolio of prioritized humanitarian programs; including the setup of approved budgets in SC’s internal systems; monitoring budget management and financial compliance during implementation; and coordinating the closing of projects.
• Collaborating with HPP, effectively contribute to project start-up activities for awards, including planning and facilitating kick-off calls/meetings with Save the Children International (SCI); and reviewing project timelines financial deliverables and relevant donor requirements in detail with COs, technical advisors, and partners, as necessary.
• Contribute to award monitoring calls in collaboration with HPP, leading discussions related to financial compliance, budget management and sharing best practices to prevent financial related risks.
• Develop budget monitoring tools to monitor award expenditures, while also producing relevant financial reports to ensure charges are in line with donor rules and regulations, organizational policies, and approved budgets.
• Maintain comprehensive financial documentation for audits and compliance reviews in award management systems, including not limited to, financial reports, foreign tax reports, cost compliance certifications and financial coding analyses.
• Effectively communicate financial updates, challenges, and requests with the HPP team and SCI counterparts.
• Independently identify financial errors, determine the necessary corrective actions, and manage follow-up between HQ and SC International/Member stakeholders.
• Proactively identify issues and risks; escalate concerns to supervisor with proposed solutions, and collaborate as needed with partners, Member and Country Office Senior Leadership, Finance, Legal and/or Grants and Contracts team to develop mitigation strategies.
• Draft and finalize financial reports in collaboration with the Donor Billing & Reporting Department, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Collaborate with the HF&C Sr. Advisor to support SCUS’ annual budgeting proce