Senior Manager, Finance and Grants, Global Health

Position Overview

The UN Foundation has prioritized global health since its inception, serving as a catalyst, convener, and innovator in collective action solutions to drive progress on global health goals. UNF has channeled over $1.34 billion in grants to the UN work on global health, marshalled collective action platforms to help the UN solve global health problems, built savvy advocacy campaigns, enhanced partnership reach of the UN, and forged strong and diversified relationships across a range of sectors and geographies, from diplomats to civil society.

The Senior Manager, Finance and Grants, Global Health, supports the team through financial management, grant reporting, and strategic analysis of projects and operations for the management team. The Manager also works closely with the entire Global Health team, as well as with the UN Foundation's Business Services and Budgets Reporting department, Strategic Planning & Implementation department, and Finance department to execute all finance, operations, contract, and grant activities.

This position is based in Washington, D.C.

Essential Functions

Financial Management

• Manage Global Health team budget, tracking revenues and expenses across the organization and workstreams.
  • Query UN Foundation financial databases (Salesforce, as well as legacy software Financial Edge, GIFTS, and Raiser’s Edge), then manipulate data in Excel, to maintain a live budget model.
  • Ensure correct allocations of revenues and expenses across donor budgets.
  • Develop projections of cash flow and budget variance.
  • Maintain financial dashboard to track actual and projected cash flow, as well as variances from budget. Maintain individual workstream budgets and conduct periodic reviews with workstream leads.
  • Track consultants’ deliverables and manage accounts payable (invoicing/payment), including processing invoices.
• Develop high-level funding briefs and other project briefing documents for senior leadership, as directed.
• Model different budget scenarios, ad-hoc, to inform decision making of Global Health team leadership.
• Reconcile monthly corporate credit card statements and approve Concur reports.

Donor Proposals and Reporting

• Manage donor proposal and reporting timelines and processes.
  • Develop and maintain a reporting calendar and matrix for the team.
  • Guide a collaborative process across the team to tracking progress against indicators and results frameworks as part of annual reporting.
  • Prepare budget reports in donors’ templates.
  • Participate in meetings and calls with donor program officers to present budget reports and interpret the results.
• Research new funding opportunities and help develop proposals, including liaising with the UN Foundation's Business Services and Budgets Reporting, Strategic Planning & Implementation, and Finance departments to provide appropriate Global Health programmatic and financial information for proposals.
• Investigate and resolve issues associated with program and grant implementation.
• Complete other special projects and duties as assigned.

Grants, Contracts & Compliance

• Manage all contracting and grants for
  • Liaise with UNF’s central contracts team to draft contractual agreements and contract amendments for Global Health, adhering to UNF templates and policies. This includes but is not limited to consultant, hotel, and vendor contracts; letters of invitation; and sub-grant agreements.
  • Mediate contract review/negotiations with third parties and also guide agreements through internal approval processes.
  • Ensure adherence with and compliance to all UN Foundation policies and donor rules and regulations.
  • Liaise with donors, vendors, consultants, and grantees to process agreements and reports in a timely manner.
• Maintain appropriate file documentation for all work products, for accumulation and retention of institutional knowledge.
• Ensure timely and accurate responses to inquiries from within the organization, as well as any external audit requests.

Internal Coordination

• Develop and implement new tools and strategies to optimize workflows and facilitate team’s collaborative work.
• Manage quarterly and annual business planning; prepare updates and revisions as needed.
• Serve as internal liaison with the UN Foundation's Business Services and Budgets Reporting, People & Culture, Finance, Strategic Planning & Implementation, and other departments to ensure compliance with UN Foundation rules and regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure excellent customer service by providing timely and accu