Analyst II, Global Awards Finance and Operations (Remote)

Catholic Relief Services | CRS

11h•Remote

About The Position

CRS centrally manages a growing portfolio of global (multi-regional) awards (including U.S. Government (USG) contracts) funded by a wide range of donors. These awards require varying degrees of finance and operations support at the headquarters level. This position will provide finance and operations support to a limited number of projects with the primary focus being the REACH Malaria project funded by the US Department of State. The Global Programs Finance and Operations Analyst II is responsible for providing support to a defined portfolio of global projects, leading communications on financial issues, including compliance with related donor and CRS policies. This position requires strong demonstrated experience in the areas of finance and program management, as well as a strong knowledge of donor, especially USG, funding mechanisms and requirements.

Requirements

Required Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English required; French strongly preferred.
Must be willing to travel up to 10%
Strong strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment and decisions.
Ability to develop new systems/templates to streamline current systems.
Ability to work in a complex environment and to lead and work with multi-cultural teams
Strong communications and analytical skills.
Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Desire and proven ability to work in a collaborative, proactive, and multicultural team environment, but able to work independently.
Ability to maintain strong customer service.
Strong knowledge of MS Office programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio).

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
Understanding of CRS financial and administrative systems, policies, and procedures.
Knowledge of Oracle enterprise systems.
Contracts experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as focal person on global award financial management issues with program staff, sub-grantees, CRS HQ Finance, and country program finance and compliance staff,
Monitor project spending vs. obligated and estimated budgets, prepare limitation of funds notices, and work closely with Country Programs to ensure allowability and allocability of expenses and avoid over expenditures of budget line items.
Coordinate with relevant staff on any transactions needed in the financial system, such as reclassifications and accruals. Utilize Oracle skills to complete transactions as needed.
Provide support for staff as needed for budgeting/forecasting, including quarterly donor forecasting exercises, in Oracle Cloud Planning and Budgeting (ePBCS), budget monitoring in SmartView, and use of Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) financial reports.
Design, prepare, and implement templates that support budget development, quarterly forecasting, and additional financial requirements.
Prepare financial reports and donor reports in CRS financial systems to support easy reconciliation and budget monitoring of projects.
Review subrecipient and country level (as appropriate) monthly financial reports and liquidate sub recipient reports as applicable.
Support in LOE tracking and reporting and fee calculations for LOE-based contracts.
Assist with financial audit requests for CRS, donors, and other stakeholders. Ensure timely closure of finance audit recommendations related to global grants; provide oversight of the preparation, implementation and monitoring of related action plans.
Coordinate global award compliance requirements including but is not limited to Host Government Tax reports for USG awards.
In compliance with CRS’ Sub-recipient Financial Management Policy (SRFMP), provide support for the timely assessment and monitoring of partner financial capacity and ability to adhere to specific donor requirements. Develop related action plans with program and finance staff to address any capacity/system gaps.
Coordinate with country level and HQ level staff on the financial closeout of global projects, serving as the main point of contact for award level financial closeout.
Provide support in the development of cost applications, ensuring budgets are reasonable, accurate, and adequately reflect the costs of activities required to successfully carry out the program.