RAPID Grants and Compliance Manager

Catholic Relief Services | CRS • United States,

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About The Position

Catholic Relief Services is implementing a global emergency response initiative to deliver timely, life-saving humanitarian assistance in rapidly evolving crises worldwide. The 18-month initiative supports urgent needs arising from sudden shocks and protracted emergencies, emphasizing operational readiness, rapid response activation, locally led implementation, accountability to affected communities, and safe, dignified programming. The role supports CRS’s ability to respond at speed and scale in complex, resource-constrained environments.

The Global Grants and Compliance Manager directly and indirectly supports a defined portfolio of global projects and leads communications on financial issues, including compliance with donor and CRS policies. The position is the principal point of contact for grant financial management and compliance matters, supports agreement development and partner capacity assessment, and helps ensure grant teams and recipients understand and meet financial, reporting, and compliance requirements. It leads donor financial reporting and financial close-out, supports audits and cost application development, and provides guidance to CRS teams and subrecipients.

The position reports to the RAPID Senior Manager, Grants and Compliance, is in the HRD department, and has no supervisory responsibilities. The position duration is listed as ASAP through January 30, 2028. The role requires fluency in English and Spanish and willingness and ability to travel up to 30%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• At least three years of progressive grants management experience.
• Strong demonstrated experience in finance and program management.
• Experience setting and monitoring complex budgets.
• Strong knowledge of donor funding mechanisms and requirements, especially USG funding.
• Thorough knowledge of and experience with grant financial reporting.
• Knowledge of fund accounting and U.S. Government funding regulations for nonprofit organizations.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office programs.
• Solid knowledge of humanitarian best practices, operational standards, and evolving guidance for emergency field operations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to train financial and non-financial staff at all levels.
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self-guided, with strong organizational and planning skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively and proactively in a multicultural team environment and independently.
• Ability to maintain strong customer service.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30%.
• Commitment to sign and adhere to CRS’s Code of Conduct; the role is subject to required pre-employment medical clearance when applicable and legal authorization to work where the position is performed.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CPA, or equivalent.
• Experience implementing or supporting humanitarian programming.
• Knowledge of JDE and/or Oracle enterprise systems; understanding of SUN Systems is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal contact on global grant financial management and compliance issues for program staff, sub-grantees, CRS HQ Finance, and country program finance and compliance staff; ensure relevant staff understand donor requirements.
• Support development, review, and approval of agreements at CRS and sub-recipient levels, ensuring compliance with CRS and donor requirements.
• Support timely assessment of partners’ financial capacity and ability to meet donor requirements, and develop action plans with program and finance staff to address capacity or system gaps.
• Participate in project start-up, mid-term, and close-out meetings to promote understanding of finance-related requirements.
• Develop and maintain a reporting tracking and communications system to support sub-recipient adherence to deadlines, milestones, expiration dates, and donor-approved changes in grant procedures.
• Support global grant management teams, country programs, and HQ finance and compliance colleagues; address questions about grant conditions and the need for modifications or clarifications.
• Prepare financial reports in CRS financial systems to support project reconciliation and budget monitoring.
• Review subrecipient and country-level monthly financial reports.
• Lead preparation of donor financial reports and HQ review before donor submission.
• Respond to finance requests and questions from CRS and sub-grantees about budgets, spending, and reporting, and provide guidance on donor and CRS finance policies and practices.
• Assist with financial audit preparation, ensure timely closure of audit recommendations, and oversee preparation, implementation, and monitoring of related action plans.
• Develop tools, operations manuals, and communications to help global grant staff and subrecipients understand and implement donor compliance policies, including timekeeping, travel, and procurement requirements.
• Oversee and lead financial close-out of global projects.
• Oversee development of cost applications, ensuring budgets are reasonable, accurate, and adequately reflect the costs of activities needed to carry out the program successfully.

Benefits

• U.S.-based staff receive medical, dental, life insurance, and vision coverage.
• U.S.-based staff receive a generous retirement savings plan.
• For successful candidates employed outside the U.S., salary and benefits packages are based on the country of employment or in-country office where the role is performed.
• Collaborative, mission-driven work culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level