Consortium Finance Senior Manager, SHARP Project

Ukraine

Consortium Finance Senior Manager, SHARP Project

Organization

• Save the Children
  
  

Posted 11 Apr 2025 Closing date 30 Apr 2025

Role Purpose

This position is contingent upon donor approval and funding.

Save the Children (SC) is seeking a Consortium Finance Senior Managerfor an anticipated three-year FCDO-funded project called Strengthening Humanitarian Assistance and Response to Protection Risks in Ukraine Project (SHARP). The project focuses on providing inclusive life-saving protection and assistance services to support civilians affected by the war in Ukraine.

This senior leadership position is an active member of the SC-led SHARP Consortium Project Management Unit, under the guidance of the Consortium Director.

The Finance Senior Manager oversees all financial management, internal controls, and financial compliance aspects of the project in accordance with FCDO guidance and regulations. She/He provides financial management to the project to ensure the best use of resources, thus ensuring value for money to donor’s satisfaction, by preparing sound budgets, monitoring project expenses, and providing accurate and timely financial reports.

The Finance Senior Manager develops, implements, and continuously improves finance systems for the project (as needed), and ensures coordination and sharing of information, data sources and learning across all SHARP Consortium Partners by leading and coaching Partner’s Finance Managers.

Key Areas Of Accountability

• Lead effective coordination and cooperation across Consortium Partners of the SHARP project from a Finance perspective;
• Deliver state of the art financial management systems, assuring adherence to Save the Children and FCDO guidelines and compliance requirements;
• Provide accurate financial reports and overight of all resources allocations and usage, to ensure financial sustainibility of the project in compliance with Save the Children and FCDO compliance and contractual requirements.
• Review and consolidate monthly financial reports to ensure accuracy and provide regular feedback to the Consortium Project Management Unit.
• Ensure all financial plans, invoices, reports, and other financial documents and transactions are accurate, timely, and consistent with Save the Children and FCDO guidelines and regulations.
• Prepare and monitor budgets to ascertain that spending occurs as planned and that variances are anticipated, noted, and corrected; ensure that key project personnel are aware of budgetary resources and can monitor their respective budgets.
• Prepare quarterly reports, consolidated annual fiscal reports, cumulative life of project report, and any other required donor submissions.
  
  

Experience And Skills

Required experience and skills:

• Minimum of 8 years of professional experience managing finances for large programs in development or humanitarian settings.
• In-depth knowledge of FCDO financial management rules and regulations.
• Proven ability to prepare budgets and donor financial reports.
• Strong analytical, leadership and interpersonal skills with the demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.
• Experience in coaching, training and capacity building.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
  
  

Desired Experience And Skills

• Professional qualification/certification in accounting.
• Knowledge of Ukrainian and/or Russian language.
• Recent work experience in Ukraine.
  
  

Additional Job Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

How to apply

Consortium Finance Senior Manager, SHARP Project - SCI Career Site Careers

Job details

Country

• Ukraine
  
  

City Kyiv Source

• Save the Children
  
  

Type

• Job
  
  

Career category

• Administration/Finance
  
  

Years of experience

• 5-9 years
  
  

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