Finance Grants Manager

About the role

Save the Children is recruiting a Finance Grants Manager in Yangon, Myanmar, on a fixed-term contract. The role supports the Head of Finance and Grant in partners' management, contracting and financial monitoring of GFATM-Myanmar projects, and involves managing, supervising and evaluating a team of two Grant Coordinators. It is a desk-based position with no regular contract.

Key responsibilities

• Review partners' financial reports and share findings and feedback with programme managers, heads of business and senior representatives, and ensure adjustments in GLOS/CAPCOS are correctly recorded.
• Review partner budgets, take part in budget negotiations and revisions, and review cash calls and fund requests, preparing disbursement recommendations in line with sub-grant clauses.
• Maintain sub-grant tracking sheets, reconcile partner data with Agresso, and ensure partners comply with donor and SCI policies and procedures.
• Take part in pre-award capacity assessments, prepare and amend partnership agreements, and support the payables unit in estimating monthly fund requirements.
• Prepare and review monitoring reports after visits, follow up corrective action plans, and support audits, internal audits and investigations.
• Contribute to SR capacity-building needs assessments, train partner finance staff, and recruit, train and develop the team.
• Ensure child safeguarding is planned into project activities and respond to children's feedback.

Required profile

• At least six years of experience, including three at management level in the finance department of a national or international organization; Global Fund project experience is an asset.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related field; CPA or equivalent professional qualification or a master's degree is preferable.
• Willingness to travel locally and internationally up to 25% of working time, and to adapt hours during emergencies.
• Child safeguarding self-declaration required due to Level 2 access to data about children and young people.

Required skills

• Excellent analytical skills and sound knowledge of budgeting and budget management.
• Understanding of financial systems, internal controls and contractual compliance.
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills, and fluency in written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in Excel, databases, PowerPoint and Word.