Under management oversight of Manager, Country Financial Management Strengthening and Innovation, the Specialist, Financial Management is responsible to:
Financial Reporting and Data Management
Coordination with Grant Management and Grant Financial Management to ensure that financial reporting has been sufficiently integrated in the Capacity Assessment Tool (CAT) in order to identify the gaps in financial reporting; and
Interaction with grant implementers and the software developers to integrate the reporting requirements as standard functionalities.
Fiduciary Risk Oversight and Assurance
Collaborate with Risk Department to assess the impact of capacity strengthening actions and FMIR results on existing mitigating measures/safeguards for financial risks (including triggers for fiscal agent/ASP/Zero cash policy transition, application of flexibilities etc.);
Engage and support execution of quality assurance and deep-dive missions/reviews to better understand and identify the root-causes of financial risks at country level and provide relevant recomme
Benefits
Health insurance
Additional Information
Specialist, Financial Management - GL D - Defined Duration until December 2028 - French Speaking
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Country Financial Management Strengthening and Innovation, the Specialist, Financial Management is s shared role either responsible to coordinate the management of the "Resilient Sustainable System for Health (RSSH) component for financial management" including Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP) monitoring, reporting and oversight for a group of countries in close collaboration with the Grant Finance Managers and Senior Finance Specialists or coordinate the implementation of innovative financing mechanism including Payment for Result and Mobile Money etc.
They will coordinate the implementation of the Global Fund financial strategy to improve financial management capacity, systems and expenditure reporting of Principal Recipients and key implementers. They will provide professional financial services to Country Teams and also technical input in the design and implementation of a robust expenditure reporting structure using a differentiated approach based on risk and investment coverage.
At the corporate level and to influence strategic decision making, this role is key to maintaining the integrity of financial solutions through the design of efficient requirements for grant implementers. This position will interact with internal and external stakeholders of the organization (Grant Financial Management, Grant Management, implementers, accounting software developers, and other development Partners...) and will provide support in projects and design of systems for the flow of financial data to/from implementers and partners of the Global Fund.
They collaborate with Grant Financial Management teams, Implementer and other relevant stakeholders on design and implementation of innovative financing mechanism to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in the use of grants fund. They also coordinate with Health Finance Department and other relevant stakeholders on effective engagement, establishing strategic relationship and collaboration with the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to drive an accelerated Innovative Financing implementation with a focus on "deals-executions" through joint investments to catalyze Global Fund resources for greater impact.
Adhoc and Additional Responsibilities may include based on requirements and relevance:
- Provides value-added financial services across the grant lifecycle to ensure compliance with Global Fund fiduciary policies and effective use of funds.
- Consolidates grant finance data at corporate level and supports risk-based budgeting, oversight, and reliance on assurance providers.
- Strengthens internal controls of implementers, including oversight of auditors, fiscal agents, and LFA deliverables.
- Drives innovative financing initiatives, monitors sustainability of investments, and promotes alignment with public financial management systems.
- Leads rollout of cashless payment solutions (e.g. mobile money, prepaid cards, biometric e-vouchers) in collaboration with internal teams, implementers, and service providers.
- Enhances operational efficiency by ensuring portfolio optimization, proactive reprogramming, and value-for-money across Global Fund grants
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