Commercial Contract - Finance Advisor

Responsibilities:

Financial management:

Ensure or QA correct set up of new contracts in Dynamics – Support - monitor

Provide support to compliance checks on financial management systems and procedures of downstream partners (e.g. core subcontractors and local implementing partners)

Review project invoices prepared by Project Manager to ensure accuracy and compliance before submission to client

Review Commercial Contract Internal Budgets against financial data in Dynamics and assess status of financial Key Performance Indicators to inform the resource committee

Work with relevant staff in DRC to develop relevant BI reports to enable monitoring of the commercial portfolio and Commercial Risk Contingency Fund

Support with commercial contract audits as required

Provide advice to the Head of Section on LE profit share proposals to ensure informed HQ approvals

Business Development:

Support relevant LEs with the development and review of commercially viable and compliant financial proposals

Policy guidance:

Support the maintenance and refinement of DRC’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for commercial contract delivery and financial management

Support the development and review of relevant DRC Dynamics user manuals related to commercial contract set-up, implementation and closedown

Support in developing Profit Policy

Fund Management:

Support the monitoring of Fund Management cash flow to ensure compliant and timely donor inflows and grantee outflows

Help identify any existing challenges in Dynamics for the efficient management of fund management grants/contracts and work with relevant colleagues to develop solutions

Work with Business Process Owners to recommend relevant system changes needed for DRC Dynamics and advocate for their adoption by the governance board.

Experience and technical competencies:

Knowledge and capacity in financial process and procedures – preferably at an oversight level

At least 5 years’ experience of working within the development/humanitarian sector preferably with service contracts

Understanding of various contract modalities and donors that DRC works with

Good interpersonal and intercultural skills with the ability to work with and train people of different capacities and cultures.

Proficient in spoken and written English and French

Experience working with commercial contracting in the humanitarian sector or private sector.

Experience of effective stakeholder engagement related to policy development.

Experience of ERP software preferably MS Dynamics

Education:

Master’s degree in Economics, Financial Management, Business Management, or similar

Industries:Non-profit Organization Management

Function: Others