Donor Finance Cost and Pricing Manager - up to £51,000. London – Hybrid
For an International NGO operating in 40 countries worldwide, we are recruiting a Donor Finance Cost and Pricing Manager – Programme Design and Development. Reporting to the Senior Cost and Pricing Manager, this role will partner with the Programme Design and Development Team to secure new funding via first-class responses to country-level, multi country, regional and global opportunities for donor funding. This role will support the team in ensuring overall quality of cost proposals and bid submissions while building capability of in-country support teams to create effective cost proposals and program budgets.
Main Duties:
* Develop Cost Proposals: Supporting the proposal development processes and coordinate the Donor cost proposal; reviewing budget templates and cost guidance for country programs, ensuring all Donor cost requirements are met. Travel to country programme to assist in budget building as required
* Manage Relationships: Coordinate with partners for the provision of budget guidelines and timelines, review partner budget submissions ensuring standards are maintained. Ensure handover from proposal stage to securing a project is managed effectively
* Create and distribute information packs for partners with supporting financial information. Train country Programmes in the use of proposal templates and develop tools and processes for developing proposals and budgets
* Support the Donor Forecast and Pipeline Development Project Manager with reports and analysis
* Ensure there is a good understanding in the organisation of project coding, grant, and contract payment terms
* Work with the SUN systems team to ensure projects are opened and closed effectively
* Statutory and Donor Audits – ensure year end analysis of project budgets, assist partners and in—country staff prepare for donor audits
* Review country programme and external partner budgets for donor proposals
* Set up new projects in SUN and ensure donor reports are submitted and reconciled to SUN
* Review and provide analysis on the Project Finance Reports (PFRs)
* Manage the invoicing, cash flow forecasting and grant receivables balance reporting
* Monitor Consortium partners’ financial performance and compliance to Donor requirements
* Ensure projects are closed-out effectively
Person Specification:
* Advanced Excel skills including H/Vlookup, If and nested If statements, Sumif/countif function, cell validation and goal seek (will be tested)
* Experience in NGO project accounting and financial management of large international projects and country programmes
* Experience of financial reporting to Governmental, Private and Institutional Donors (FCDO, USAID, Gates Foundation)
* Ideally SUN systems and Q&A experience
* Skilled in developing value for money analysis, budget narratives and cost competitiveness assessments
* Proven experience of data analysis and visualisation for internal and external audiences