Officer II, Global OverOps Finance and Operations Analyst
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Job Description
NOTE: This is a remote position; CRS will only consider candidates who are based in countries where we have existing offices. CRS does not sponsor visas for telecommuting employees
About CRS
Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.
Background
CRS centrally manages a growing portfolio of global (multi-regional) awards funded by a wide range of donors from private foundations to United States Agency for International Development USAID and other US agencies. These awards require varying degrees of finance and operations support at the headquarters level. This position will provide finance and operations support to a limited number of projects.
Job Summary
The Global OverOps Finance and Operations Analyst is responsible in directly and indirectly support a defined portfolio of global projects, leading communications on financial issues, including compliance with related donor and CRS policies. This position requires strong demonstrated experience in the areas of finance and program management, as well as a strong knowledge of donor, especially USG, funding mechanisms and requirements.
Responsibilities
Financial Management
- Serve as lead on global award financial management issues with program staff, sub-grantees, CRS HQ Finance, and country program finance and compliance staff,
- Contribute to project start-up, mid-term and close-out meetings to ensure broad understanding of finance related requirements.
- Ensure that global awards adhere to reporting deadlines, milestones, expiration dates, and donor approved changes in grant procedures.
- Support global award management teams, country programs, HQ finance and compliance colleagues to address issues/questions on award conditions and the need for modifications or clarifications.
- Coordinate with relevant staff on any transactions needed in the financial system, such as reclassifications and accruals. Utilize Oracle skills to complete transactions as needed.
- Support award staff on vendor payments as needed.
- Provide support for award staff as needed for budgeting/forecasting in Oracle Cloud Planning and Budgeting (ePBCS), budget monitoring in SmartView, and use of Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) financial reports.