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Summary

The Lead Associate, Financial Reporting & Analysis will provide financial expertise and analysis for a geographically based portfolio of awards. Using an integrated and collaborative approach to managing our funding, this position is key in ensuring that prompt and accurate financial data is sent to donors and that Save the Children continues to have a strong reputation for financial reporting. You will prepare required donor financial deliverables, ensuring they are complete, accurate, and submitted in a timely manner. You will coordinate across divisions as well as with country offices, to ensure financial reporting is in line with donor expectations and to resolve any transactional queries as they arise. You will be responsible for maintaining the appropriate document support, updating relevant award management systems and monitoring donor receivables.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
Preparation & Submission of Donor Reports (45%)

• Monthly, quarterly and/or semi-annual preparation of accurate, timely financial reports & invoices for assigned portfolio.
• Review of country office prepared financial reports for accuracy and guidance on any necessary adjustments prior to donor submission.
• Coordination of drafted financial reports with assigned award manager.
• Manage consolidated accounts payable tracker for entire portfolio of awards and communication of status to donor upon submission of financial deliverables.
• Identify incoming donor payments and provide coding accordingly.
• Upload reports as needed in various donor mandated systems correctly and within required timeline.
• Collaborate across divisions to advise on most appropriate setup for reporting to donors.

• Financial Analysis & Support (25%)
  • Analysis and reconciliation of detailed transactions identifying any necessary outliers (i.e., budget v actual; partner advances; inconsistent use of coding, etc.).
  • Process any necessary adjustment as result of award analysis OR, communicate to necessary party and follow through until resolution (Country office, payroll team, etc.).
  • Maintenance of reclassification requests via our team’s “Helpdesk” for assigned portfolio ensuring accurate and timely adjustments to achieve set KPI (Key Performance Indicators).
  • Proactively advise on grant closeout in coordination with country offices and assigned business team/ award manager.
• Information management (15%)
  • Responsible for correctly tracking reports due and submitted for assigned portfolio.
  • Ensure all required deliverables are retained via our awards repository system.
  • Participate in Life of Award review and dashboard development for assigned portfolio.
  • Propose ways to improve awards repository system and Agresso, our accounting system, for increased efficiency.
• Training and TA (15%)
  • Participate in the development and delivery of trainings on donor compliance and reporting requirements.
  • Conduct TA visits to Save the Children International Country Offices as may be needed.
  • Create and or update SOPs directly related to role as needed or when steps are revised.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent, plus at least 3 years of relevant experience
• USG or Non-Profit Grant knowledge and experience
• Experience working in general ledger and financial systems
• Experience in applying and interpreting regulations, policies and procedures
• Attention to detail and experience in overseeing/managing multiple projects across divisions
• Prompt/ accurate delivery of information, and demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple deadlines
• Able to build effective relationships within peer workgroup
• Financial Management experience
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion on significant matters related to functional area
• Able to work with minimal supervision but still keeping manager abreast of important issues
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging

Preferred Qualifications

• Education in accounting or finance
• Contract mechanism reporting or management
• Experience working in a fast paced and matrixed organization

Compensation

Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:

• Geo 1 – NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $66,300 – $74,100 base salary
• Geo 2 – Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $60,350 – $67,450 base salary
• Geo 3 – Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $54,400 – $60,800 base salary

The salary ranges listed above are for US based candidates. For candidates located outside of the US, salary ranges will be based on the salary scales of the local employer of record.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.  Employee may be eligible for an incentive program.  Save the Children also offers paid vacation, accrued at least 12 days a year, depending on paygrade and length of service, paid safety and wellness leave of at least 1 day per month worked for a full time employee which is pro rata reduced for employees working less than a full time schedule, and at least 10 paid holidays a year. Employees may be eligible for additional bonus compensation. Save the Children US also offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, a retirement savings plan with employer contribution, family leave, paid parental/adoption leave of 60 days, commuter benefits, paid caregiver leave days, 1 paid volunteer day a year, paid critical child illness leave days, dress for your day, and much more.

About Save the Children

No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond.  As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse. 

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.