Grant Management Transition Consultant
Grant Management Transition Consultant - Operational Support, PFP Finance, Financial Services Unit, Remote / Reporting to Rome, Italy, 6 Months #596749
Job no: 596749
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Rome
Level: Consultancy
Location: Italy
Categories: Financial Management
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, the right to future
How can you make a difference?
Operational grant and contribution support: review assigned remittances and grant submissions in Salesforce
and related systems; verify supporting documentation, amounts, recipient entities, programme/fund coding,
donor conditions, reporting requirements and soft-credit/allocation information; and prepare items for staff review
or approval where required.
Reconciliation and closure support: maintain a clear exception and follow-up log for incomplete, inconsistent or
high-risk items; support reconciliation of outstanding grant/remittance items; and prepare evidence required for
monthly and annual closure within agreed timelines.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics or a related field,
or an equivalent professional qualification. Relevant additional experience may be considered where
permitted under the applicable consultancy requirements.
- Work Experience: At least six years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, contribution/grant
management, donor revenue, accounts receivable, reconciliation, financial operations or a closely related
area.
- Skills:- Hands-on experience reviewing or processing financial/contribution transactions and resolving
discrepancies.
- Strong reconciliation, data-quality and month-end/year-end closure skills.
- Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP, CRM, grant management or comparable financial systems.
- Ability to document workflows clearly and transfer knowledge to colleagues.
- Ability to work independently within established procedures and escalating exceptions appropriately.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
- Experience with SAP/VISION, Salesforce/CORE, FRM or comparable systems.
- Experience with private sector contributions,
donor funding or grant-management processes.
- Experience in UNICEF, another UN organization or an international organization.
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone , irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer awide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks andreasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF . Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, en
Job no: 596749
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Rome
Level: Consultancy
Location: Italy
Categories: Financial Management
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, the right to future
How can you make a difference?
Operational grant and contribution support: review assigned remittances and grant submissions in Salesforce
and related systems; verify supporting documentation, amounts, recipient entities, programme/fund coding,
donor conditions, reporting requirements and soft-credit/allocation information; and prepare items for staff review
or approval where required.
Reconciliation and closure support: maintain a clear exception and follow-up log for incomplete, inconsistent or
high-risk items; support reconciliation of outstanding grant/remittance items; and prepare evidence required for
monthly and annual closure within agreed timelines.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics or a related field,
or an equivalent professional qualification. Relevant additional experience may be considered where
permitted under the applicable consultancy requirements.
- Work Experience: At least six years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, contribution/grant
management, donor revenue, accounts receivable, reconciliation, financial operations or a closely related
area.
- Skills:- Hands-on experience reviewing or processing financial/contribution transactions and resolving
discrepancies.
- Strong reconciliation, data-quality and month-end/year-end closure skills.
- Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP, CRM, grant management or comparable financial systems.
- Ability to document workflows clearly and transfer knowledge to colleagues.
- Ability to work independently within established procedures and escalating exceptions appropriately.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
- Experience with SAP/VISION, Salesforce/CORE, FRM or comparable systems.
- Experience with private sector contributions,
donor funding or grant-management processes.
- Experience in UNICEF, another UN organization or an international organization.
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone , irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer awide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks andreasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF . Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, en