Commercial Contract – Finance Advisor At Danish Refugee Council

An opportunity to take on a lead role in a highly technical team who are engaged in developing new modalities for DRC and supporting our country and regional offices to manage and mitigate risks while also driving global growth and expansion.

Who are we?

The Commercial Contract and Fund Management team provides expert oversight and support to DRC’s country operations in the management and implementation of the more complex awards that DRC implements such as commercial contracts and funds. The team is a small specialist unit that provides direct and technical support related to the correct and effective operation of commercial contracts and fund management services.

About the job

Over recent years DRC has moved into new business areas such as commercial contracts and fund management, these modalities bring different operational risks and requires the adoption of new procedures to be better suited to the specific needs of bidding for and delivering commercial/service contracts and fund management services. A key area of adaptation has been in DRC’s approach to project financial management, driven by the need to accurately forecast, earn and track profit offered by these types of contracts. Your tasks will include:

Commercial Contracts

Financial management

• Ensure or QA correct set up of new contracts in Dynamics – Support – monitor
• Provide support to compliance checks on financial management 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 the effective management 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.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to bring some years of practical experience working in financial management or advisory roles, preferably in the commercial development sector used to working with diverse teams. Ideally the candidate will be proactive in their work and able to reach out constructively to multiple stakeholders. All employees should master DRC’s core competencies: Communicating, Taking the lead, Collaborating, Striving for excellence and Demonstrating integrity.

Moreover, we also expect the following:

Required

• Master’s degree in economics, financial management, business management, or similar
• 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 working with service contracts
• Understanding of various donor/client commercial contract modalities
• Good interpersonal and intercultural skills with the ability to work with and train people of different capacities and cultures.

Desirable

• Proficiency in French, Spanish, Arabic or Danish would be an advantage.
• 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 DRC Dynamics
• Proficient in spoken and written English

We offer

Contract length: 2 years

Work place: Either DK-HQ or Regional Office

Start date: 01.02.25

The position is fixed term for two years as it will be paid for by profit from current contracts

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with the agreement between DRC and the AC union This is a national position for which local terms and conditions apply.

Application process

All applicants must upload a cover letter, an updated CV in.

Closing date for applications:24.11.24. We expect to conduct interviews 25.11.24

For questions regarding the vacancy please contact james.davey@drc.ngo

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website drc.ngo.