Background

Global Outbreak Response Support (GORS) delivered by Global Emergency Group, Inc. (GEG), under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD), provides rapid activation, surge response, and transition support enabling countries to detect, contain, and recover from infectious disease outbreaks. GEG leads GORS as the prime recipient, building on its ongoing role as Field Programs Support lead for Team Credence on the Humanitarian Assistance Support Contract (HASC). Founded in 2007, GEG delivers GORS through a global network of regional response hubs, a pre-vetted surge roster, and embedded in-country teams that mobilize within hours of an authorized outbreak response.

Reporting/Communication Lines

The Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator reports functionally to the GEG Finance Manager and operationally supports the GORS Program Director and GORS Senior Operations Lead. Works closely with Operations, Senior Technical Director/subaward managers, Intelligence-to-Action Hub Lead and MEL Officer.

Scope of Work

Position Description

The Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator is responsible for accurate, compliant and decision-useful financial management for readiness, activations, partners, technology and expenditure-to-results reporting.

The Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator will:

Maintain the program budget, forecasts, burn rate, activation scenarios and cost allocation across fixed and activation-dependent activities.
Ensure every material cost links to an approved activity, output, result and responsible function.
Support rapid activation budgeting, travel advances, procurement, vendor and partner payments and financial controls.
Financial onboarding for new personnel.
Manage payroll and expense processing for personnel including performing monthly reconciliations for any credit card company charges.
Financial management for all GORS personnel, including adherence to local labor laws, managing financial aspects including taxes (employee and employer), severance, leave, overtime, corporate requirements, timesheets, holidays, creating policies for travel/expenses/work schedules/etc.
Monitor subaward/subcontract budgets, invoicing, supporting documentation, budget vs actuals, variances and compliance.
Produce timely financial reports and decision briefs for the GORS Program Director, Senior Operations Lead and GEG Finance Manager.
Produce requests for funding from GHSD.
Produce monthly accounting of all expenses for submission to GHSD.
Support expenditure-to-results reviews and flag where spending, delivery and performance diverge.
Maintain audit-ready records, segregation of duties, fraud controls and close-out/reconciliation processes.
Support lifecycle-cost modelling for Intelligence-to-Action Hub and costed continuation/scale planning.
Ensure compliance with all USG financial requirements.
Required Position Qualifications

Relevant degree/professional qualification in finance, accounting, grants management or a related field.
At least 5–8 years of donor-funded program finance, preferably including USG and emergency operations.
Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting, subaward monitoring, audit readiness and rapid-response finance.
Ability to translate financial data into clear management decisions under time pressure
Excellent attention to detail in maintaining organized and accurate financial records across multiple projects and countries.
Fluent professional English; additional languages and international experience are assets.
Competencies/Performance Criteria

Adherence and promotion of the GEG Way.

Please send your motivation letter and CV in English, with GORS Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator as the subject title of your email.