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.

Travel Frequency

The Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator will conduct planned travel as required.

Working Conditions

The Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator will work remotely from their home base on a 9am to 5pm eastern time zone basis and will be available during emergencies or to meet critical client requirements.  The Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator adheres to GEG security management directives and policies as prescribed by GEG.

Benefits & Leave

As personnel dedicated to GORS delivery, the Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator will have access to those Global Emergency Group benefits available in their country’s home of record.

ABOUT GLOBAL EMERGENCY GROUP

Founded in 2007, GEG is a benefit corporation that supports vulnerable people affected by crisis in more than 52 countries by providing a broad range of humanitarian support services to a wide range of organizations, including the United Nations, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, donor governments, companies, major international and national NGO’s and local communities. Every day, these organizations and communities rely on GEG’s emergency response expertise, and on the combined capabilities and dedication of its people to implement strategies, find solutions and seize opportunities to assist the world’s most vulnerable people.

Global Emergency Group is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and recruiting people of diverse backgrounds and experiences. GEG does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or belief, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, age, medical condition, disability, ancestry, national origin or ethnic group. All recruitment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please send your motivation letter and CV in English to talent@globalemergencygroup.com no later than 7 October 2026, with GORS Finance, Compliance and Grants Coordinator as the subject title of your email.