Consultant, Financial And Administrative Management Department

Consultant, Financial and Administrative Management Department
Vacancy No. S19033 Category of Contract Consultant Position Type Consultant Application Deadline 26/10/2026 Job Posted On 22/10/2026 Duty Station Global Country GLOBAL Different Locations Grade Consultant, Not Applicable Duration Maximum of 58 working days from 01 December 2026 to 28 May 2027Organizational Context
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network, with 191 member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. IFRC uses the Triple R – response, resilience and respect – to deliver on Strategy 2030. IFRC responds to disasters and crises, ensuring timely, coordinated and locally led humanitarian action. IFRC supports its members in building community resilience in the areas of climate and environment, health and wellbeing, and migration and displacement. IFRC promotes respect for our fundamental principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality, including in our work on values, power and inclusion. The IFRC focuses throughout on our core mandate – our raison d’être – of strategic and operational coordination, humanitarian diplomacy, National Society development, and accountability.
IFRC is led by its Secretary General and has its Headquarters in Geneva and five regional offices in Africa (Nairobi); the Americas (Panama); Asia Pacific (Kuala Lumpur); Europe (Budapest); and MENA (Beirut) as well as representation offices, service centres and delegations across the globe.
The IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and other forms of harassment, abuse of authority, discrimination, and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct). IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles.
The Financial and Administrative Management Department (FAMD) is responsible for advising the Secretary General, the Global Leadership Team, the Senior Management Team, the member National Societies, and the teams across IFRC, including the regional offices and operations to ensure: a) effective delivery of the strategy 2030; and b) effective implementation of the Secretary General’s Agenda for Renewal. FAMD is responsible for advising the Secretary General vis-a-vis IFRC’s governance in relation to sound financial management and effective use of the financial resources. FAMD is responsible for managing IFRC’s overall budgeting, accounting, treasury, assets, financial reporting and services, building and related services, conferencing services and languages, library and archives as well as insurance management.
The Finance System Operations and Support unit is a ensures smooth operations of the Financial management branches within the integrated ERP system in coordination with the relevant sectors on cross-cutting issues.
Job Purpose
The primary objective of this consultancy is to coordinate the stabilization, enhancement, and operational support of the financial reporting tools within the D365 ERP system and Power BI, and other systems within FAMD, ensuring efficient, reliable system performance.

Key responsibilities
include defining User Requirement Specifications (URS), managing report functionality, resolving technical issues, and implementing long-term solutions to optimize processes and improve user experience.
The consultant coordinates the reporting stream with business process owners, stakeholders, and technical teams (external and internal) to ensure compliance, enhance data integrity, and drive cross-functional alignment. Additionally, the consultant’s role involves designing training tools, developing reports, overseeing change management, and promoting continuous improvement within the ERP financial reporting tools.
Alignment to the IFRC’s objectives and strategySpecific consultancy related to Strategy for Implementation 4: Ensure a strong IFRC that is effective, credible and accountable.
Desired outcomesThe outcomes of the consultancy are aimed at ensuring fast and efficient delivery of Financial and management Reports, fast system stabilisation through implementation of workarounds, bug fixes and change requests, addressing major issues identified, after prioritisation by the Finance Systems’ team leader.
A documented approach for system improvements that ensures all requirements are effectively managed and prioritized using Azure Dev Ops.
Knowledge and workload sharing with the "Finance Coordinator, ERP systems and analysis" to maintain operations and equips the team to handle business requirements.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
1. Report Development and Training CoordinationOversee the development of financial reports by gathering requirements, supporting the design, liaising with business analysts and developers, and ensuring tho