Head of Post-Award Grant

## Head of Post-Award Grant Apply locations:
Atlanta time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-03138
** Job Tittle - Head of Post-Award Grants
**** Department:
** Finance / GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation Inc
** Team:
** Finance & Compliance
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* Location:

** Atlanta, GA
** Position type:
** Full-time, Permanent
** What the hiring manager says
** This role is pivotal to safeguarding donor compliance and enabling the Foundation to scale. As we expand our grant portfolio and establish our European presence, we need a senior post-award leader who can drive consistent, high-quality grant financial management, strengthen controls, and coach our Post-award Financial grant managers.
* Lorena Ferro
** Head of Finance & Compliance
*** About the Team
** The Finance & Compliance team provides end-to-end stewardship of the Foundation’s donor-funded portfolio, supporting programmes from award through closeout. Working across the US 501(c)(3) and the new Belgian AISBL, we partner closely with Programmes, Operations, Legal, and People & Culture to ensure robust financial management, strong internal controls, and timely, accurate donor reporting.

The role will be joining the established Foundation Finance and Compliance team that includes 10 professionals located in Atlanta, India, London and Kenya. This role will also work closely with the Director of Strategic Development and the M4D Head of programmes located in London.
** About the Role
** The Head of Post-Award leads the financial management, compliance oversight ensuring the Foundation meets donor requirements throughout the grant lifecycle. This role provides leadership to the Post-award (FBP) team, owns the post-award operating model end to end, and acts as the senior point of accountability for the quality and timeliness of donor financial reporting, forecasts, and audit readiness.
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* Key Responsibilities:

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* A. Leadership & Oversight*
* · Lead and manage the Post‐Award Finance function, including Post-award Managers.
· Allocate portfolios based on donor complexity and workload.
· Provide technical leadership on donor rules, allowable costs, and compliance requirements.
· Act as the escalation point for donor-related financial issues.
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* B. Donor Financial Compliance (High‐Risk Donors in Particular)*
* · Serve as the internal owner of financial rules for FCDO, SIDA, EU, GIZ, US Government, and other high‐risk donors.
· Develop and maintain donor-specific compliance guidance, templates, and checklists.
· Ensure adherence to cost principles, budget categories, procurement requirements, exchange rate rules, and reporting formats.
· Manage High risk grants
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* C. Post‐Award Financial Management*
* · Oversee the financial management of all active grants from award to closeout (Manages High-Risk Grants).
· Review and approve donor financial reports before submission to donors or Coalitions.
· Lead quarterly Budget vs Actual reviews with Head of Program and Post-award managers.
· Ensure correct grant set‐up in Workday (worktags, budgets, reporting structures).
· Develops templates (budgets/forecasts/recons/life‐of‐grant) and dashboards; ensures staff cost allocation integrity.
· Coordinate with the Accounting team on general ledger structures, reconciliations, and restricted income recognition.
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* D. Governance, Controls & Audit Readiness*
* · Defines, implement and maintain strong internal controls for grant financial management.
· Oversee document retention standards, audit trails, and financial compliance files.
· Lead preparation for donor audits (FCDO, SIDA, Gates, etc.) and coordinate with auditors.
· Ensure consistent application of GSMA and donors policies across US and Belgium entities.
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* E. Partnership with Subgrant Compliance Team*
* · Work closely with the Head of Subgrant Compliance to ensure alignment between:  
• subgrant monitoring  
• expenditure verification  
• fund disbursement schedules  
• subrecipient reporting deadlines
· Ensure subgrant financial data is incorporated accurately into donor reports.
· Support the integration of risk‐based approaches for Innovation Fund partners.
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* F. Capacity‐Building & Continuous Improvement*
* · Coach and develop…