Overview
Provide reliable income forecasts, reporting and performance insights to support resource mobilization and leadership decision-making. The role serves as the subject matter expert for income forecasting and performance reporting within the Resource Mobilization and Economic Management (REM) department.
Key Responsibilities
- SME and coordinator of the income forecast process (monthly, including parallel current- and next-year iterations): ensures completion and compliance with the process, consolidate inputs and narratives from private and public fundraising teams; challenges assumptions using historical performance, trend and variance analysis; produces forecast reporting packs (comparison vs. prior iterations, key drivers, risks and opportunities); and recommends improvements to forecast accuracy and reliability to the Business Process Owner (BPO).
- Prepare s REM performance and forecasting reporting for internal and external audiences (fundraising performance, strategy implementation, various REM governance reporting), ensuring data consistency, reconciliation and quality control; contributes to institutional reporting cycles (PMT/MFR and other submissions).
- Continually improves these reports to meet evolving user needs.
- Safeguard s the quality of the data underpinning forecasting and performance reporting : identifies recurring data-quality and performance issues (incl. procedure adherence and system use, e.g. 4D, incorrect entries, etc.), diagnoses root causes, and works with the Data Steward and other relevant teams and BPOs, to define, follow up and track corrective actions.
- Ensures consistency and reliability of Power BI reporting by validating data accuracy, aligning reporting requirements with business needs.
- Establish es data controls in collaboration with the 4D team to strengthen user ownership and accountability for data quality and input accuracy.
- Support s the coordination of performance activities across REM , contributing to a single, harmonized performance framework with consistent KPIs, review routines and application across teams.
- Partner s with Donor Experience teams (in Public and Private Fundraising) to combine qualitative insights on donor journeys and content with quantitative performance across all income streams.
- Use external benchmarks and donor trends to produce analysis that supports REM planning, prioritization and decision-making.
Required Experience
Typically, around 8-10 years of professional experience in finance, performance/M&E, forecasting/planning, international development, project management, research, or a related field is required. Experience in income/revenue or financial forecasting, alongside financial analysis is required. Proven ability to run evidence-based, decision-oriented analysis; synthesize complex/large datasets into clear insights, options, and recommendations is required. Experience preparing and running business/performance frameworks and reviews is required. Demonstrated ability to diagnose root causes (data quality, process adherence, system use) and recommend practical process/tool improvements is required. Understanding of the humanitarian funding environment, donor landscape and related challenges and constraints is required. Works autonomously with limited supervision; sets priorities and delivers to deadlines is required. Ability to manage several work streams concurrently and semi-independently in a dynamic work environment is required. Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to the ICRC humanitarian mission; collaborates across boundaries and leads without authority is required.
Qualifications
Master’s degree level or equivalent in finance, economics, public or business administration, or international development.
