Financial Analyst

Job Description

This position provides critical support to and collaborates with the International Rule of Law Initiative project staff. On a
daily basis, ABA ROLI Financial Analyst provides business and financial analyses to an assigned entity, reviews budgets for grant proposals.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manages the grant budgeting process, review
  grant budgets and budget narratives for completeness, accuracy, and compliance
  with ABA and ABA ROLI polices, regulations, and procedures.
• Develops new budget templates when needed to
  meet specific donor requirements.
• Collaborates with an assigned entity in the
  development, management, and adherence to budgets.
• Assists program staff throughout the budgeting
  process by providing support and training.
• Correspond with donors requesting specific
  information on proposal budgets. Assists program staff in developing strategic
  and consistent responses to proposals.
• Provided financial and business insights and
  analyses to and assigned entity.
• Prepares forecasts, projections, cost
  over/underruns, and special financial reports for senior leaders within the
  entity.
• Analyzes growth, revenue and spending by
  donors, regions, countries, analyzes General Operations and Overhead spending.
• Design financial reports for program staff to
  easily determine the spending status of each award.
• Assists in the completion of internal and external
  audits of financial records of the entity.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an
  accredited college or university.
• At least five years’ experience working in
  accounting, financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and/or
  operations analysis.
• Previous experience at the intermediate level
  working with ERP, finance/accounting systems, Microsoft Excel, and/or Microsoft
  Word.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Licensed CPA.

About the Organization

The Rule of Law Initiative is a public service project of the American Bar Association dedicated to promoting legal reform efforts in over 40 countries around the world. The Rule of Law Initiative believes that rule of law promotion is the most effective long-term antidote to the most pressing problems facing the world community today, including poverty, economic stagnation, and crippling levels of corruption. The Rule of Law Initiative concentrates its technical legal assistance efforts in the following substantive areas: 1) Anti-corruption & public integrity; 2) Criminal law & combating trafficking in persons; 3) Gender issues; 4) Human rights & conflict mitigation; 5) Judicial reform; 6) Legal education reform; and 7) Legal profession reform. The Rule of Law Initiative enlists talented individuals who possess the skills and commitment necessary to effectively promote the rule of law in our host countries. We regularly seek experienced attorneys, judges, and law professors interested in lending their expertise to our programs for both long- and short-term pro bono assignments overseas. For more information please visit our website at www.abarol.org.