Financial Reconciliation & Budget Consistency Consultant (15 days)

About the role

Sustainable WASH for All (SusWA) seeks a qualified consultancy team to support the financial closure of its Municipal WASH Fund project. The 15‑day, remote assignment focuses on ensuring budget consistency, traceability and accuracy across 28 partner local governments.

Key responsibilities

• Review Municipal WASH Fund planning documents and approved budgets.
• Reconcile budgets across Excel tools, COMPASS, Annual Work Plans, LMBIS, Municipal Council approvals and SuTRA.
• Identify and document inconsistencies, coding errors and budget discrepancies.
• Develop a budget traceability matrix and a financial reconciliation framework.
• Assess financial‑closure risks and propose corrective actions.
• Prepare interim and final reports to support the project’s financial readiness for closure.

Required profile

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Public Financial Management or related field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience managing donor‑funded programmes.
• Proven experience with government budgeting and financial management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team of at least three professionals to review multiple local‑government budgets simultaneously.
• Excellent English writing skills for reporting.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel and spreadsheet modelling.
• Financial reconciliation of complex datasets.
• Budget analysis and traceability.
• Familiarity with COMPASS, LMBIS and SuTRA systems (advantageous).