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Integrated Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S.-based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over 100 countries and implemented over 300 projects. IBTCI serves government agencies, private-sector companies, and donor organizations. IBTCI specializes in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) and institutional support across sectors including conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, agriculture, economic growth, food security, education, environment, and global health.

Assignment Title: Cost-Benefit / Cost-Effectiveness / Financial Analysis Specialist

Department/Location: Remote, Philippines, and/or Türkiye with potential travel to Ethiopia, Ukraine, Haiti,

Technical Point of Contact: Team Leader

Type: Consultant, Short-term / Intermittent

Classification: Consultancy,

Overview: IBTCI is seeking a senior specialist in cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, financial analysis, and audit-related review for a proposed Livelihoods Framework and Evaluations assignment. The specialist will recommend and develop a practical cost-effectiveness toolset and guide for a project portfolio. The specialist will lead non-audit-level verification of expenditures and assets for 13 implementing-organization projects.

Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develop and document a standardized cost-effectiveness toolset and user guide that can be applied consistently across diverse livelihood project types and cost-data environments.
• Lead high-level financial-document review, including budget-to-actual and actual-to-reported reconciliation, invoice tie-out, expenditure date and nature testing, redistribution testing, competitive-bid or price-reasonableness testing, and asset verification where relevant.
• Review signed cooperation agreements, disbursement records, project budgets, transaction-level ledgers, invoices, procurement files, and supporting documents made available by implementing organizations.
• Identify and promptly communicate credible indications of intentional misuse, unsupported costs, material noncompliance, procurement concerns, or diversion.
• Contribute to evaluation plans, financial and cost-effectiveness sections of scorecards and reports, technical annexes, recommendations, and stakeholder briefings.
• Protect confidential financial and partner-performance information and comply with data-protection, conflict-of-interest, and evaluator-independence requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 10 years of professional experience in cost-effectiveness or cost-benefit analysis, financial analysis, audit, forensic review, procurement review, value-for-money analysis, or related work.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing donor-funded or humanitarian/development project budgets, expenditures, procurement records, invoices, assets, and financial controls.
• Experience designing practical cost-effectiveness or value-for-money frameworks.
• Experience working with international NGOs, UN agencies, local organizations, or comparable implementers with varied financial systems.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to develop transparent, auditable analytical tools and calculations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.

Education: Master's degree or higher in economics, finance, accounting, business administration, public finance, procurement, or a related field; a relevant bachelor's degree with substantial additional experience will be considered.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Professional certification.
• Experience with livelihoods, agriculture, market systems, enterprise development, humanitarian programming, or economic resilience.
• Experience performing cost-effectiveness, social-return, or value-for-money analysis across multiple countries or project types.
• Experience with donation-based accounting and verification of co-financed or co-mingled donor funds.
• Experience in one or more target countries or comparable fragile or conflict-affected environments.

Work environment: This position is primarily remote and requires secure review of sensitive financial records and close collaboration across time zones.

Physical Requirements: This position requires the ability to speak, hear, see, use a computer or mobile device, and lift small objects up to 20 lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position does not have supervisory.

Travel: International travel may be required.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required for this assignment. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.