Role Description Short term consultancy assignment commencing Early August 2026, for 21 person-days in IRAQ/Remote. Save the Children Australia seeks a qualified consultant or a consultancy firm to undertake an Economic and Financial Analysis to inform the GROW project’s feasibility study and Funding Proposal. The consultant will lead the development of the Economic and Financial Analysis (EFA) for Iraq, including: - Preparing a full EFA in line with GCF requirements - Assessing the economic viability, cost effectiveness, and long-term benefits of proposed GROW interventions - Developing replicable EFA models and methodologies suitable for future education climate proposals - Supporting the design team to integrate EFA findings into the Funding Proposal The analysis will inform the feasibility, efficiency, and effectiveness of the GROW project and strengthen the investment case for climate resilient education in Iraq. The consultant will work closely with the Design Team Leader and Save the Children staff in Iraq to access data, validate findings, and ensure contextual accuracy. In this consulting assignment you will: - Conduct Literature Review and Contextual Analysis - Customise EFA Methodology for Iraq - Perform Quantitative Modelling and Economic Analysis - Conduct Financial Analysis - Draft the Economic and Financial Analysis Annex - Contribute to Funding Proposal Sections Qualifications - Master’s degree in economics, development economics, finance, or related field - Minimum 7–10 years of experience conducting economic and financial analyses for donor funded projects - Demonstrated experience preparing EFA for GCF proposals - Strong understanding of GCF processes, policies, and Annex 11 requirements - Experience with cost benefit modelling, climate adaptation economics, and human capital valuation - Excellent written and oral communication skills in English Requirements This consultancy requires: - A letter expressing interest, outlining the experience and expertise of the individual consultant or consulting agency relevant for the work - A copy of CV(s) or details of expertise in your research institution, or consultancy firm/agency, if applicable - Sample of previous research work/s, relevant to this consultancy - Contact details of at least two references if individual consultant - An operational plan detailing how the work will be done and how the objectives above will be met (maximum 2 pages) - A financial proposal or costing for items/activities required for the fulfilment of the expected deliverables of the consultancy work Benefits Applications must be received no later than 10th July 2026 and must be sent to climate@savethechildren.org.au with the title “Economic and financial analysis for Iraq specialist”. Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All consultants are required to undergo an International / National Police Check, a Working with Children Check where necessary, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.

- Assist Finance Business Partner and Financial Planning Manager with variance analysis, regular forecasting and the annual financial planning process - Design and run regular training for budget holders to ensure they understand their responsibilities in finance processes - Support for budget holders within the network to ensure they are well equipped to make financial decisions and achieve impact in their areas of work - Assist with reviews of the grant budgets and financial reports from our grantees - Support the finance team in the month end closure process, particularly with funding source allocations - Work with other members of the team to undertake financial due diligence for new and existing grantees, consultants and service providers - Other related tasks and responsibilities as agreed with the line manager

• Partnering across FP&A and business leaders to drive accountability and manage financial performance across revenue and expenditure, implementing planning frameworks, mechanisms, processes, and systems along the way. • Delivering improvement and increasing efficiency to our financial close, planning and reforecast cycles, partnering closely with the broader FP&A, Finance team, and Business leaders. • Designing, building, and implementing planning and reporting cadences at the board, executive, and leadership level. • Bringing clarity and cohesion to our growth narrative, investment thesis, in partnership with investor relations, to be communicated with investors and other external parties. • Partnering with other finance teams across accounting, tax, and treasury to deliver finance team goals.

• Design and build low-code / no-code agents and workflows that automate recurring finance operations tasks and analyses • Tune, validate, and continuously improve agent outputs for accuracy, completeness, explainability, and auditability • Translate ambiguous finance operations needs into structured logic, rules, and workflows that agents can execute reliably • Build workflows that support exception handling, approvals, escalations, and control checkpoints • Define and maintain core finance operations logic across billing, collections, payables, reconciliations, close support, revenue operations, and reporting • Ensure consistency across ERP, CRM, billing systems, data warehouse, dashboards, and executive reporting • Identify and resolve gaps in data quality, process handoffs, ownership, and system logic • Map current-state finance workflows and design scalable future-state processes • Build automation that reduces manual work while preserving appropriate review, approval, and compliance standards • Support finance transformation initiatives across systems, workflows, reporting, and operating cadence • Design processes that are repeatable, measurable, and resilient across regions, entities, and business models • Perform deep-dive analyses on operational bottlenecks, revenue and client margin forecast, cash conversion, billing accuracy, collections risk, close timelines, reconciliation issues, and process performance • Build scenario models for planning, tradeoffs, resource allocation, and leadership decision support • Design the logic behind finance operations dashboards, narratives, controls reporting, and executive insights • Review agent-generated reporting for accuracy, completeness, and decision usefulness • Create metrics that help leadership understand process health, financial risk, and operational throughput