ICF’s Disaster Management Division is hiring a Lead Financial Management Specialist to assist with developing data platforms to support federal disaster recovery grant programs and carrying out strategic, high-impact activities. This position is 100% Remote in the U.S. with minimal travel. This position is open to direct applicants only and is non-managerial.
The ideal candidate is highly motivated and understands the operational, financial, and compliance requirements of federally funded grant programs. You can translate complex requirements into practical system solutions and have experience supporting grant management and financial systems, including data integrity, reporting, workflow optimization, technical documentation, and user training.
You are comfortable working with state and local government clients, grantees, subrecipients, grant administrators, finance teams, business analysts, developers, and program leadership to improve system functionality, strengthen internal controls, and support audit-ready program delivery.
COMPENSATION: While the range below is wider for career development, this position will offer a pay range between $95,000 to $105,000. Higher education and skillset will not alter this range and will be based on the % of job description match and location.
Key Responsibilities-
• Serve as a Lead Financial Management Specialist supporting system functionality, configuration, business process alignment, workflow improvement, user adoption, and operational efficiency for CDBG, CDBG-DR, and CDBG-MIT programs.
• Analyze Microsoft Dynamics 365 grant management and financial processes, including program setup, awards, budgets, activities, obligations, payment requests, invoices, drawdowns, reimbursements, amendments, reports, dashboards, integrations, and user pain points.
• Become proficient with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Grant Management, Finance, and Power BI, as they apply to CDBG-funded program operations.
• Partner with client and program stakeholders to define requirements, assess feasibility, prioritize enhancements, and support solution design.
• Support data cleanup, imports, exports, reconciliations, reporting validation, payment request review, duplicate or inconsistent data resolution, and data integrity activities.
• Develop and maintain user guides, job aids, standard operating procedures, process flowcharts, checklists, training materials, technical assistance tools, and troubleshooting documentation.
• Support testing activities, including user acceptance testing, defect identification, issue tracking, validation of system enhancements, and coordination of resolution efforts.
• Identify system limitations, configuration gaps, reporting challenges, internal control deficiencies, workflow issues, and process risks; provide practical, solution-focused recommendations.
• Participate in project meetings, strategy discussions, requirements sessions, enhancement prioritization, and problem-solving efforts to ensure MS Dynamics 365 solutions meet client objectives.
Given the high volume of applicants, resumes that clearly and concisely reflect the required qualifications and experience are most competitive for consideration.
Must Have Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, business administration, accounting, finance, public administration, computer science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 8+ years of professional experience (post-university).
• 5+ years of demonstrated knowledge of and experience supporting CDBG-DR and/or CDBG-MIT.
• 5+ years of experience using financial systems, including gathering, documentation, testing support, and end-user technical assistance.
• 5+ years of experience successfully collaborating with cross-functional teams spanning technical, financial and program stakeholders with expeditious detail and professional communication.
• Willingness and ability to travel, both flight and vehicle, for work needs.
• Must have a valid U.S. driver’s license and can successfully pass a motor vehicle records check.
Professional Skills: (you bring these with you day one)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate complex system, financial, compliance, and process issues and recommend practical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical system concepts and CDBG requirements to non-technical audiences.
• Highly detail-oriented, with a strong commitment to documentation quality, data accuracy, and process consistency — balanced with a results-oriented focus on improving efficiency and system usability.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, managing competing priorities and building trust across client, technical, and program teams.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
Pay Range
There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.
The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:
$98,614.00 - $167,644.00
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