Financial Technical Advisor/Consultant

Introduction

The Freedom Fund is a global fund with the sole aim of helping end modern slavery. We are a catalyst in the global effort to end modern slavery, working in the countries and sectors where it is most prevalent.

Through our investments and support, we aim to shift power so that frontline organizations and communities can shape and drive the change required to bring modern slavery to an end.

By partnering with survivors and those at risk of slavery, as well as visionary investors, governments and anti-slavery organizations, we bring together the knowledge, capital and will needed to dismantle the systems that allow slavery to exist and thrive.

Project summary

Indonesia is the world’s second-largest seafood producer and a major labour-sending country for migrant fishers employed on commercial fishing fleets globally. Millions of workers, particularly women, are employed in seafood processing factories, while large numbers of men work on fishing vessels. Human trafficking and forced labour have been widely reported across the seafood sector. Common abuses include deceptive recruitment practices, debt bondage, wage withholding, excessive working hours, hazardous working conditions, retention of identity documents and physical or verbal abuse.

In 2022, the Freedom Fund launched a hotspot program in Indonesia, which aims to reduce vulnerability to forced labour in fishing and seafood processing communities by strengthening worker organization, supporting access to legal and social services and advancing advocacy with government and private sector actors. The hotspot program currently has seven grantee partners across Indonesia.

Scope of consultancy

The Freedom Fund is seeking a consultant to provide financial services to support its Indonesia program. The consultancy will involve:

Annual Financial Monitoring of Seven Partners based in Jakarta, Banyuwangi, and Bitung:

Partners carry out project activities and report progress to FF using standard reporting templates; one of the templates is a Partner Financial Report that shows the expenditure incurred against the agreed budget. Monitoring visits are required annually for each partner, at an agreed time, to ensure:

• the Partner Financial Report is accurately completed (i.e. in agreement to the partner finance system);
• expenditure complies with FF standards, donor regulations and partner policies and processes;
• expenditure is supported by appropriate evidence (e.g. contracts, invoices, receipts). Monitoring visits will also include checks of partner compliance to FF mandatory standards. A review of partner policies, processes and controls may also be included, where this is felt to be necessary.

The results of the monitoring visits will be reported using the standard FF template (attached as Appendix I) in the Terms of Reference.

Project deliverables & high-level timeline

Qualifications and Experience:

• Qualifications: Fully qualified (ACCA, CA, CPA)
• Experience: Minimum 5–7 years in financial management, audit, or partner financial oversight, ideally within NGOs or development programmes.
• Financial Monitoring: Proven experience reviewing partner financial systems, conducting financial checks, and assessing internal controls and risks.
• Compliance & Grant Management: Strong understanding of grant compliance, budget review, and expenditure verification.
• Technical Skills: Advanced Excel skills, strong financial analysis, and experience with accounting systems.
• Capacity Building: Ability to train and support partners to strengthen financial management practices.
• Communication: Clear reporting and ability to present findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Expressions of interest, Evaluation criteria and scoring

Proposals should include:

• Description of activities to be performed
• Indicative daily rates and service costs
• Estimated time per partner for monitoring
• Contact details of three references
• Understanding of NGO partner financial monitoring
• Examples of similar work (optional but preferred)
• Proposed team and qualifications

Informal queries relating to the consultancy can be submitted to Shabnam Sadaat at ssadaat@freedomfund.org

Deadline & submission

Please submit proposals to Shabnam Sadaat at ssadaat@freedomfund.org with ‘The Freedom Fund Finance TA (Indonesia)’ in the subject line by 17:00 GMT on 25 May 2026 . Proposals should be in English and submitted in Word or PDF format.