Public Financial Management Specialist (Consultant, National)
Bangkok, Thailand
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Public Financial Management Specialist (Consultant, National)
About Palladium:
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop, and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; building enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2,100 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
Palladium is part of GISIs Consulting Group, which aims to create solutions for the worlds most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISIs approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.
This Opportunity:
Data.FI is implementing a short-term activity to support partner governments in 2-3 countries in the Asia & Pacific region to strengthen the responsiveness of public financial management (PFM) systems during public health emergencies. The objectives of this activity are to:
Support partner governments to identify bottlenecks in outbreak-related financing and design
Test and operationalize practical reforms that enable faster, more flexible, and accountable public financial flows during health emergencies
To develop a replicable and investment-ready model for crisis-responsive financing that can be scaled nationally and adapted across priority countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
Data.FI is seeking a PFM specialist in each of the following countries: Cambodia, Thailand, and Fiji. This role is subject to the availability of funding.
Role Summary
The PFM Specialist will serve as the primary technical authority in-country, responsible for leading diagnostic analysis, developing reform options, and ensuring the technical quality and feasibility of all outputs. The role focuses on analysis, design, and facilitation of technical discussions, working closely with Ministries of Finance and Health. The PFM Specialist will be supported by a Country Coordinator responsible for logistics and stakeholder coordination, and a technical team in the region.
Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities and level of effort are subject to both funding and specifics of negotiated country plans. A guide is provided below; this is subject to change.
Map actors and generate buy-in to activity scope and outcomes
Establish and manage a technical working group comprised of key government leaders and others, to guide the activity
Lead a rapid diagnostic of outbreak-related financing, mapping financing flows from trigger to frontline, including key informant interviews and a literature review
Analyze data to identify and categorize key bottlenecks
Draft a PPT report, validate with TWG, and finalize
Design and facilitate technical discussions with government counterparts to identify feasible solutions to bottlenecks
Develop a prioritized set of 3-5 practical PFM/health financing reforms, ensuring alignment with existing legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks
Translate agreed reforms into simple, actionable workflows
Define trigger-to-financing processes, including activation triggers, decision-making authority, funding sources and flow pathways
Draft SOPs or policy notes that are practical and usable by government counterparts
Lead the technical content of workshops and consultations, including:
diagnostic validation sessions
a reform design workshop
simulation exercises
Guide discussions toward actionable decisions rather than general analysis
Design and support implementation of a simulation of one financing pathway
Assess feasibility, timing, and operational constraints
Identify required adjustments to reforms and workflows
Contribute to development of a country roadmap outlining: priority reforms, responsible institutions, indicative timelines
Support articulation of next-phase investment needs for donor engagement
Deliverables
Deliverables will reflect the specifics of negotiated country plans. The list below is indicative and will be finalized in contracting.
Fund flow map and bottleneck analysis (based on 1-2 case studies)
Reform package (3-5 prioritized actions)
Trigger-to-financing workflows / SOPs
Simulation design and summary findings of simulation
Inputs to country roadmap and investment case
Required Qualifications
Advanced degree in economics, public finance, health financing, public administration, or related field
8-15 years of relevant experience in:
public financial management
health financing
public sector reform
Demonstrated experience working with the relevant government institutions in country of work, including the Ministry/Department of Finance, and, ideally, the Ministry/Department of Health, to bring about changes in fiscal management
Strong understanding of:
budget processes and execution
fund flows and treasury systems
public sector institutional dynamics
Experience facilitating technical discussions and building consensus
Strong analytical and writing skills
Professional fluency in both English and the local language
Current residence in country of work (Cambodia, Fiji or Thailand)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in public health systems or emergency response financing
Familiarity with country-specific PFM and decentralization systems
Experience working with development partners (e.g., World Bank, ADB, USAID, DFAT)
Key Competencies
Practical, solution-oriented approach
Ability to translate between finance and health systems
Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
High level of initiative and accountability
Ability to deliver high-quality outputs within a short timeframe
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