Services · Diagnostic

Needs Assessment Report - Branch/District

NAB

Conducts branch/district needs assessment covering finance processes, controls, reporting, staffing, systems and documentation at field level.

What changes

More evidence-based planning, clearer baselines, stronger prioritization and better monitoring of FD interventions.

What you get

Integrated Branch/District Needs Assessment Report with risk and needs profile and prioritised recommendations
Report on Structural Analysis
Report on Process Maps and As Is Controls
Report on Internal Control Assessment

What has to come first

Nothing is required before this service.

Entry-point diagnostic service
PARPre-engagement Assessment Report Recommended

Pre-engagement assessment confirms NS commitment, engagement scope and branch coverage before fieldwork

Who is involved

From the National Society's side. This is what the engagement asks of your people.

Your own staff work alongside the adviser throughout, so this is a commitment of their time as well as the Centre's. Ask in the request and you are given the day estimate per role before anything is signed.

Role	What they do
Branch/District leadership and management	Assessment counterpart; validates findings
Branch/District finance and related support functions	Process owners interviewed (incl. logistics, HR/admin as applicable)
NHQ finance (incl. branch support and consolidation)	Interface owner; carries NHQ-level actions
IFRC country/cluster and regional teams	Coordination and NSD/FD alignment
GFDC delivery team	Delivers the assessment
PNS supporting branches	Input on partner-funded operations
Institutional donors / partners funding branch programming	Assurance users of findings
Branch governance bodies (where applicable)	Oversight of follow-up

How it is measured

Indicator	Target	Evidence
Fieldwork and data collection completed for the agreed branch coverage	100% of agreed branches	Walkthrough records; information request log
Draft report with risk and needs profile validated with branch and NHQ after fieldwork ends	Within 4 weeks	Validation workshop minutes; draft report
Final report and action plan approved by NS leadership after fieldwork ends	Within 6 weeks	Signed-off report; agreed action plan
Priority recommendations adopted into FD/NSD planning with owner and timeline	At least 80%	Agreed action plan; FD follow-up meeting records

Standards

COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework
GFDC Operational Framework (intake, triage, service workflow)
IFRC National Society Development Framework
McKinsey 7S model
HNS finance manual, accounting policies and close procedures
IFRC National Society Development (NSD) Policy
OCAC / BOCA capacity assessment frameworks

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Code: NAB
Tier: Diagnostic
Outcome area: 1 · Evidence-based FD intervention design and finance function planning
Deliverables: 4

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