Finance Officer Non-Profit

Position Title: Finance Manager (NonProfit)

Location: Any major city in South Africa India Kenya or Canada

Reports to: Operations Director

Status: Fulltime

Our Vision and Mission WomenLift Health is committed to expanding the power and influence of talented women in global health and catalyzing systemic change to achieve gender equality in leadership. We envision a world where diverse accomplished leaders collectively transform health outcomes.

Our Work Established in 2019 we work to advance equality in health leadership through a range of actions at the individual institutional and societal levels. This includes a Leadership Journey which focuses on giving midcareer women the tools along with peer mentor and coach support to successfully use their voice expertise and leadership for impact. It includes pushing conversations and partnerships with health institutions taking steps to prioritize gender equality. It also includes driving a global conversation about the importance of womens leadership amplifying the voices of national and global health leaders including at our annual conference Women Leaders in Global Health.

Our Culture and Values We are building a diverse entrepreneurial team of people who bring unique cultural and technical perspectives and experiences. We welcome resultsoriented problemsolvers of any nationality race gender sexual orientation age and disability. We are a growing organization that is committed to building a culture with our partners that values:

• Collaborative leadership that celebrates diverse perspectives and experiences and ensures everyone contributes to their full potential.
• Partnership grounded in humility respect empathy and inclusion.
• Transformative change based upon bold strategic thinking combined with adaptability and pragmatic action.
• Spirit of learning that ensures we are open forwardlooking constructive and committed to growing collectively and individually.
• Achieving impact by improving global health and gender equality.

Position Summary

The Finance Officer (NonProfit) and the Operations Director are responsible for budgeting financial analysis financial compliance and donor reporting for WomenLift Health. The position reports directly to the Operations Director.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• With the Operations Director lead the budget planning and management process including:
  • Prepare and manage WomenLift Health budgeting and budgets for all functional teams and regional hubs including maintaining accurate realtime reconciliations of actuals to forecasted budgets on a monthly basis.
  • Lead the preparation of proposal budgets and amendment requests.
• Invoice all grants and contracts monthly in accordance with multiple funder/donor requirements.
• Review and/or generate financial reports in compliance with donor requirements.
• Analyze spending trends and provide regular feedback and analysis.
• Develop regular financial reports and interpret financial information for managers and directors while recommending further courses of action.
• Conduct reviews and analysis for costreduction opportunities.
• Develop reliable cash flow forecasts and reports and recommend policies and processes to ensure adequate cash is available for operational needs.
• Coordinate with donors and WomenLift staff to complete all cost reports in a timely manner including reviewing recorded activities to ensure acceptance/compliance with contract/grant regulations.
• Prepare monthly quarterly and annual reports as needed.
• Process invoices as they come in.

Education Experience Knowledge Skills and Ability

• Bachelors degree in finance accounting or economics; financial audit experience preferred but not required
• Advanced quantitative and Excel skills
• 48 years of experience in grants management and working in an INGO financial planning and budgeting department highly preferred
• Prior experience in budget and contract monitoring
• Aptitude for presenting financial information in understandable formats for multiple audiences in written and oral formats
• Demonstrated commitment to social impact and strong work ethic
• Proficient user of finance software
• Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills

Preferred Attributes

• Strong communicator
• Extremely wellorganized detailoriented and analytical
• Flexible and collaborative
• Strong relationship builder
• Strong crosscultural communication skills

How to Apply

To apply submit a resume and cover letter through the Jobsoid link. As part of the application packet you will be asked to submit a) your resume b) a cover letter detailing why you are interested and a good fit for the role and c) a list of 3 references.

Hiring Statement

WomenLift Health is a project of New Venture Fund (NVF) a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative publicinterest projects and grantmaking programs. NVF is committed to attracting developing and retaining exceptional people and to creating a work environment that is dynamic and rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. NVFs work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners respecting the full spectrum of race color religious creed sex gender identity sexual orientation national origin political affiliation ancestry age disability genetic information veteran status and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working.

This position will be hired through a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) such as Safeguard or African Deployment.