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The Foundation
We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The Team
The Finance Manager will be based out of our Nigeria Country Office (NCO), in Abuja, and be part of the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team that is responsible for optimizing portfolios to achieve foundation goals, engaging with partners and grantees, and identifying and analyzing grants to maximize foundation impact. Note this is an individual contributing role.
Areas of focus include:
- Portfolio Management: Optimize finite resources across portfolios to achieve foundation goals using a fluid capital market approach to fund priorities.
- Partners and Grantees: Engage in coordinated strategic and business analysis across funders and institutions with shared strategic objectives and strengthen partners to improve their capacity to execute.
- Grants: Assess value for money, identify and mitigate risk, and provide financial analysis in order to maximize grant impact.
The Finance Manager is primarily responsible for providing strategic financial and business support to the NCO as well as potentially support work more broadly within Africa.
The postholder must be successful at influencing through effective partnership and communication skills and should have experience using financial analysis, organizational due diligence, and modeling skills in advisory roles. Other critical skills for success include solution-orientation and a proactive approach to responsibilities. The ability to synthesize data and present key takeaways to a non-finance audience is key. And most importantly, the candidate must be passionate about the foundation’s mission, particularly in addressing the gender and global health inequities that exist today. Financial experience navigating matrixed organizations and not for profit experience a plus.
Your Role
The Finance Manager will provide business and financial support, requiring day-to-day involvement in financial planning and analysis, operating plans, budgeting, reporting, forecasting, and communicating the results of these business processes. A particular focus of this role is structuring complex grants and investments and conducting organizational due diligence and capacity building assessments of key grantees and partners. You also ensure the systems and processes are in place to provide timely financial and rigorous reporting, building a financial function that fully meets current needs and is capable of scaling quickly as the organization continues to grow and evolve. You are also responsible for budgeting and financial planning, resource allocation, and supporting other foundation-wide projects.
This is a limited-term position (LTE) until 31 December 2027, based at the foundation’s NCO in Abuja, reporting to the Deputy Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, Country Offices. Relocation will not be provided.
What You’ll Do
The selected candidate will be responsible for the following tasks:
Your Experience
Other Attributes
*Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
Application deadline: 19 November 2026
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Hiring Requirements
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Candidate Accommodations
We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring experience for all candidates. If you have a disability or medical condition and need an accommodation at any stage of the application or interview process—such as an ASL interpreter, alternative interview format, or physical accessibility support—we’re happy to help. Please contact [email protected] with the position number and a brief description of your accommodation needs. Requests will be handled confidentially.
Inclusion Statement
We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion — of voices, ideas, and approaches — and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.
All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.
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