Manager, Finance & Accounting

Overview

This role is part of the organization’s growth as the finance function is brought in-house. The finance team includes a fractional CFO who sets financial strategy and handles high-level financial matters, and a Finance & Accounting Manager who owns the organization’s day-to-day finance work.

The Finance & Accounting Manager will oversee grant disbursements, vendor invoices, and the accounting backbone required to keep finances accurate and audit-ready. The position also supports building finance processes and systems to scale partnerships and increase support for grantees.

Responsibilities

• General Ledger & Financial Reporting
• Budgeting and budget variance analysis
• Strategic support to leadership and cross-department partners
• Grant disbursements and program finance
• Accounts Payable & vendor management
• Team compensation & operations support as it relates to finance functions

This role supports moving $4M+ in grants per year to over 45 African-led organizations and developing the finance processes and systems needed for scaling.

Role Structure

• Estimated 60–70%: financial management and analysis
• Estimated 30–40%: accounting & transaction management

What You’ll Bring

• At least 7–8 years’ progressive experience in a finance and accounting field, with strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP reporting requirements
• Track record as a Finance Business Partner, providing thought partnership to senior leadership on budgets, financial systems, and decisions; ability to foster alignment across departments
• Advanced QuickBooks Online skills, including full-cycle bookkeeping and accurate and timely close out processes (including posting expenses and revenues, journal entries, monthly reconciliations, and optimizing chart of accounts)
• Advanced Excel skills (lookups, SUMIFS, pivot tables, etc.) and experience building clear, decision-ready financial models
• Experience with financial reporting, including periodic management reports on both cash and accrual basis, budget variance analysis, revenue breakdowns by grant type, and translating insights for non-finance audiences
• Experience facilitating annual budgeting across multiple departments and leading budget tracking exercises that enable proactive reallocation toward goal-aligned spending
• Experience managing audits, including leading the process as the main contact, responding to audit queries, and coordinating executive involvement
• Experience developing financial policies and procedures that are mission and team centric, with strong ability to drive buy-in and efficient rollout
• Experience in a nonprofit context, including managing donor funding and/or grantmaking context (added advantage)
• Strong customer service skills and desire to make finance processes seamless
• Comfort operating with real independence on a remote team early on (this role will often be the only full-time finance staff member, working alongside a part-time CFO)
• Ownership mindset: anticipating issues and taking initiative to address them
• Comfort working across a wide range of tech platforms and tools, including spend-management tools (such as Ramp or comparable), payroll systems (such as Gusto or comparable), Drive/cloud, and others
• Personal attributes:
  • Agility and flexibility in small and changing organizations; openness to ambiguity
  • Human-centered, relational approach with empathy and respect for diverse perspectives
  • Mission-aligned commitment to shifting power to African social impact leaders and transforming philanthropic systems

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation: $90,000–$109,999 (depending on qualifications)
• Benefits: generous leave, health insurance, and a retirement package; remote work facilitation

Location

Remote, with U.S. Eastern Time preferred; Central Time possible.

Start Date

January 2027 (earlier preferred)

Title & Management

• Title & level: Manager or Senior Manager
• Manages: no direct reports

Employment Type

Full-time