• Manage the full Finance program partner contracts cycle, including EOI, proposals, contract approvals, due diligence, budget reviews, program execution, and completion.
• Guide and train external partners on budgeting, financial reporting, due diligence, and financial controls.
• Provide financial expertise and advice to the Programs team on developing and implementing strategies, supporting decision-making, and value-for-money analysis.
• Maintain accurate financial documentation, report on commitments, disbursements, and cash flow projections, and ensure timely updates to grants systems with accurate financial information.
• Monitor financial performance post-kick-off to ensure resources are deployed as expected, and sufficient funding controls are in place to support program outcomes.
• Consult finance and accounting colleagues as needed to ensure compliance with local and international financial regulations and ensure adequate business controls safeguard foundation assets.
• Coordinate and lead periodic partner reporting processes, ensuring follow-up on contractual obligations and closing of action items.
• Troubleshoot financial issues during program implementation and lead comprehensive partner capacity assessments, proposing risk management interventions.
• Drive the annual due diligence review process, evaluate partner financial statements and capacity, and maintain financial review records.
• Manage analysts and interns, assigning tasks and reviewing outputs to support program finance tasks.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and improve Finance processes for better efficiency.
• Perform ad-hoc financial analysis and support for learning, evaluation, and risk management activities.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor’s degree or full accounting qualification is required.
• Minimum ten (10) years of progressive experience in financial roles within large and/or global organizations, especially in the development sector.
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of Financial Internal Controls Management.
• Financial reporting & analysis experience, including budgeting and financial forecasting.
• Problem-solving skills and good influencing abilities.
• Able to identify & mitigate operational, financial, and business risks.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Able to generate routine accounting records and financial reports and determine and apply correct accounting treatments.
• Excellent communicator (verbal, written, and presentation skills) with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
• Results-driven and self-disciplined, with a strong sense of team and common purpose to achieve ambitious goals.
• Flexible, adaptable, intellectually curious, comfortable with ambiguity, receptive to new ideas, and willing to learn and change.
• Possess professional maturity, sensitivity to different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplifies the Foundation’s values.
• Demonstrates a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.