Finance Manager

Location: Abuja, Nigeria; based at the Nigeria Country Office. Relocation is not provided. Must be legally authorized to work in Nigeria without visa sponsorship.

Company

hirify.global is a global nonprofit focused on addressing poverty, disease, inequity, gender inequity, and global health challenges.

What you will do

• Provide strategic financial analysis for annual planning, budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, and decision-making.
• Translate strategy into long-term investment plans and monitor actuals, forecasts, risks, and grant and contract spending.
• Structure complex grants and investments, including payment sizing, cost benchmarking, investment design, and risk mitigation.
• Assess the financial and organizational health, sustainability, and capacity of grantees and partners through financial statement reviews and direct engagement with finance leaders.
• Lead organizational due diligence, develop action plans, track progress, and advise program teams on targeted partner-capacity support.
• Build financial planning, monitoring, reporting, and workflow tools and communicate findings to leadership, program teams, and other internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent demonstrated experience, plus at least 10 years of relevant senior-level experience in strategic financial analysis, financial planning, or investment management.
• Significant experience in financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, resource allocation, business planning, and business case development.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with expertise in financial modeling, investment structuring, and evaluating complex financial transactions and business models.
• Experience conducting organizational due diligence, financial risk assessments, and capacity assessments, including financial statement analysis and engagement with senior finance leaders.
• Strong understanding of financial and operational risk management and the ability to recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Experience assessing organizational financial sustainability, developing business plans, and strengthening financial and operational capacity.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into actionable recommendations for senior leadership, program teams, and external partners.
• Strong business partnering, relationship management, influencing, project management, and organizational skills, including the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple teams.
• Experience improving financial systems, processes, and reporting tools; advanced Microsoft Excel and financial analysis tool proficiency; familiarity with AI-enabled tools for financial analysis and business processes.
• Experience working in complex, matrixed organizations and a commitment to equitable health and development outcomes across Nigeria and Africa.
• Cultural sensitivity, high personal integrity, and ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally.

Nice to have

• Financial experience in matrixed organizations and not-for-profit organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Limited-term position through 31 December 2027.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums.
• Generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contributions, and regional holidays.
• Inclusive workplace supporting diversity, equity, accessibility, and employee communities.
• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Hiring process

• Application deadline: 19 November 2026.
• Employment requires successful completion of a background check.
• Accommodation requests can be submitted confidentially to HR@gatesfoundation.org with the position number and a description of the required accommodation.