Senior Program Manager, Financial Operations, HIV Access Program

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. The Senior Program Manager, Financial Operations, HIV Access Program will lead financial management across the Hepatitis, HIV, and TB cluster, ensuring effective resource allocation and supporting programmatic decisions through financial data analysis and strategic planning.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior finance lead to the Vice President, HIV, Hepatitis, and TB, and Program Directors by leading the financial management of projects across the cluster portfolio
• Lead portfolio-level forecasting, expenditure analysis, funding gap identification, and financial planning, translating findings into clear recommendations for senior management to support timely and effective programmatic decision-making
• Support strategic planning, fundraising, and program prioritization, including identifying financial risks and implementing mitigation strategies
• Standardize financial practices across disease programs within the cluster
• Drive continuous improvement of financial operations by identifying inefficiencies, strengthening documentation and institutional knowledge, and standardizing best practices across grants and teams
• Enhance financial visibility through consistent reporting, improved workflows, and clearer portfolio-wide financial tracking
• Lead development of comprehensive budgets for proposals and new grants, and annual re-budgeting aligned with CHAI and donor requirements
• Serve as primary finance focal point for donors and external partners, participating in donor discussions and negotiations as needed
• Review donor contracts, agreements, and amendments, with specific attention and analysis of anticipated cash flows, reporting requirements, approved budgets, and other key financial implications
• Coordinate with CHAI HQ finance, contracts, and audit teams to ensure compliance with donor requirements and CHAI policies including review of contracts or grant agreements with contracts team prior to signing, working with the audit team during donor and CHAI internal audits, and working with HQ Finance teams including AP, accounting, payroll, etc. to access supporting documentation
• Lead development of donor financial reports, including financial narratives and justifications, working directly with grant leads and relevant CHAI country, global, and finance teams
• Serve as a focal point for the External Audit teams and CHAI HQ, including Internal Audit, to ensure all grant-related and CHAI audit requirements are met
• Oversee grant financial close-out
• Lead annual budget development and reforecasting for program teams across the cluster, ensuring full funding coverage and alignment of financial projections with programmatic goals fully funded and projections align with programmatic goals
• Lead the monthly financial review cycle including providing salary allocations to HQ Finance, reviewing the incurred expenses for accuracy, working on GL adjustments if inaccurate, and conducting variance analysis for any budget deviations
• Develop and maintain portfolio reporting tools and dashboards to ensure alignment of financial and programmatic planning across teams
• Manage and develop a high-performing team, providing coaching, mentorship, and technical capacity building
• Build financial management capacity among program staff, including developing training, tools, and guidance for non-finance staff

Requirements:

• 7–10 years' experience in financial planning, grant management, or portfolio finance (international NGO strongly preferred)
• Advanced degree; Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Public Administration (MPA) a plus. Bachelor's degree and relevant work experience can be considered in lieu of an Advanced degree
• Strong familiarity with financial systems, budgeting, accounting best practices, expense recording and reporting
• Experience managing complex multi-donor grants across multiple, matrixed teams concurrently
• Strong quantitative skills in financial modelling and forecasting, including use of advanced Excel features
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently as well as within a team
• Experience supervising or mentoring staff
• Ability to translate financial information into strategic guidance
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to deliver high quality, actionable feedback on various complex issues to senior stakeholders, donors, and partners
• Strong judgment, initiative, and proactive problem-solving ability
• Commitment to CHAI mission and values
• Ability to travel, including internationally, 3–4 times annually