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Partner, Financial Planning & Analysis
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
- Manage key components of the Foundation’s annual budgeting process, including operating expenses, pipeline, commitments, and disbursements, in collaboration with functional teams.
- Monitor progress against the annual budget and oversee the quarterly forecasting process.
- Consolidate budget and forecast figures for senior management review and provide data to support multi-year financial planning.
- Identify financial risks and opportunities, recommending effective solutions.
- Prepare Finance and Accounting materials for Board meetings and review financial figures included in other teams’ materials.
- Analyze year-to-date results, including variance analysis, and prepare management reports for senior leadership and functional budget owners.
- Maintain, update, and create reporting dashboards to support management reporting.
- Conduct ad hoc financial analysis for internal and external purposes.
- Collaborate with leaders and staff across functions to provide financial expertise in budgeting, forecasting, procurement, and financial decision-making.
- Develop policies and procedures, offering training to enhance financial management capabilities.
WHO YOU ARE
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration with a CPA or CA certification is required.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial roles within large not-for-profits, NGOs, or other global organizations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications; French and/or local language skills are an added advantage.
- Strong experience in financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and proficiency with related IT systems.
- Understanding of CRA regulatory requirements for not-for-profit organizations.
- Experience with financial modelling, report automation, and data visualization tools.
- Demonstrated ability to identify, simplify, and enhance processes for operational efficiency.
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills to develop innovative approaches to complex problems.
- Excellent relationship-building and interpersonal skills, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and teamwork.
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
- Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate across cultures.
- Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
- Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.
Lead, Strategy & Planning
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
- Design and lead the program planning framework, including forecasts, program budget planning, and the program-wide annual calendar of priorities and activities.
- Monitor timelines for the annual program planning cycle and ensure team alignment.
- Track and collate program-wide portfolio implementation plans, progress, and status at all levels in close collaboration with country, Pan-African, and E&T program operations heads.
- Facilitate planning and coordination sessions within programs to ensure effective implementation and alignment.
- Review and revise the program planning framework to align with evolving program needs.
- Embed a common planning framework across programs through training and cross-program team engagement initiatives.
- Adapt planning and budgeting frameworks to reflect program evolution and emerging priorities.
- Collate program performance data and prepare dashboards for each program (forecasts, targets, commitments, disbursements, impact metrics, etc.) with the impact, finance, and BI teams.
- Prepare management performance reports, key analyses, and trends reporting for strategic decision-making.
- Develop and present analyses and insights for Country Leadership reviews and discussions.
- Identify, document, monitor, assess, report, and escalate dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions related to country programming as appropriate.
- Collaborate with Operational Excellence and BI teams to design dashboards and insights for program-wide performance monitoring.
- Facilitate access to high-level program-wide performance data and information to support executive-level performance reporting.
- Support the development of strategic reports and recommendations based on insights for internal and external stakeholders.
- Provide support for short-term and long-term country planning initiatives.
- Prepare management reports for the Country Head and Country Programs Head to support operational and strategic objectives.
WHO YOU ARE
- University degree, preferably in business administration or a related field; a Master’s Degree is an added advantage.
- PMP or relevant Project Management Certification with strong coordination and project management skills.
- Mastery of Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience managing projects and programs, preferably those related to education, youth employment and entrepreneurship, the digital economy, and/or agriculture and food systems.
- Proven experience engaging and collaborating with stakeholders in non-governmental and multilateral organizations, educational institutions, government, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the private sector, and young people.
- Proven experience designing programs and building partnerships.
- Experience integrating gender equality and inclusion outcomes in programs and operations.
- Exposure to systems thinking, with an ability to engage with stakeholders in different ecosystems and design programming that addresses root causes and critical needs.
- Substantive knowledge of key issues, emerging trends, and barriers in youth and work across Africa.
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
- Possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
- Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
- Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.
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