Global FP&A Finance Manager — Grants & Strategy

Gates Foundation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage (

Paid time off

Paid family leave

Retirement contribution

Regional holidays

Employee communities

Job summary

The Gates Foundation is seeking a Finance Manager in Seattle to lead FP&A activities for the Global Policy, Advocacy, and Communications division. You will partner with program teams to analyze grants, forecast budgets, and optimize resource allocation while managing risk and building strong internal relationships.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years of financial planning experience, advanced Excel and data visualization skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to diverse

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7 years of financial planning experience or equivalent.
• Experience in the international development, policy, advocacy, and/or communications sectors preferred.
• Strong analytical acumen, especially financial modeling, and grant structuring.
• Knowledge of risk management and organizational due diligence.

Responsibilities

• Provide support, financial analysis, and business advice to program teams and drive business case analyses in partnership with FP&A colleagues, program team members, and provide proactive feedback to program team members and potential partners related to factors such as grant structure, organizational effectiveness of the partners, business and pricing strategy and more.
• Lead ad hoc complex analyses and provide program leadership with strategic and financial information to support budget management, forecasting and effective financial resource allocation and decision-making through the foundation’s financial and strategic processes.
• Support annual budgeting and financial planning processes, including partnering with other FP&A team members, Program Officers and the Strategy, Planning and Management teams to translate business strategy into mid and long-range forecasts to produce detailed, dynamic 4-year budgets, as well as risk assessments and scenario modeling.
• Proactively support organizational assessments/due diligence of key grantees/partners, and partner with Program Officers to develop appropriate mitigating strategies to manage financial and organizational risks of partners and grants.
• Cultivate and manage key functional relationships and partnerships with internal stakeholders.

Skills

Financial modeling

Grant structuring

Budgeting

Forecasting

Risk management

Excel

Data visualization

Stakeholder communication

Project management

International finance exposure

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field

Tools

Excel

Data visualization tools

Job description

The Gates Foundation is seeking a Finance Manager in Seattle to lead FP&A activities for the Global Policy, Advocacy, and Communications division. You will partner with program teams to analyze grants, forecast budgets, and optimize resource allocation while managing risk and building strong internal relationships.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years of financial planning experience, advanced Excel and data visualization skills, and the ability to communicate complex financial concepts to diverse