Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GiveDirectly is a leading organization that has delivered over $1B in cash directly to people living in poverty across multiple countries. They are seeking a Senior Manager in Strategic Finance to enhance financial decision-making, improve planning processes, and build analytical systems to support their mission as they scale operations.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive global budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, in partnership with finance business partners and programmatic staff
- Improve the tools and processes behind budgeting, forecasting, and reporting
- Conduct financial analyses across Programs, Growth, Product, and Shared Services to identify trends, risks, and opportunities
- Support initiatives such as cost-efficiency efforts, resource allocation analyses, and scenario planning
- Help leaders in the organization identify and answer high-impact financial questions
Skills
- A structured problem-solver with 5–8 years of experience in a top-tier consulting, investment banking, private equity, or similarly rigorous environment
- Highly analytical — you use data to generate insights and drive decisions
- A clear, direct communicator — you cut through complexity and influence senior stakeholders with concise, well-structured thinking
- Technically fluent — you have exceptional skills with spreadsheets and dashboards, and you are excited to apply AI and automation to real analytical problems
- High ownership, low ego — you take responsibility for outcomes, prioritize ruthlessly, and follow through
- Intellectual curiosity and comfort with ambiguity — you enjoy working on problems that don't have a clean answer yet, and you bring genuine intellectual energy to questions about resource allocation and organizational scale
- Systems-minded — you spot inefficiencies quickly and design processes, tools, or workflows that make teams run better at scale
- Motivated by impact — You are ready to apply the full weight of your strategic and analytical skills to an organization where better financial decisions translate directly into more cash reaching more people living in poverty. You understand the evidence behind direct cash transfers and find that evidence compelling
- Proximity to a GD office preferred: New York, Washington DC, Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, London
Benefits
- Annual Benefits Stipend: $21,393
- Annual Benefits Stipend: £2,760
- Annual Benefits Stipend: $8,453
- A supportive team that works hard and cares hard
- A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country)
- Flexible paid time off that staff is encouraged to take
- Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development
Company Overview
GiveDirectly is a nonprofit organization. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.givedirectly.org/.