Responsibilities or duties

• Act as a strategic partner to the CFO on financial planning, performance management, and organisational priorities.
• Lead the organization’s annual budgeting process across country and global teams, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and funding realities.
• Develop and maintain rolling forecasts that reflect changes in funding, operations, and programmatic direction.
• Design and apply financial models and scenario analyses to support planning under uncertainty.
• Provide forward-looking financial insights to senior leadership, highlighting risks, opportunities, and key financial trends.
• Own the organisation’s staff cost planning framework, including allocation across projects, overheads, and funding sources.
• Provide financial guidance on workforce planning decisions, ensuring affordability and long-term sustainability.
• Support the preparation of financial analysis and insights for senior leadership and Board-level discussions.
• Contribute to Board and Committee reporting, including preparation of financial materials and analysis.
• Provide leadership and direction to the International Finance team, comprising financial planning and analysis, income and resource management, and compliance functions, ensuring clear priorities, high-quality outputs, and strong coordination across the team.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• The ideal candidate should hold significant leadership level experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling at an organisational level, ideally within a multi-country NGO or similarly complex international environment.
• They will have a strong track record in staff cost management and workforce planning, including cost allocation, funding coverage analysis, and affordability planning.
• Experience working in donor-funded contexts is essential, with a solid understanding of funding structures, cost recovery mechanisms, and financial risk management across multiple programmes and funding streams.
• Experience in partnering effectively with senior leadership, contributing to strategic planning processes and presenting clear financial insights to executive and Board-level stakeholders is required.
• You should have proven experience leading and developing finance teams, with a focus on strengthening analytical capability, embedding robust financial processes, and building a culture of effective business partnering across the organisation.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

This role will be offered on a 3-year fixed term contract, subject to availability of funding and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.GAIN encourages early applications and reserves the right to close the advert ahead of the advertised deadline if we receive a high volume of interest.

• Act as a strategic partner to the CFO on financial planning, performance management, and organisational priorities.
• Lead the organization’s annual budgeting process across country and global teams, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and funding realities.
• Develop and maintain rolling forecasts that reflect changes in funding, operations, and programmatic direction.
• Design and apply financial models and scenario analyses to support planning under uncertainty.
• Provide forward-looking financial insights to senior leadership, highlighting risks, opportunities, and key financial trends.
• Own the organisation’s staff cost planning framework, including allocation across projects, overheads, and funding sources.
• Provide financial guidance on workforce planning decisions, ensuring affordability and long-term sustainability.
• Support the preparation of financial analysis and insights for senior leadership and Board-level discussions.
• Contribute to Board and Committee reporting, including preparation of financial materials and analysis.
• Provide leadership and direction to the International Finance team, comprising financial planning and analysis, income and resource management, and compliance functions, ensuring clear priorities, high-quality outputs, and strong coordination across the team.

• Financial planning
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Financial modelling
• Staff cost management
• Workforce planning
• Cost allocation
• Funding coverage analysis
• Affordability planning
• Donor-funded contexts understanding
• Financial risk management
• Strategic planning partnership
• Financial insights presentation
• Team leadership and development
• Analytical capability strengthening
• Robust financial processes embedding
• Business partnering culture building

• Significant leadership level experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling at an organisational level.
• Ideally within a multi-country NGO or similarly complex international environment.
• Strong track record in staff cost management and workforce planning.
• Experience working in donor-funded contexts is essential.
• Solid understanding of funding structures, cost recovery mechanisms, and financial risk management.
• Experience in partnering effectively with senior leadership.
• Proven experience leading and developing finance teams.