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Water.org is hiring a Finance Manager, Americas and Africa

About the Role

About the Role

Role details below.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver accurate, timely, and compliant accounting operations across the United States, Latin America (Mexico, Peru, Brazil), and Africa (Kenya).
  • Lead and support Country Finance Generalists.
  • Review financial close and reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with organizational policies and local statutory requirements.
  • Provide hands-on guidance on complex accounting matters.
  • Drive regional consistency through process standardization.
  • Strengthen internal controls.
  • Collaborate closely with the global finance team.
  • May directly manage U.S. accounting operations or another assigned country entity.
  • Lead accurate and timely actuals spend reporting across all country offices within the region.
  • Partner with Country Accountants and FP&A teams to review consolidated results.
  • Analyze variances against regional budgets and forecasts.
  • Ensure consistent reporting practices.
  • Serve as the regional accounting point of contact for compliance with organizational and donor requirements.
  • Validate reconciliations to FP&A reporting.
  • Support regional financial reviews and strategic conversations.
  • May directly manage actuals reporting for a designated country entity.
  • Oversee finance compliance activities across assigned countries.
  • Ensure alignment with local tax, banking, and audit requirements.
  • Coordinate compliance calendars.
  • Support audit execution.
  • Help implement effective procedures and controls.
  • Maintain clear, proactive communication with stakeholders to ensure compliance milestones and deliverables are met efficiently across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Partner closely with global finance functional leads to contribute regional perspective, technical expertise, and practical insights to ongoing initiatives.
  • Support consistent interpretation, application, and continuous improvement of global finance processes, policies, and systems.
  • Help drive alignment and operational excellence across regions.
  • Build a collaborative, high-performing, and inclusive finance team across cultures and geographies.
  • Apply thoughtful talent practices to strengthen engagement, development, knowledge sharing, and the successful delivery of regional and global business outcomes.

Benefits

  • Growth opportunities
  • Collaborative culture
  • Chance to drive global change
  • Part of a purpose-driven team committed to sustainability and diversity
  • Opportunity to make a lasting impact

Work Arrangement

Remote (Worldwide)

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About company
Water.org

Water.org is a global nonprofit organization working to bring water and sanitation to the world. We help remove the barriers between people living in poverty and access to the safe water and sanitation solutions they need to survive and thrive.

We give our everything every day to empower people in need with these life-changing resources – giving women hope, children health, and families a bright future.

Our approach is proven and powerful. Expanding upon the success of WaterCredit, Water.org offers a portfolio of smart solutions that break down the barriers between people living in poverty and access to safe water and sanitation. We work with and through partners to close the gap in financing for universal access to safe water and sanitation.

We’ve helped empower more than 88 million people across 4 continents with access to safe water or sanitation, and the hope, health and opportunities they bring. And we are expanding our work and reaching more people in need, faster.

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Department Finance
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Posted 4 days ago