Finance Program Manager, Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs

Lead the finance function for World Renew’s Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs portfolio, with a focus on International Disaster Response.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership and oversight for the Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs (HEA) portfolio, primarily responsible for International Disaster Response.
• Track portfolio financial performance, including expenditure trends, forecasts, burn rates, budget utilization, and funding gaps.
• Build and maintain executive financial dashboards covering portfolio performance, donor balances, appeal funding, foreign exchange exposure, and financial risks.
• Produce monthly portfolio financial reports with analysis and recommendations to the Head of Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs, including emerging risks and actions to strengthen stewardship and performance.
• Support annual budgeting, financial forecasting, and long-term portfolio planning.
• Partner with finance and program teams to develop and analyze cost recovery budgets and strategies across HEA, maximizing direct and indirect cost recovery while meeting donor requirements.
• Monitor humanitarian appeal funding and manage both restricted and unrestricted balances and utilization.
• Coordinate fund transfers across the HEA portfolio in collaboration with Finance and monitor project cash flow needs.
• Assess exchange rate fluctuations and their impact on budgets and portfolio results.
• Act as the primary financial point of contact for institutional donor-funded grants across the HEA portfolio.
• Lead financial oversight of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) portfolio, including equity allocations, budget monitoring, donor compliance, financial reporting, and financial assurance activities.
• Support financial management for consortium awards, humanitarian appeals, emergency response funding, and other institutional grants.
• Review budget amendments, reallocations, financial reports, grant modifications, donor financial reviews, and grant closeout activities.
• Lead the development and review of proposal budgets, cost narratives, and supporting financial documentation for institutional funding opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with donor regulations, funding agreements, and World Renew financial policies.
• Support implementation of sanctions screening, anti-terrorism measures, and other financial compliance requirements tied to institutional donor funding.
• Respond to donor financial inquiries and financial monitoring requests; support post-award financial management across the project lifecycle.
• Conduct targeted remote and in-person financial monitoring reviews with country finance teams and implementing partners to strengthen internal controls and support donor compliance.
• Perform financial spot-checks of institutional donor-funded projects; review partner financial reports, documentation, reconciliations, and financial management systems.
• Identify and assess financial risks, recommend mitigation actions, and strengthen internal controls, segregation of duties, and financial assurance processes.
• Support corrective action plan follow-up arising from financial reviews, audits, or donor monitoring visits; assist with fraud prevention and sound financial governance.
• Coordinate and support external project audits and follow up on audit recommendations.
• Identify partner and country office financial management capacity gaps and support capacity strengthening plans and learning opportunities, as appropriate.
• Provide technical guidance on budgeting, financial reporting, donor requirements, grant financial management, and risk-informed decision-making.
• Support localization by strengthening partner financial management systems and practices.
• Serve as the principal financial liaison between HEA and the Finance Department.
• Support program and leadership reporting by preparing and providing financial reports and analysis for oversight and decision-making.
• Collaborate with program teams and procurement staff on procurement planning, review procurement documentation, and ensure compliance with organizational procurement policies and donor requirements.
• Contribute to strategic financial planning and HEA portfolio management discussions.
• Collaborate with Grants, Program Management, and MEAL teams to strengthen project performance and financial accountability.
• Support cross-functional alignment on financial policies, procedures, templates, and systems that affect HEA financial management.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial systems, reporting processes, templates, automation, and operational efficiency across the HEA portfolio.
• Document financial lessons learned and apply best practices to strengthen future humanitarian financial management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Demonstrates a personal Christian faith and commitment to World Renew’s mission, vision, and values.
• Supports an organizational culture rooted in Christian faith, service, justice, compassion, stewardship, and respect.
• Shows integrity, professionalism, sound judgment, and ethical financial stewardship.
• Collaborates effectively across departments, cultures, and stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrates initiative, flexibility, resilience, and adaptability in a dynamic humanitarian environment.
• Strong analytical thinking, critical reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Diplomacy and the ability to influence others without direct supervisory authority.
• Commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated expertise in financial management of institutional donor-funded humanitarian or international development programs.
• Strong knowledge of donor financial compliance requirements, including budgeting, financial reporting, cost eligibility, and grant lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated financial analysis skills including forecasting, expenditure monitoring, variance analysis, executive dashboard development, and portfolio oversight.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, financial risk management, fraud prevention, audit readiness, and financial assurance.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills for managing multiple grants, funding streams, and competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate financial information to both finance and non-finance audiences.
• Ability to influence, coordinate, and support cross-functional teams without direct supervisory authority.
• Strong relationship-building skills with country offices, implementing partners, donors, and finance teams.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, ERP financial systems, Microsoft Office Suite, and financial reporting tools.
• Commitment to accountability, stewardship, confidentiality, ethical financial management, and continuous improvement.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration, International Development, Public Administration, or a related discipline.
• Professional accounting designation: CPA, CGA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent.

Technologies

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office Suite
• ERP financial systems
• Sage Intacct

Education and Experience

• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in financial management, grant finance, donor compliance, accounting, or nonprofit financial management.
• Experience managing institutional donor-funded projects throughout the full grant lifecycle.
• Experience supporting humanitarian, disaster response, or international development programming.
• Experience managing multi-country grant portfolios.
• Experience preparing donor financial reports, coordinating audits, and supporting donor financial monitoring visits.
• Experience developing proposal budgets and supporting institutional funding opportunities.
• Experience strengthening partner financial management systems and financial capacity.
• Experience with Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB).
• Experience supporting Global Affairs Canada (GAC), U.S. Government (USAID/BHA), UN agencies, or other institutional donor funding.
• Experience with Sage Intacct or similar ERP financial systems and financial reporting tools.
• Experience supporting procurement, sanctions compliance, and organizational financial assurance processes.
• Experience in humanitarian programming and faith-based organizations.
• French, Spanish, Arabic, or other relevant language proficiency is considered an asset.

Travel and Work Environment

• Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to approximately 20%.
• Travel may include remote, disaster-affected, fragile, and occasionally high-risk environments, including financial monitoring visits, partner capacity strengthening, audits, donor meetings, and emergency response support.
• Flexibility to work across multiple international time zones may be required.
• Works in a dynamic environment requiring flexibility, collaboration across departments, and responsiveness to shifting priorities, humanitarian emergencies, and evolving donor requirements.

Location: Byron Center, MI (hybrid)

Salary: CAD 82,206 - 92,481 per year