Senior Programme Finance Manager

Core responsibilities:

• Translate programme strategy into regional financial plans, budgets, and forecasts, providing timely financial insight for programme-level decisions on scale, trade-offs, and investments.
• Lead regional budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance tracking across programme countries, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting for leadership.
• Ensure donor financial compliance across the regional portfolio, maintain audit readiness, and balance compliance with pragmatism to avoid bottlenecks.
• Support financial coordination across countries, strengthen financial management capability in country teams, and provide coaching to finance staff.

This role enables the transformation of community-based health work into respected, viable career pathways for young people, especially women, contributing to both youth livelihoods and healthier communities across Africa.

Required skills and experience:

• Seven to nine years of relevant experience, with at least three years in a senior finance role in an international NGO or similar setting.
• Strong expertise in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking in multi-country programmes.
• Proven ability to ensure donor compliance, manage grants, and maintain audit readiness in complex regulatory environments.
• Experience in building financial capability across teams, providing coaching, and supporting country-level finance operations.

No specific compensation, perks, or culture highlights mentioned in the job posting.

Amref Health Africa is the largest African-based international health development organisation, founded in 1957, with a vision of 'Lasting health change in Africa' and a mission to catalyze community-led and people-centred health systems while addressing social determinants of health.