Location: United States
African Collaborative invests exclusively in African-led organizations, providing multi-year, flexible capital to help them create locally rooted change. It has funded 45 organizations across 15 Sub-Saharan African countries and is bringing its finance function in-house.
The Finance & Accounting Manager (Manager or Senior Manager level; reports to the Fractional CFO; no direct reports) will own the organization's day-to-day finance work: grant disbursements (moving $4M+ in grants per year to over 45 African-led organizations), vendor invoices, and the accounting backbone that keeps finances accurate and audit-ready. The role is a hybrid, roughly 60-70% financial management and analysis and 30-40% accounting and transaction management. Remote U.S. (Eastern Time preferred, Central Time possible), full-time. Compensation: $90,000-$109,999. Start date January 2027, earlier preferred.
Key responsibilities:
- General ledger and financial reporting: own day-to-day bookkeeping in QuickBooks Online and Ramp, bank and account reconciliations, GAAP-compliant revenue recognition across grant types, monthly close, budget-vs-actual analysis, and lead the annual audit and 990/tax filings.
- Budgeting: partner with the COO and CFO on the annual and multiyear budgeting process and support budget owners with variance tracking and forecasts.
- Strategic support: prepare financial reports for grant reporting, renewals and funders; maintain cash-flow and financial dashboards; prepare quarterly materials for the Finance Committee and Board.
- Grant disbursements and program finance: manage grant payments, maintain the Grant Tracker, set up grantee payment details, and optimize grantmaking finance processes.
- Accounts payable and vendor management: process vendor and consultant invoices, set up vendors, and manage recurring cash disbursements.
- Team compensation and operations support: employee expense reimbursements, travel and reimbursement policies, and HR-related finance activities (benefits, payroll, 401K).
Requirements:
- At least 7-8 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting with strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
- Track record as a Finance Business Partner providing thought partnership to senior leadership on budgets, financial systems and decisions.
- Advanced QuickBooks Online skills, including full-cycle bookkeeping and timely close.
- Advanced Excel proficiency and experience building decision-ready financial models.
- Experience with financial reporting, budget variance analysis, and revenue breakdowns by grant type.
- Experience facilitating multi-department annual budgeting processes.
- Experience managing audits as the main point of contact.
Benefits: generous leave, health insurance, retirement package, and remote work facilitation.
Application link: https://kutt.to/ACFinanceApply