Finance Program Manager, Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs

QUALIFICATIONS

• Personal Attributes
• Demonstrates a personal Christian faith and commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Renew.
• Supports and contributes to an organizational culture rooted in Christian faith, service, justice, compassion, stewardship, and respect.
• Demonstrates integrity, professionalism, sound judgment, and ethical financial stewardship.
• Strong collaborative team player with the ability to work 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 abilities.
• Excellent organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrates diplomacy, collaboration, and the ability to influence others without direct supervisory authority.
• · Demonstrates commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Essential Skills
• 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, portfolio financial oversight, and executive dashboard development.
• Strong understanding of internal controls, financial risk management, fraud prevention, audit readiness, and financial assurance.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple grants, funding streams, and competing priorities.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills with the ability to communicate financial information to both finance and non-finance audiences.
• Demonstrated 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.
• Demonstrated 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.
• EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• To perform this position successfully, the individual should have:
• Minimum seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in financial management, grant finance, donor compliance, accounting, or nonprofit financial management.
• Demonstrated 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.
• Professional accounting designation (CPA, CGA, CMA, ACCA, or equivalent).
• 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.
• Professional proficiency in French, Spanish, Arabic, or other languages relevant to World Renew's programming is considered an asset.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS
• The physical demands described here are representative of those necessary to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally up to approximately 20%, including travel to remote, disaster-affected, fragile, and occasionally high-risk environments.
• Travel may include financial monitoring visits, partner capacity strengthening, audits, donor meetings, and emergency response support.
• Flexibility to work across multiple international time zones may be required.
• WORK ENVIRONMENT
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of this position. The incumbent will operate within a dynamic environment requiring flexibility, collaboration across departments, and the ability to respond to shifting priorities, humanitarian emergencies, and evolving donor requirements.
• World Renew is an equal opportunity employer. It does not unlawfully discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, people with disabilities, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other category or characteristic protected by law.
• World Renew is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. If you require accommodation at any stage of the application, assessment, or interview process, please notify Human Resources, and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs in a timely and respectful manner. Information regarding workplace accommodations, accessible formats, communication supports, and accessibility-related policies is available upon request.
• World Renew requires permanent work authorization at time of hire. With World Renew's commitment to Core Humanitarian Standard and Safeguarding responsibilities, as part of the recruitment process, a successful candidate can expect to go through a thorough background check. Please note that the tentative application deadline for this position will be EOD October 9, 2026, for External Applicants and Internal Applicants, closing date depending on application volume. We encourage all interested candidates to apply before this deadline as we move candidates through our hiring process on a continuous basis.