Senior Financial Analyst

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning for Communications and other assigned functional teams, aligning financial resources with strategic and organizational priorities.


• Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models that identify trends, highlight risks, uncover opportunities, and support strategic decision-making.


• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting, including variance analysis, KPIs, forecasts, and other management insights.


• Translate complex financial information into clear recommendations and narratives that can be understood and acted upon by non-finance stakeholders and senior leadership.


• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to functional leaders, helping them navigate planning cycles and make informed resourcing and investment decisions.


• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Communications, Marketing, and other teams to understand their objectives and provide relevant financial guidance.


• Monitor financial performance and proactively identify areas where plans, spending, or resource allocation may require adjustment.


• Identify inefficiencies in financial planning, reporting, and tracking processes and lead initiatives to improve systems, workflows, and overall effectiveness.


• Support strategic cross-functional projects by providing financial analysis, business cases, scenario modeling, and recommendations.


• Contribute financial expertise to major initiatives such as global campaigns, grant-funded programs, community events, and other organization-wide investments.


• Present financial insights and recommendations to managers, program owners, executives, and other stakeholders.


• Help strengthen financial planning and reporting practices across the organization through continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.


• 5+ years of professional experience in financial analysis, financial planning, FP&A, or a closely related discipline.


• Demonstrated experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.


• Strong proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets, with the ability to build reliable, practical financial models.


• Experience using modern financial modeling, reporting, and data visualization tools.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the curiosity to investigate what the numbers mean rather than simply report them.


• Ability to translate complex financial concepts and data into clear, compelling insights for non-finance stakeholders.


• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including the ability to engage effectively with senior executives and functional leaders.


• Strong business partnering skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across diverse teams.


• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a distributed, remote environment.


• Comfortable collaborating across multiple time zones and within a multicultural organization.


• Strong attention to detail combined with the ability to understand the broader strategic context behind financial decisions.

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Planning.


• Experience working in global nonprofit finance, grant management, or international financial operations.


• Experience supporting Communications, Marketing, or other non-finance functions as a Finance Business Partner.


• Familiarity with mission-driven organizations or environments where financial resources are closely tied to social impact.


• A personal connection to open-web, free-knowledge, or community-driven initiatives.

Benefits

• Fully remote position with eligibility for candidates based in South Africa.


• Remote-first working environment designed for globally distributed teams.


• Opportunity to contribute directly to a mission-driven organization with worldwide reach and impact.


• Strategic Finance Business Partner role with meaningful exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional decision-making.


• Opportunity to work on complex global financial planning, reporting, modeling, and strategic initiatives.


• Inclusive and multicultural working environment that values diverse perspectives and backgrounds.


• High degree of autonomy and flexibility within a distributed organization.


• Opportunity to develop your financial strategy, business partnering, and analytical expertise while supporting a globally impactful mission.


• Compensation designed to be competitive and equitable, with location, skills, experience, and role scope taken into consideration.


• Employee benefits and employment arrangements aligned with the country of hire.