Senior Program Coordinator, Inclusive Financial Systems (IFS)

The Foundation

We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we're committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The Team

The Global Growth & Opportunity division works to catalyze sustainable transformative change in the face of inequities and market failures, to realize the potential of untapped markets, and to see the economic and social benefits of including everyone. We focus on the areas of Agricultural Development; Inclusive Financial Systems; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Nutrition; Global Education; and Digital Public Infrastructure. We seek solutions that are sustainable, transformative, and inclusive with an eye toward applying technology innovations as well as data evidence to drive change in the world's developing countries.

The Inclusive Financial Systems (IFS) team is a globally diverse team of approximately 40 full time staff with team members in Seattle, DC, London, and India. We work to broaden the reach of low-cost digital financial services by supporting what we and our partners believe are the most catalytic approaches to financial inclusion. These include promoting the development of digital payment systems that can help spread use of digital financial services quickly, advancing gender equality to ensure that women share in the benefits of financial inclusion, and supporting the development of national and regional strategies that accelerate progress for the poor and can serve as models.

To achieve these objectives, we work with partners around the world to align on common principles for digital financial inclusion and support policymakers as they work to develop policies and regulations that facilitate growth in digital financial services and provide oversight and accountability. We also invest in national financial inclusion initiatives, through which the largest number of people living in poverty stand to benefit, including in Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, and East Africa.

Your Role

SPCs in IFS independently manage a portfolio of investments including grants, contracts, program related investments and other projects in support of programmatic strategic goals. This will involve closely managing vendors, coordinating team members and issue spotting to ensure our investments deliver the expected scope, complete on budget and on schedule, and deliver high quality outputs.

You will work with Program Officers, the Deputy Director, and business partners internally, as well as partners and potential grantees externally to make and manage high-quality investments, providing budget oversight and planning, reporting, and portfolio and operations process management.

What You'll Do

• Partner with investment makers by supporting the development, management, and maintenance of a portfolio of investments. Able to independently handle complex investments and partnerships in service of shaping and optimizing successful investments, as well as ensure alignment with strategies and intended outcomes.
• Perform initial investment due diligence, including the collection of portfolio data, identification of trends, and management timelines. Accountable for portfolio analysis and risk identification, as well as providing a perspective on portfolio performance and delivering thorough readouts to leadership.
• Advise on sophisticated investments, budgets, and financial analysis to improve impact, identify risks, and propose mitigation plans.
• Build, develop and steward relationships with key internal and external partners to facilitate the investment lifecycle. This includes the program team, FP&A, GCS, and Legal as well as engagement with and management of external grantee and partner relationships. Overall ability to steward sophisticated partnerships, with responsibility for high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications across all partners.
• Partner with SPM team, business partners, and investment makers to operationalize and craft key business processes, including annual planning, forecasting, regular portfolio reviews, financial planning, and budget.
• Provide in-depth project management to investment team, including tracking timelines, deliverables, communications, and organizational change. Also includes development of the non-technical portion of the project framework and working on special projects.
• Lead implementation and change efforts for the team, which may include developing new processes, sharing standard methodologies, analyzing workloads, and providing business updates.
• Maintain file organization, team sites, data and records, and a system for tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks, and projects.

Your Experience

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent demonstrated experience preferably in business administration or program management.
• Well-developed project management and organizational skills, with excellent attention to detail and policy compliance.
• Experience in budgeting, financial analysis and synthesis, with the ability to analyze data across multiple tools and databases.
• Proficient in MS Office and SharePoint; advanced knowledge of Excel, Salesforce, and other web-based software applications.

*Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.

The salary range for this role is $44.70 to $67.02 USD per hour. We recognize high-wage market differences where our offices are located, in Seattle and Washington D.CThe range for this role in these locations is $44.70 to $67.02 USD per hour. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission and new hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidate's job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.

Hiring Requirements

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

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Inclusion Statement

We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion - of voices, ideas, and approaches - and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.