PIH : Finance Manager, Grant Finance – Boston

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    FULL_TIME
  • Posted:
    4 hours ago
  • Category:
    Budget and Accounting, Finance, Management and Strategy, Treasury and Investment
  • Deadline:
    21/12/2025

JOB DESCRIPTION

Description

Position Title: Finance Manager, Grant Finance

Reports to:Associate DirectorofGrant Finance

Location: Employees in this role can work from our Boston, MA office, remotely within the U.S. or hybrid of these two options, up to 15% international travel
Employment Type: Full time, Grant funded through 12/31/2027 with the potential for extension based on available funding.

 

Position Overview:

 

Partners In Health (PIH) is looking for a detail-oriented, results-driven Finance Manager with superb interpersonal and organizational skills to join the Grant Finance team, to play a lead role in the financial management and oversight of a portfolio of PIH grants. The Finance Manager will guide effective financial management of a diverse, cross-regional, award portfolio implemented in one or more PIH sites: Haiti, Peru, Rwanda, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Malawi, Lesotho, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Navajo Nation. The Finance Manager will work with staff across project teams to ensure strong financial management for projects to deliver on time, on scope, on budget and with quality standards. The Finance Manager will also supervise staff member(s), ensuring they have the support needed to contribute to both financial management of their portfolio and overall FP&A team priorities.

 

This position is contingent on receipt of donor funding. PIH is unable to support visa sponsorship for this role.

 

Fund Management, Analysis, and Reporting

  • Prepare timely and accurate external financial reports that comply with all donor regulations.
  • Monitor spending across grants to ensure appropriate expense allocation, timely use of funds, and compliance with donor’s operational and contractual requirements; document and monitor overall performance, analyze trends, highlight issues, identify gaps.
  • Manage quarterly drawdowns, invoices, fund transfers and other regular grant related processes.
  • Establish and maintain project financial tracking tools, including for sub-awardees.
  • Participate in the end of fiscal year organizational reporting and projections.
  • Respond promptly to donor, partner or leadership requests related to financial matters.

 

Budgeting

  • Lead budget development process for new proposals within portfolio and as assigned, working closely with the programmatic team to understand project activities and implementation plan.
  • Lead budget revisions and reallocation requests.
  • Ensure grants within portfolio are accurately projected within PIH budget system.

 

Financial Compliance

  • Coordinate with Award Manager to communicate and meet with funder on financial or compliance aspects of the project.
  • Work closely with internal and external auditors to ensure efficiency and completion of annual audits, and to ensure that audit findings and recommendations are addressed and closed in a timely manner.
  • Communicate with PIH finance staff, subcontractors, and partners to ensure project spend is in compliance with funder requirements, and aligned with approved budget.

 

Staff Management

  • Develop and execute capacity building plans for each team member under supervision, including supporting team member’s grant management capabilities, usage of PIH’s tools and systems, and input into future grant finance improvements.

 

International travel, as required

 

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of Bachelor’s-level degree in public administration, business, finance, economics, accounting, or a related field, Master’s preferred
  • Minimum of seven years of professional experience in financial management of multi-country awardshigh-compliance donors including USAID, Unitaid, and Global Fund.
  • Experience supervising and mentoring staff.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office; Advanced Excel skills
  • Experience managing financial aspects across multiple countries and projects
  • Exemplary interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively with culturally diverse staff across departments and countries under shifting and demanding timelines
  • Ability to present and explain financial information clearly to colleagues at all levels, including non-financial staff
  • Comfortable with inheriting already established processes and tools, while also assessing areas for improvement
  • Ability to work U.S. Eastern Time Zone hours.
  • Interest in social justice strongly desirable

 

A Cover Letter and Resume or CV are required to be eligible for application review.

 

Organizational Profile:

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities around the world. PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care. PIH partners with the world’s leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governments’ efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.

 

As of today, PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti, Peru, Rwanda, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Malawi, Lesotho, Kazakhstan, Navajo Nation), where it provides direct care to millions of patients, through public facilities and community engagement.

 

Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex and gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S., and to the extent applicable, this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries, states and municipalities.

 

Partners In Health participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

 

Pay and Benefits
The expected starting salary range for new hires in this position is between $80,000-85,000/year and may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market for the position, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The position belongs to a class of roles that have a salary range between $70,000 and $95,000/year.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan with employer match, as well as participate in organization-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability insurance, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Full time employees will receive 15 days of vacation, 12 sick days, 3 personal days, and 3 volunteer days in addition to paid time off during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, the week of July 4th, and 11 additional holidays annually.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements