What You’ll Do

Own finance tech systems

Own the administration, configuration, and integration of finance tech systems (including accounting, expenses, timesheets, and payments)
Lead development of finance tech systems strategy to ensure the finance team has the right software tools to operate productively and securely, and lead initiatives to implement that strategy
Build a deep... understanding of finance needs, and use that to anticipate and remove obstacles and leverage tech to drive improvements

Provide user support to org-wide users

Respond to user requests through our ticketing system, such as adding new vendors or troubleshooting access
Ensure effective user access and permissions management, and timely onboarding and offboarding of users
Provide training and support to users across the organization

Ensure trusted, reliable financial data

Create and uphold data quality contracts for core finance data
Interface with engineers and data architects on integrations and ensure that finance data is available and usable for reporting org-wide

What You’ll Bring

Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
Language Requirement: English
4+ years of relevant professional experience in financial systems management, accounting/finance, or IT systems with a focus on financial applications
Knowledge of IT security best practices and secure configuration of cloud-based software tools
Deep expertise with accounting software (Sage Intacct a bonus)
Knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting standards
Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling
Deep expertise with Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets; strong ability to extract, clean, and manipulate large data sets
Strong initiative and ability to drive process improvements that impact multiple teams
High attention to detail and to high quality customer service
Systematic approach to troubleshooting technical problems and finding the root cause
Strong project management experience; comfortable managing complex timelines and multiple stakeholders
Ability to communicate technical concepts to a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders, including finance, programs, and fundraising teams
Bonus but not required: accounting experience
Bonus but not required: experience working with relational databases (e.g. SQL) more

About this role
The mission of the Central Data team is to empower GiveDirectly with a rigorous, data-driven culture to maximize our efficiency, effectiveness, and scale of delivering dollars to recipients. Building datasets that help us fully understand our donors, improve fundraising interventions, and ultimately raise more money is key to this mission. However, we currently lack many necessary... datasets because we do not have pipelines to extract data from key fundraising platforms or combine data across platforms. 
We have been awarded a $100,000 grant to fund a contractor role that will work full-time (40 hours / week) within Central Data for around one year to address these needs. You will work closely with the Senior Data Architect who oversees our infrastructure (AWS, Databricks, Tableau) and data pipeline development; the Fundraising Data Manager who will turn these datasets into dashboards and insights; and fundraising stakeholders who will use these insights to raise more money for recipients. 
Reports to: Graham Tyler (Director of Data)
Level: Manager
Travel Requirement: There are no travel requirements for this role.
What you’ll do:
Success in this role is determined by meeting these key objectives: 
[20%] Ingest all relevant data sources into our data lakehouse (AWS, Databricks). 

We have existing pipelines, metrics, and dashboards leveraging data from our donor CRM and email provider. You will build new pipelines and jobs to ingest data from our website analytics platform and donor ticketing system.

[40%] Build unified datasets to fully understand donors and fundraising interventions. 

Once all data sources are in Databricks, you will work with stakeholders to define metrics, facts, and dimensions necessary for new dashboards, analysis, ML models, and experimentation that will drive fundraising strategy. Then you will build pipelines to clean, transform, and combine data from all platforms into these actionable datasets.  

[30%] Reduce data quality incidents with automated data quality tests and monitoring. 

Implement data quality tests and alerting for key donation, donor, and donor engagement variables.
Monitor job and pipeline performance. 
Proactively identify and implement improvements to our existing pipelines. 

[10%] Make it easy to maintain your pipelines and tools. 

Create comprehensive, easy to understand documentation to ensure effective knowledge transfer of your work. 
Build within our existing configurable pipeline framework and identify ways to improve this process. 
Leave our systems and processes better than you found them.

What you’ll bring:

Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
Language Requirement: English
Language Preferences: No additional language preferences
Critical thinking and analytical approach necessary to develop technical solutions that scale and are resilient to changes over time
Entrepreneurial mindset and stakeholder management skills required to identify, design, and execute technical solutions that solve important, ambiguous organizational problems
Python, SQL, and spark expertise, along with core competencies required to ship high quality data pipelines and data tools fast
Extensive experience with Databricks preferred; experience with Tableau is a plus
Intellectual humility, curiosity, and a commitment to being part of an exceptional team more

About This Role

GiveDirectly seeks a highly skilled and motivated Research Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to assist the organization's research strategy for donor-funded projects and internal evaluations of GiveDirectly's own funded projects. The Research Associate will work on a dynamic research team supporting project monitoring and evaluation design, implementation, analysis,... reporting, and dissemination. In addition, the Research Associate will benefit from exposure to intellectual exchange and networking with the various internal and external stakeholders linked to GiveDirectly’s work. The Research Associate will work closely with the Research Manager.

What You’ll Do

Operationalize monitoring and evaluation plans across donor-funded projects and internal evaluations of GiveDirectly's own funded projects.

Design quantitative surveys and qualitative interview guides in collaboration with the data and country field teams and perform cognitive testing and piloting of data collection instruments.
Work with Field Operations to develop contextual understanding, facilitate data collection, ensure data quality, adapt implementation to local needs, and build local capacity.
Maintain data dictionaries that will serve as a reference guide for understanding the meaning, format, and usage of each data element within the context of the monitoring and evaluation framework.
Perform data quality checks to ensure the accuracy, reliability, validity, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and compliance of data collected for GD’s monitoring and evaluation purposes
Conduct primary data analysis for internal and externally funded non-RCT evaluations and provide statistical and analytical support to technology and data teams.


Develop internal monitoring and evaluation learning and adaptation:

Prepare, maintain, and update GD’s monitoring and evaluation knowledge databases.
Undertake other administrative duties related to GD’s research projects, such as participating in internal meetings, arranging and facilitating M&E brown-bag sessions, synthesizing cash evidence, and coordinating the dissemination of internal evaluations and country program reports.



What You’ll Bring

Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem-solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
Understanding of the lives of people living in poverty - learned or lived experience of the reality of poverty -- this could be extreme absolute poverty or relative poverty in a higher-income country. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.

At least a bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of experience in designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans - Proficiency in designing and implementing M&E frameworks, systems, and tools. Knowledge of industry-standard monitoring and evaluation principles, methodologies, and best practices is preferred but not mandatory.

Quantitative and qualitative research experience - Expertise in cognitive testing survey questions and survey design, training field teams and overseeing implementation activities. Additionally, conducting thorough data analysis using statistical software like STATA, SPSS, R, or Python to extract meaningful insights and recommendations is desirable. While experience in experimental/quasi-experimental research studies like RCT, RDD, Diff-in-Diff, and PSM designs is advantageous, it's not mandatory for the role.
Communication - be equally comfortable having a technical conversation with program specialists and Field Operations teams as you are describing an evaluation in straightforward terms to an internal stakeholder who has neither program nor contextual knowledge. Experience communicating project evaluation clearly and compellingly with a range of internal and external audiences -- both verbally and in writing -- is crucial in this role.
Sense of humor - we work hard, but our team appreciates a good joke.
Language Requirement: English more

Role Overview
The Senior Chief of Staff will focus on ensuring that mission-critical priorities of the President are complete, while also helping to drive special projects and initiatives for GiveDirectly. The ideal candidate is highly organized, analytical, and a succinct communicator in a range of contexts.  
Our team is dedicated to shifting the status quo with respect to how and by whom... decisions are made in the aid space. We believe elevating recipient choice is critical, as is demonstrably committing to transparency around metrics and evidence. We are looking for applicants who are deeply aligned with these objectives, and energized by the prospect of partnering with internal and external stakeholders to advance them. 
Location: This role is fully remote but must overlap with an East Africa time zone by at least 4 hours.
Level: Director
Reports to: President
Travel Requirement: Ability to travel ~1-2 times per quarter for field visits, internal/external meetings, or other high-impact trips for the President.
What you'll do:

Upward management: Keep tabs of the President’s to-do’s and priorities and ensure they’re complete in a timely manner Personal advisor: Work closely with the President to develop and implement strategic plans aligned with his vision and objectives.
Landscape analysis: Have a pulse on key world events, and suggest where and with which key stakeholders GiveDirectly should get involved
Board relationship management: Support coordination for Board meetings; provide project management support on key Board initiatives
Internal and external relations: Provide advice and recommendations on stakeholder engagement and team leadership
Strategic project management: Provide strategic project leadership, coordination, and execution on key cross-cutting priorities/initiative spanning various GiveDirectly teams
Effective communication: Gather, analyze, and structure critical information for the President to facilitate effective decision making; craft strong initial drafts for talking points, speeches, presentations, and internal communications

What you bring:
An individual with a strong drive to take ownership, a desire to work on a fast-paced team, and an interest in building, managing and scaling key relationships and projects, in turn, maximizing GiveDirectly’s impact. Specific qualifications include:

Exceptional communication and organizational skills across a wide range of stakeholders, including experience creating compelling presentations and written materials, and running efficient and productive meetings
Ability to process information quickly and proactively flag suggestions or concerns to the President
Strong interest in and aptitude for project management in a collaborative, cross-functional environment, with minimal structure
Ability to tell a story using data and presentations across docs, sheets, and presentations 
Demonstrated ability to maintain calm and good judgment in a fast-paced & dynamic environment
A proclivity for giving (and gracefully receiving) direct, honest feedback
A desire to build trusted relationships across teams, lift others up and maintain a low ego when jumping into the weeds of new projects
Experience partnering well with senior leaders, especially managing up to senior internal or external stakeholders
7+ years of full-time experience in a high excellence, fast-paced, and analytical environment (for example but not limited to: fundraising, consulting, finance, government)
Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve. more

About This Role

We believe technology will play a critical role in enabling the next generation of cash delivery operations: from identifying recipients without needing to knock on doors to a modern payments infrastructure that gets dollars in recipients’ hands faster and more scalably. We are seeking a data associate responsible for designing and implementing our data systems for enrolling and... paying recipients.
This role is an opportunity to deepen your project management skills and gain experience writing code. You will own all technology-related aspects of new project launches: working with our operations team to define and implement program requirements, project managing the implementation across multiple stakeholders, and analyzing, structuring, and acting on program data. You are a systems thinker who is comfortable assessing tradeoffs and deriving and communicating data-driven insights. You enjoy learning about technology in a variety of business contexts. You naturally take ownership, can navigate unfamiliar settings, and enjoy both building and managing ops. You can excel at both 10,000 feet as well as in the weeds of complex problems.

This role is fully remote but must overlap with an East Africa timezone by at least 4 hours.
Reports to: Senior Technical Program Manager
Level: Associate
Travel Requirement: Ability to travel ~1-2 times per year to one of our countries of operation for team retreats or field visits
What You’ll Do

Partner with our field operations team to design and operationalize new cash delivery program launches, helping GiveDirectly to reach more people across more geographies
Build, manage, and implement the technology used to deliver those program launches, from surveys for enrolling recipients to the data model used to store data about payments in Salesforce (our central recipient data store)
Debug and resolve issues across multiple layers of our technology stack, including Salesforce and our offline survey app
Scope and manage cross-cutting systems improvements to improve efficiency, scale, and/or recipient experience with mentorship
Write code (usually Python) for automating and improving our processes
Own the end-to-end technology of cash transfer projects that build off of standard operational models

What You’ll Bring

Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
Language Requirement: English
At least 2 years of professional experience (we welcome a range of skill sets and backgrounds; related fields could include finance, data analytics, project management, program management, international development, or management consulting)
Strong data skills: able to leverage tools to extract, clean, manipulate, and analyze data to make operational decisions
Deep comfort with Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets
Strong project management experience: experience in managing timelines, stakeholders, and complex deliverables
Significant interest in technology, systems design and building
Ability to collaborate inclusively with stakeholders across varied social, national, and cultural backgrounds, including communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Intermediate experience with a programming/statistical language (like Python, R, Matlab, Java, or Apex). Note: this job could include business logic and analysis automation, but it is not an engineering or data science job. more

Responsibilities : 

Your role will cut across stakeholder management, risk & compliance tracking, and delivery of the Finance Service Level Agreement. 

Stakeholder Management and information provision:  

Deliver accurate and insightful financial information to the management team to improve understanding of financial performance, influence decision making, guide strategic planning, and... identify issues. 

Monthly review of program level Income Statements and Balance sheets with full variance explanation and reconciliation


Have a thorough understanding of the raw finance data at both granular level and high/ strategic level and be able to switch fluidly between both depending on the needs of the stakeholders. 
Lead collaboration between teams, both internally within Finance and externally with non-finance colleagues. 
Promote a strong, professional relationship with the stakeholders including programs teams, regulatory bodies, and the Finance Team 
You will also work closely with the accounting team to deliver financial reports that are accurate and timely for decision making taking primary responsibility for account reconciliation.
Support for the Fundraising team in developing budgets and reporting to support institutional fundraising.

Risk and compliance tracking 

Ensure that funds expended are compliant with Donor requirements, national/state regulations and organizational policies
Implement payment and procurement protocols, including ensuring proper documentation (both hard and soft copies) and adherence to controls
Ensure that statutory payments have been submitted to the statutory authorities on time and all original receipts filed, with periodic spot checks. 
Understanding, advising, and implementing compliance requirements from tax regulators and donors
Double check that the office and procurement manager is handling procurement and expenditures in line with policies. This includes enforcing proper maintenance and filing of original invoices, receipts, and supporting documents both physically and in nexonia. It also includes doing a monthly reconciliation check with the OPM to ensure petty cash is being tracked and managed appropriately. 
Carry out spot checks on payments made in county including: with vendors, contracts and suppliers and on staff expenses
Ensure procurement is done within bounds of the the relevant budget available for the stated procurement or overspends are approved by appropriate authority/authorities
Participate in the procurement committee, to vote on prospective vendors  and providing advise from a financial perspective
Identify potential areas of financial and compliance vulnerability and risk and develop or implement corrective action plans to resolve problematic issues.
Monitoring country finance risks and designing controls to mitigate the risks
Ensuring financial records for the country office are organized and maintained, to be ready for standard and routine financial audits and routine control visits 
Managing in-country audits and special reporting to donors and regulatory bodies
Be responsible for managing the contract budget, tracking project spending, and preparing financial reports for submission to donors. 
Implementation and tracking of the risk and controls dashboard and driving risk mitigation procedures with the Country Director
Have a thorough understanding of finance policies  and procedures and ensure compliance to them
Spot check outflows and inflows of money from the bank account and vet for irregularities
Check that the  controls put in place to mitigate fraud are operating effectively and are able to prevent or detect fraud.
Support investigation of financial fraud under the leadership of the CD and in collaboration with the risk and compliance and internal audit teams
Escalate to the CD any irregularities observed in financial and compliance management, including gaps in our systems
Contribute to drafting and updating finance-related policies for the  country office

Management of the Finance Service level agreement

Be accountable for the implementation of the Finance Service Level Agreement (SLA) by understanding and anticipating the needs of the non-finance Functions; and proactively liaising with treasury, payments, and accounting functions for smooth delivery of the SLA.  
Preparation of country and donor budgets across various periods of time 
Delivery of Budget-to-Actual reports to stakeholders within the timelines stipulated by the Finance SLA
Prepare punctually every month a Business to Actuals report and explain it to the Country Director, so that the CD is aware of expenditures vs. budget each month and year to date, flagging where things are going over budget. 
Collaborate with the HR Manager in preparing payroll, including tracking salary advance statuses and payments owed/due.  
Suggest to the CD ideas for reducing and streamlining costs in the country office

Profile

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of professional experience in accounting or finance, with strong experience in budgeting and reporting. 
Strong data analysis skills
Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy
Excellent stakeholder management and strategic influencing skills
Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios
Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
Conscientious and client focused
Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
A full appreciation of the value of cooperation, both internationally and within a team environment
Aptitude to learn quickly new software tools, such as Slack, Intacct, Limelight, and Google Spreadsheets
Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. more

Responsibilities : 
The role will cut across Financial Management, Accounting & Reporting and Audit & Compliance. 
Financial Management, Accounting and Reporting

Prepare and keep track of project and country budgets & spending
Provide finance inputs for country proposals, policies and projects
Bookkeeping - pass journals and supporting documentation according to the monthly close... calendar
Review monthly, quarterly and annual spending for accuracy
Prepare and present budget and actual reports the users of financial information
Ensure that funds expended are compliant with Donor requirements, national/state regulations and organizational policies
Create error free periodic reports, such as balance sheets, profit & loss statements, management reports etc.
Document and update financial policies and procedures in our knowledge management system, Guru.

Audit and Compliance

Lead the management of annual and country audits
Assist in the preparation and provision of support for the financial statement audits
Prepare financial statements
Oversee the preparation and submission of regulatory filings
Ensure compliance with applicable standards (i.e. IFRS), rules, regulations, and systems of internal control
Implement payment and procurement protocols, including ensuring proper documentation (both hard and soft copies) and adherence to controls
Coordinate the submission of statutory payments to the statutory authorities on time and file original receipts
Implement the Finance and Accounting Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Profile

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent practical experience.
4+ years of professional experience in accounting or finance, with experience in data analysis  budgeting and reporting.
Professional qualification (ACCA or CPA) is required. 
Professionally proficient in English
Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy
Excellent stakeholder management and strategic influencing skills
Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios
Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
A full appreciation of the value of cooperation, both internationally and within a team environment
Aptitude to learn quickly new software tools, such as Slack, Intacct, Limelight, and Google Spreadsheets
Advanced excel skills
Aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills
Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. more

Content Collection

Leading editorial on creating written, photographed, and video content, while servings as an “internal journalist” finding and highlighting interesting aspects of our impact.
Own information gathering and storytelling about each of our programs — in 2022, we ran two dozen programs in 11 countries.
Lead freelancers + internal teams to create data visualizations and animated... graphics that crisply highlight the impact of our work. 
Improve our content collection practices, setting and maintain standards of story collection quantity and quality from field teams.
Collaborate with country directors, partnerships directors, and donor relations team, building buy-in and serving their cross-functional priorities. 

Content Innovation

Drive innovation in unique styles and techniques of documenting our work, including new mediums, technologies, and editorial styles.
Identify, cultivate, and manage a roster of local filmmakers and creators to contract with us on special projects.

What you’ll bring:

Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.

Qualifications: 

3+ years of experience in a fast-paced content-driven role in communications, consulting, media, or systems management with proven skills in project management. 
Exceptional relationship building: you’re excited to work with GiveDirectly leaders in many countries to build consensus and buy-in for the importance of this work. 
Strong communications skills and editorial sensibility (speaking, writing, presenting, risk assessment, and negotiating with multiple stakeholders)
Excellent attention to detail regarding text (spelling, grammar, translation), visuals, facts and figures, and video
Position is mostly remote but involves travel within the country appox. once a month and out of country once a quarter. Must be willing to locate in Uganda, Rwanda, Malawi, or Kenya

Nice to haves:
(not requirements, but mention if this is you)

Canva or Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/Premiere experience
Data visualization tools (Canva, Tableau, etc)
Experience with multiple camera technologies
Past work traveling often to remote locations, working in the field
Database management experience 
SalesForce and Hubspot experience
Professional storytelling / creative writing experience 
Fluency in French or primary languages where GD works (Arabic, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Chichewa, etc.) more

Responsibilities : 

Your role will cut across stakeholder management, risk & compliance tracking, and delivery of the Finance Service Level Agreement. 

Stakeholder Management and information provision:  

Deliver accurate and insightful financial information to the management team to improve understanding of financial performance, influence decision making, guide strategic planning, and... identify issues. 

Monthly review of program level Income Statements and Balance sheets with full variance explanation and reconciliation


Have a thorough understanding of the raw finance data at both granular level and high/ strategic level and be able to switch fluidly between both depending on the needs of the stakeholders. 
Lead collaboration between teams, both internally within Finance and externally with non-finance colleagues. 
Promote a strong, professional relationship with the stakeholders including programs teams, regulatory bodies, and the Finance Team 
You will also work closely with the accounting team to deliver financial reports that are accurate and timely for decision making taking primary responsibility for account reconciliation.
Support for the Fundraising team in developing budgets and reporting to support institutional fundraising.

Risk and compliance tracking 

Ensure that funds expended are compliant with Donor requirements, national/state regulations and organizational policies
Implement payment and procurement protocols, including ensuring proper documentation (both hard and soft copies) and adherence to controls
Ensure that statutory payments have been submitted to the statutory authorities on time and all original receipts filed, with periodic spot checks. 
Understanding, advising, and implementing compliance requirements from tax regulators and donors
Double check that the office and procurement manager is handling procurement and expenditures in line with policies. This includes enforcing proper maintenance and filing of original invoices, receipts, and supporting documents both physically and in nexonia. It also includes doing a monthly reconciliation check with the OPM to ensure petty cash is being tracked and managed appropriately. 
Carry out spot checks on payments made in county including: with vendors, contracts and suppliers and on staff expenses
Ensure procurement is done within bounds of the the relevant budget available for the stated procurement or overspends are approved by appropriate authority/authorities
Participate in the procurement committee, to vote on prospective vendors  and providing advise from a financial perspective
Identify potential areas of financial and compliance vulnerability and risk and develop or implement corrective action plans to resolve problematic issues.
Monitoring country finance risks and designing controls to mitigate the risks
Ensuring financial records for the country office are organized and maintained, to be ready for standard and routine financial audits and routine control visits 
Managing in-country audits and special reporting to donors and regulatory bodies
Be responsible for managing the contract budget, tracking project spending, and preparing financial reports for submission to donors. 
Implementation and tracking of the risk and controls dashboard and driving risk mitigation procedures with the Country Director
Have a thorough understanding of finance policies  and procedures and ensure compliance to them
Spot check outflows and inflows of money from the bank account and vet for irregularities
Check that the  controls put in place to mitigate fraud are operating effectively and are able to prevent or detect fraud.
Support investigation of financial fraud under the leadership of the CD and in collaboration with the risk and compliance and internal audit teams
Escalate to the CD any irregularities observed in financial and compliance management, including gaps in our systems
Contribute to drafting and updating finance-related policies for the  country office

Management of the Finance Service level agreement

Be accountable for the implementation of the Finance Service Level Agreement (SLA) by understanding and anticipating the needs of the non-finance Functions; and proactively liaising with treasury, payments, and accounting functions for smooth delivery of the SLA.  
Preparation of country and donor budgets across various periods of time 
Delivery of Budget-to-Actual reports to stakeholders within the timelines stipulated by the Finance SLA
Prepare punctually every month a Business to Actuals report and explain it to the Country Director, so that the CD is aware of expenditures vs. budget each month and year to date, flagging where things are going over budget. 
Collaborate with the HR Manager in preparing payroll, including tracking salary advance statuses and payments owed/due.  
Suggest to the CD ideas for reducing and streamlining costs in the country office

Profile

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of professional experience in accounting or finance, with strong experience in budgeting and reporting. 
Strong data analysis skills
Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy
Excellent stakeholder management and strategic influencing skills
Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios
Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
Conscientious and client focused
Maintains a calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure
A full appreciation of the value of cooperation, both internationally and within a team environment
Aptitude to learn quickly new software tools, such as Slack, Intacct, Limelight, and Google Spreadsheets
Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. more

About this role

The Research Manager will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic research team to  provide methodological, research and evidence-based support to GD fundraising, as well as support project monitoring and evaluation design, implementation, analysis, reporting and dissemination.  In addition, the Research Manager will benefit from exposure to intellectual exchange and... networking with the various internal and external stakeholders linked to GiveDirectly’s work. The Research Manager will work closely with the Research Director. 
Reports to: Research Director

Responsibilities:

Support GD Fundraising and Field Operations teams funding bids through engagement with research partners (where relevant) and project funders and supporting the development of appropriate project monitoring and evaluation plans for instance, choice of indicators, sampling techniques, and evaluation design.
Design quantitative surveys and qualitative interview guides in collaboration with the data and country teams and perform cognitive testing and piloting of data collection instruments.
Work with Field Operations to develop and support ongoing monitoring and evaluation and initiate evaluations of non-experimental GD projects.
Perform data quality checks for ongoing GD internal research and project evaluations.
Conducting primary data analysis for internal and externally funded non-RCT projects and providing statistical and analytical support to Field Operations teams.
Write high quality reports and support internal and external stakeholders by critically reviewing reports.
Conducting literature reviews as requested and keeping abreast of findings from relevant research.
Support the current Research Manager in preparing, maintaining, and updating GD’s research knowledge databases.
Undertake other administrative duties related to GDs research projects, such as participating in internal meetings, arranging and facilitating research brown-bag sessions, coordinating dissemination of internal research and country program reports, and maintaining research documents. 

Core competencies and experiences

At least a Masters degree in Economics is required with graduate-level coursework on econometrics, impact evaluation, and economic development.
At least 3 years of experience in research and development work, preferably in countries where GiveDirectly works.
A strong understanding of economic development and the drivers of poverty reduction;
Demonstrated experience in quantitative research methods and data analysis.  
Demonstrated expertise with relevant software tools (R, Stata, SurveyCTO).  Experience in experimental / quasi-experimental research studies (e.g. RCT, RDD, PSM designs) would be an advantage but is not essential.
Demonstrated experience in qualitative research - competent in qualitative research design, interview guide development, undertaking interviews / Focus group discussion.  Expertise in qualitative analysis, integration of qual and quant in design and analysis would be an advantage but is not essential.
Communication - be equally comfortable having a technical conversation with program specialists and Field Operations teams as you are describing an evaluation in straightforward terms to a donor who has neither program nor contextual knowledge. Experience communicating project evaluation in a clear and compelling manner with a range of internal and external audiences -- both verbally and in writing  is crucial in this role.
Research stakeholder management - speak the language of researcher and project management specialists to design and conduct high quality evaluations, predict and over risks and deliver on time and to budget.
Project management - experience in multiple large-scale projects, project risk management, stakeholder communications, and maintaining project tracking systems.
Knowledge synthesis - experience conducting literature searches (e.g. through Google Scholar alerts, research circulars, Twitter) and summarizing complex academic papers and non-academic reports into key findings / talking points in straightforward, non-technical language.  
Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve. more