Grant Finance Manager

The Grants Finance Manager provides strategic leadership for World Vision Ethiopia’s grants finance portfolio across development and emergency programming. The role is pivotal in designing, leading, and continuously improving grants financial management systems, policies, and frameworks that ensure compliance, stewardship, and alignment with donor requirements and World Vision’s global standards.This role plays a key leadership function in supporting grant acquisition, fostering strategic donor engagement, enabling policy development, and building the technical capacity of the grants finance team. It directly oversees a team of senior grants finance managers, guiding the integration of financial strategy into grant acquisition, implementation, and closeout processes, with a focus on innovation, risk management, and sustainability.The Grants Finance Manager is a key liaison between World Vision Ethiopia, Support Offices, donors, the East Africa Regional Office (EARO), and implementing partners. Through proactive collaboration and strategic influence, the role ensures the financial credibility and success of the entire grant's portfolio while championing World Vision’s Christian ethos and values.Major ResponsibilitiesStrategic Leadership on grants Finance ManagementDesign and institutionalize innovative and adaptive grants finance policies, procedures, and Contextualized internal controls aligned with global and donor standards.Ensure standard Grants financial systems are established and maintained in order to provide appropriate levels of security and controls over the organization's resources and operations. Ensure compliance with the policies and standards in the WV Field Financial Manual.Serve as a key advisor to the Finance Director and other Leaderships on grants finance strategy, compliance trends, and financial feasibility of acquisition decisions.Drive the strategic alignment of grant budgeting and financial reporting systems with World Vision’s core operational priorities and financial sustainability goals.Provide leadership in submission of timely, accurate and complete relevant reporting to the Partnership, Donors and SLT. Define, Develop and implement efficient and effective internal control systems for grants Finance management.2. Grants Portfolio Oversight and Donor EngagementLead financial engagement and negotiation with donors and Support Offices, ensuring adequate support cost recovery and long-term resource growth.Provide senior-level oversight of the entire grants finance portfolio (development & emergency grants which include multilateral, 5UN, government, and PNS).Foster strategic partnerships and networks to influence donor financial policy and secure funding for high-priority programs.3. Policy Development and Risk ManagementLead the revision of financial risk management frameworks for grants, including fraud prevention, regulatory compliance, and internal Controls readiness.Institutionalize best practices for grants financi...