Manager of Strategic Finance

charity: water

Manager of Strategic Finance responsible for financial health and donor commitments at charity: water. Ensuring liquidity and financial stability for organizational targets.

Posted 7/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $102,500 - $109,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in financial analysis, cash management, and strategic investment modeling, with a strong ability to translate complex data into actionable insights. Proven track record of managing cross-functional projects and collaborating effectively across teams in a fast-paced environment.

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Financial AnalysisCash ManagementInvestment ModelingGoogle SheetsExcel

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Hard Skills

Financial ConceptsData-Driven StrategyQuantitative SkillsProject ManagementRisk Assessment

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingDetail-OrientedCollaborationAdaptabilityCommunication

Tools & Technologies

NetSuiteSalesforceMicrosoft SuiteAI Workflow Tools

Industry Keywords

Nonprofit FinanceRestricted FundsCash Flow MonitoringPortfolio ManagementLiquidity Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Translating revenue projections into deployable cash and partnering with Water Programs to set the grantable water expense envelope
Ensuring balance between donor restrictions and inventory capacity at the portfolio level, surfacing risks and helping to drive solutions when needed
Building and maintaining a multi-year deploy model to develop large and multi-year pitch options with Revenue stakeholders and identify long-term opportunities and risks
Managing the twice-yearly cross-functional effort with Revenue Operations and Accounting to ensure reliable and accurate completion of the allocation of funds to water projects
Monitoring organizational cash flow, including escalating cash risks and executing strategic timing of liquidation of funds
Owning the tracking, projecting, and reporting for the organization’s operational reserves, ensuring leadership is aware of emerging risks and opportunities
Building and maintaining a multi-year investment and liquidity model that informs the organization’s investments strategy by forecasting potential returns, stress-testing risk/reward tradeoffs across allocation scenarios, and understanding the liquidity implications of each
Supporting investment tracking and reporting in partnership with the Senior Director of Strategic Finance

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business, finance, or related field
5+ years of experience in a variety of strategic, analytical, and finance roles
A background in finance with an established knowledge of financial concepts, with preferred experience in cash management and nonprofit restricted funds
Elite Google and Microsoft Suite skills, specifically Google Sheets and Excel
Experience with NetSuite, Salesforce or similar systems is preferred
Systems and tooling adaptability with a demonstrated ability to leverage AI to create workflow efficiencies
Proven history of working well across a variety of teams to solve complex and ambiguous problems
An ability to own and drive multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously
An aptitude for working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Excellent quantitative skills, an ability to shift between granular and high-level analysis, a love for informing data-driven strategy and the skills to distill data into actionable insights
A rigorously detail-oriented approach, always triple-checking work, and experience producing exceptional deliverables

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited PTO
Summer Fridays
6-week paid sabbatical leave after 5 years of employment
Annual bonus potential through The Pool
401k plan + employer match
Medical covered at 85% + Dental/Vision contributions
FSA + dependent day care FSA
Employer-paid life insurance, STD, LTD
16-week paid maternity and paternity leave for new parents
Stipends for Home office, Professional Development, and a You-do-You Perk
TSA Pre-check reimbursement
Flexible working hours; team members are expected to be online 10am - 4pm ET regardless of location, plus three hours per day asynchronously, which factors in an hour for lunch
2-4 annual travel requirements that foster team alignment, connection and in-person collaboration