Senior Manager, Program Finance

At Evidence Action, we deliver data-driven interventions that transform lives at an unprecedented scale. We identify neglected global health issues and deploy proven solutions, forging healthier futures for generations.

Our model operationalizes leading academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists). We measure progress and outcomes at every stage to ensure we’re making a real impact for people living in poverty and suffering from preventable or treatable health issues. Operating across 11 countries, our team of 900+ has reached over 500 million people, working closely with governments to scale these interventions.

• Our Deworm the World program has delivered over 2 billion treatments, significantly reducing worm prevalence and generating more than $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains.
• Through Safe Water Now, we’ve saved the lives of over 15,000 children.
• Our Accelerator explores untapped opportunities in global health, testing low-cost interventions with the greatest potential to save and improve lives.

At Evidence Action, your colleagues are your greatest asset. You'll partner with high-caliber colleagues in an environment blending innovation, autonomy, and teamwork. Our team excels in disruptive thinking and believes in rolling up our sleeves to get things done. If you're looking to work flexibly and with purpose, join a team that delivers measurable change for millions.

The Senior Manager, Program Finance, will be the lead financial partner for Syphilis-Free Start (SFS) as the program prepares for multi-country expansion while managing its current portfolio. Through our Syphilis-Free Start (SFS) program, our aim is to close syphilis screening gaps via the introduction of HIV/syphilis dual testing and to close treatment gaps by implementing strategies to address context-specific treatment barriers for women who test positive for syphilis.

The role will build the financial models and processes that help leaders compare operating models, understand costs and funding needs, and adjust plans when financial or operational constraints emerge.

As a member of the Program Finance team, the Senior Manager reports to the Associate Director, Program Finance and works closely with SFS global and country leadership and colleagues across regional finance, Accounting, Grants and Compliance, Growth, Operations, Legal, Procurement, People and Culture, and Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation. The role leads SFS planning, budgeting, country-entry finance, grant financial management, and decision support.

Success in this role means SFS leaders can compare country and partner models, understand their full cost and funding exposure, and make timely decisions using a reliable financial view. We are looking for a finance professional who can connect sound analysis to program decisions and work effectively across functions, countries, and cultures. Relevant experience can be gained in different ways.

This role is expected to start in January 2027.

• Shape Financial Strategy and Plans
  • Build and maintain multi-year financial models that connect program design, country sequencing, staffing, implementation timing, delivery models, and funding.
  • Compare country and partner models, including direct delivery, technical assistance, co-implementation, local partners, fiscal agents, and subcontracting.
  • Analyze delivery costs, one-time entry costs, shared and indirect costs, cost recovery, affordability, funding runway, and multi-year commitments. Present options when plans exceed available funding or create material obligations.
  • Lead annual budgets, forecasts, revisions, and scenarios that show the trade-offs created by changes in geography, timing,…