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April 16, 2007
Financial Analyst, Global Health: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Financial Planning & Analysis
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Summary: The Global Health Financial Analyst will assist in developing, communicating, and monitoring the financial and operational results for the foundation’s Global Health division. The Global Health division includes the foundation’s programs in HIV/TB, infectious diseases, global health technologies, global health strategies, and global health advocacy.
The Financial Analyst will support the goals of the Global Health division through two major work efforts. First, this position will have an important role in the operational management and financial oversight of the Global Health division. Secondly, the Financial Analyst will work directly with Global Health program staff to assist in financial evaluation of individual grants.
Responsibilities:
- Support Global Health division and Financial Planning & Analysis department to develop and execute annual budgets and financial plans. Forecast and track financial results throughout the year to meet budget projections.
- Organize budget templates and data in a clear and intuitive manner
- Link budget requests to specific Global Health division programmatic strategies
- Maintain and improve tools for accurate financial forecast projections
- Work with Global Health staff to support the development, update, and monitoring of new and existing business plans for submission to foundation executives.
- Create financial models to support business planning exercises
- Identify financial or operating risks associated with the business plan
- Develop thorough and clear presentation materials to illustrate strategy
- Assist program officers in the evaluation and analysis of financial submissions related to grant making activity.
- Analyze proposal budgets and progress reports.
- Review grantee financial statements to assess financial health.
- Prepare reports summarizing project spending and variance analysis.
- Provide financial consulting support and expertise to various Global Health projects
- Support program strategic decision making with financial analytics
- Analyze feasibility of internal and external financial instruments to fund projects in Global Health
- Refine foundation financial policies to facilitate superior fiscal stewardship and control of foundation resources
- Improve process flow to streamline operations
Qualifications:
- A degree in Finance, Economics or related field and a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in financial and strategic planning functions. Experience working in a consultative role with both public and private sector organizations is ideal. MBA preferred.
- Strong technical and financial knowledge, including experience creating complex financial models and efficiently communicating results to inform sound strategic and tactical decisions.
- Experience developing, evaluating, managing, and monitoring business plans.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage and complete multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to extract appropriate data to convey financial results through the use of supporting tables, graphs, and other visual representations.
- Commitment to the foundation’s core values, mission, and programs.
- Excellent software skills with Microsoft Office applications. Ability to quickly learn new software modules.
Reports to: Program Financial Manager, Global Health
To apply for this position, please visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org/AboutUs/Workingwithus/Jobs and submit your resume online.
Due to the volume of inquiries and applications we receive on a regular basis, the online application is the best and only way to ensure that your submissions are reviewed in a timely manner.
We are an equal opportunity employer dedicated and focused on diversity.
The statements in this description represent typical elements, criteria and general work performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills for this job.
