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World Wildlife Fund · 4 months ago

Senior Program Officer, Strategic Planning and Finance-26021

US-DC-Washington

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$85K/yr - $106K/yr

6+ years exp

World Wildlife Fund (WWF), one of the world’s leading conservation organizations, seeks a Senior Program Officer, Strategic Planning and Finance on the Earth for Life team. This role involves developing financial models for conservation initiatives, managing relationships with partners, and collaborating with finance professionals across the organization.

CommunitiesNon ProfitWildlife Conservation

No H1B

Responsibilities

Develop detailed long-term financial models (projections of costs and funding needs, mapping costs to funding sources, financial analysis) for Project Finance for Permanence and other large-scale area based conservation initiatives

With partner organizations, design and build agreement on initiative scope (geographic and thematic), conservation goals, activities and indicators

Communicate financial analysis scope, approach, assumptions to various audiences; based on analysis, make recommendations on sustainable financing mechanism prioritization, design and implementation

Train in-country partner organizations on financial modeling and related processes

Clearly document conservation scope, financial needs, and related assumptions

Contribute to funding proposals by providing technical content

Other responsibilities assigned by position’s manager

Qualification

Financial modelingManagement consultingConservation experienceQuantitative analysisFluency in EnglishMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordMicrosoft PowerPointCultural sensitivityFluency in SpanishFluency in PortugueseFluency in FrenchTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree required

At least six years' experience in management consulting, business, finance or conservation (or equivalent) required. A Master's degree can substitute for two years of work experience

Financial modeling experience required

Experience with developing countries required

Detail-oriented with excellent quantitative, analytical, oral and written communication skills

Must be client-focused, and enjoy problem solving and working with teams spread across different time zones

High degree of flexibility, and ability to work against deadlines (including some nights and weekends), and under frequently-changing circumstances

Able to lead group discussions with individuals working in different roles and countries; capable of training and guiding team members with a high degree of cultural sensitivity

Tactful, organized, persistent, comfortable with occasional ambiguity, sense of humor

Must be willing to travel 15-25% of the time to developing countries, on short notice (and to Washington DC if not located there)

Must be fluent in English

Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Internet research

Committed to WWF's mission

Identifies and aligns with WWF's core values: Courage, Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration