Nonprofit

Programmes and Grants Finance

Hybrid, Work must be performed in or near Brasília, DF, Brazil
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    Job Type:
    Full Time
    Start Date:
    June 2, 2025
    Application Deadline:
    April 16, 2025
    Education:
    Master's Degree Required
    Experience Level:
    Mid-level
    Compensation:
    BRL 5,000 - 7,000 / month
    Cause Areas:
    Environment & Sustainability

    Description

    Proforest is committed to the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion in our employment practices, and we welcome diversity as a key enabler to our success. Black, LGBTQ, indigenous, quilombola and/or disabled candidates are equally welcomed and encouraged to apply.

    Programmes and Grants Finance Professional - Latin America Regional Office - Brasília

    Proforest is seeking a highly motivated programme finance professional with practical experience in the charity/NGO/non-profit sector to quickly take on a leading role in our programme finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to join Proforest’s growing team and play a significant part in the areas of financial management, accounting, audit, planning and reporting.

    About Proforest

    Proforest is a not-for-profit, mission-driven organisation that works with producers and other private sector partners, as well as governments, civil society organisations and NGOs, throughout agricultural and forest product supply chains. Proforest is now an established world leader in the development and implementation of sustainable production and responsible sourcing with a global presence. Worldwide, we are about 200 people spread across offices in Colombia, Mexico, Ghana, Malaysia, Indonesia, Netherlands, and the UK, as well as a few home-offices in other countries. We are working across agricultural and forest product supply chains, with particular focus on palm oil, soy, sugar cane, cattle and cocoa, helping companies, governments, non-governmental and civil society organisations to achieve sustainable use of the world’s natural resources.

    Proforest provides practical advisory support to producers, processors and purchasers to help them work in environmentally and socially responsible ways. We also implement donor-funded programmes, which aim to create the enabling environment, and build the capacity required, to deliver agriculture and forest commodities sustainably at scale. We work at all levels throughout agricultural commodity supply chains – from international policy and legislation to practical operations on the ground – to support the implementation of responsible sourcing mechanisms and achieve positive sustainability impacts.

    Proforest is committed to the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion in our employment practices, and we welcome diversity as a key enabler to our success. Black, LGBTQ, indigenous, quilombola and/or disabled candidates are equally welcomed and encouraged to apply.

    Programmes and Grants Finance Professional - Latin America Regional Office - Brasília

    Proforest is seeking a highly motivated programme finance professional with practical experience in the charity/NGO/non-profit sector to quickly take on a leading role in our programme finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to join Proforest’s growing team and play a significant part in the areas of financial management, accounting, audit, planning and reporting.

    About Proforest

    Proforest is a not-for-profit, mission-driven organisation that works with producers and other private sector partners, as well as governments, civil society organisations and NGOs, throughout…

    Benefits

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    Level of Language Proficiency

    • Fluency in another language (desirably Spanish)
    • Fluency in another language (desirably Spanish)

    Location

    Hybrid
    Work must be performed in or near Brasília, DF, Brazil
    Associated Location
    Brasília, DF, Brasil

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    Instructions:

    Essential

    Financial management, accounting and reporting

    • At least 5 years experience working on financial accounting and reporting in a charity/ NGO/ non- profit entity implementing not for profit projects/ programmes
    • Experience maintaining financial accounting information systems (including project/programme modules/systems)
    • Experience of generating and reconciling financial, management, and financial performance reports

    Non-profit / charity finances, including audit, due diligence and good practice

    • Relevant experience working to support financial management of non-profit Programmes/projects and Funding Grants for a charity/ NGO/ non-profit entity
    • Experience of reporting to Grant funding donors/institutions
    • Experience and knowledge of budgeting, and organisational finances – including multi-currency, multi-country and multi-stakeholder/group environment
    • Experience working in coordination with other team members, other internal functional stakeholders)/teams (technical, operations etc and external stakeholders (group entities, partners, donors)
    • Experience of Management and coordination of sub-grantees and contractors
    • Experience assisting with audit reviews

    Working with grant funding donors – proposals, work planning and reporting

    • Experience on supporting financial management and coordination of implementation partners/subgrantees in grants funded non-profit environments
    • Understanding of contractual and accountability/compliance terms in a non-profit environment
    • Experience supporting business periods and contract closing processes
    • Understanding of due diligence/good practice requirements
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