Water.org

• Leads implementation of the data governance operating model, managing data and change requests across the organization. • Implements and maintains data governance policies, best practices, and data quality standards. • Develops and oversees data stewardship processes to ensure high-quality, well-documented datasets. • Ensures the scope of data governance initiatives align with enterprise strategy and priorities. • Works collaboratively to define policies and ensure regulatory and organizational compliance. • Provides training and support to teams on data governance practices and data management protocols. • Builds data governance methodologies, incorporating enterprise and legal requirements for data privacy and protection. • Collaborates with internal analysts and teams to ensure governed and reliable data assets without owning analytics directly. • Acts as a liaison across departments to translate data needs and collaboratively define requirements that ensure processes work across systems. • Supports enterprise-wide efforts to align metadata, data lineage, and data sharing processes.

**What You’ll do** **Regional Accounting Oversight** Accountable for delivering accurate, timely, and compliant accounting operations across the United States, Latin America (Mexico, Peru, Brazil), and Africa (Kenya). This role leads and supports Country Finance Generalists, reviews financial close and reporting, ensures compliance with organizational policies and local statutory requirements, and provides hands‑on guidance on complex accounting matters. Responsible for driving regional consistency through process standardization, strengthening internal controls, and collaborating closely with the global finance team. In addition to regional leadership, this role may directly manage U.S. accounting operations or another assigned country entity. **Actuals Spend & Regional Reporting** Leads accurate and timely actuals spend reporting across all country offices within the region. Partners with Country Accountants and FP&A teams to review consolidated results, analyze variances against regional budgets and forecasts, and ensure consistent reporting practices. Serves as the regional accounting point of contact for compliance with organizational and donor requirements, validates reconciliations to FP&A reporting, and supports regional financial reviews and strategic conversations. May also directly manage actuals reporting for a designated country entity. **Finance Compliance & Risk Management** Oversees finance compliance activities across assigned countries, ensuring alignment with local tax, banking, and audit requirements. Coordinates compliance calendars, supports audit execution, and helps implement effective procedures and controls. Maintains clear, proactive communication with stakeholders to ensure compliance milestones and deliverables are met efficiently across multiple jurisdictions. **Global Finance Functional Partnership** Partners closely with global finance functional leads to contribute regional perspective, technical expertise, and practical insights to ongoing initiatives. Supports consistent interpretation, application, and continuous improvement of global finance processes, policies, and systems, helping drive alignment and operational excellence across regions. **Talent & Multicultural Team Management** Builds a collaborative, high‑performing, and inclusive finance team across cultures and geographies. Applies thoughtful talent practices to strengthen engagement, development, knowledge sharing, and the successful delivery of regional and global business outcomes. **Why Water.org? ** At Water.org, we’re dedicated to breaking barriers to safe water access for everyone, everywhere. When you join us, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven team committed to sustainability, diversity, and making a lasting impact. We offer growth opportunities, a collaborative culture, and the chance to drive global change. Learn more about working at Water.org

**Master Job Title:** Portfolio Manager **About Water.org** 1 in 4 people around the world lack access to safe water and 2 in 5 people don’t have access to a safe toilet. We are working every day to change this. We are Water.org. We’re here to bring water and sanitation to the world. We want to make it safe, accessible, and cost-effective because we believe that water is the way to empower a bright future that we can all share in, worldwide. We are an international nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, Missouri that has positively transformed millions of lives around the world through access to safe water and sanitation. Founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, we pioneer market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis. For more than 30 years, we’ve been providing women hope, children health and families a bright future. **Join Us ** The Portfolio Manager, Microfinance leads a portfolio of financial institution partnerships that advance financial inclusion and sustainable impact. This role oversees a team of account managers and is responsible for strengthening portfolio performance, managing risk, and supporting the long‑term growth of partner institutions—while balancing financial sustainability with measurable social outcomes. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in microfinance, inclusive finance, or development finance and excels at managing institutional relationships, capital deployment, and portfolio performance across diverse markets. As a strategic advisor and people leader, the Portfolio Manager provides strong financial oversight, guides partners through growth and complexity, and enables the team to execute with discipline across the full partnership lifecycle.    **What You** **Business Development** - Drive growth and engagement with existing and prospective financial institution partners across the portfolio - Build senior‑level relationships and support partner structuring, due diligence, and onboarding **Business Metrics + Reporting** - Oversee accurate portfolio performance reporting, including financial results and impact plan execution - Translate data into actionable insights for leadership and key stakeholders **Talent Management** - Lead and develop a high‑performing account management team aligned to portfolio objectives - Foster accountability, collaboration, and strong cross‑functional partnership **Why Water.org? ** At Water.org, we’re dedicated to breaking barriers to safe water access for everyone, everywhere. When you join us, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven team committed to sustainability, diversity, and making a lasting impact. We offer growth opportunities, a collaborative culture, and the chance to drive global change. Discover what makes Water.org a great place to work

Role Description The Portfolio Manager, Microfinance leads a portfolio of financial institution partnerships that advance financial inclusion and sustainable impact. This role oversees a team of account managers and is responsible for strengthening portfolio performance, managing risk, and supporting the long‑term growth of partner institutions—while balancing financial sustainability with measurable social outcomes. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in microfinance, inclusive finance, or development finance and excels at managing institutional relationships, capital deployment, and portfolio performance across diverse markets. As a strategic advisor and people leader, the Portfolio Manager provides strong financial oversight, guides partners through growth and complexity, and enables the team to execute with discipline across the full partnership lifecycle. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent relevant professional experience. - Seven or more years of progressive experience in portfolio management, relationship management, or business development within microfinance, inclusive finance, development finance, or institutional financial services. - Demonstrated success managing and strengthening portfolios of financial institution partners, including improving performance, managing financial exposure, and expanding long‑term partnerships aligned with impact and sustainability goals. - Strong people leadership experience, with a proven ability to lead, coach, and develop teams; minimum of one year of direct people management required. - Professional proficiency in written and spoken English. Requirements - This position offers country-specific benefits and market-based, competitive salary as well as periodic review for merit and incentive pay based on organizational and personal achievement. - Being authorized to work in the country posted is a precondition of employment. Benefits - Growth opportunities. - Collaborative culture. - Chance to drive global change. Company Description 1 in 4 people around the world lack access to safe water and 2 in 5 people don’t have access to a safe toilet. We are working every day to change this. We are Water.org. We’re here to bring water and sanitation to the world. We want to make it safe, accessible, and cost-effective because we believe that water is the way to empower a bright future that we can all share in, worldwide. We are an international nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, Missouri that has positively transformed millions of lives around the world through access to safe water and sanitation. Founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, we pioneer market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis. For more than 30 years, we’ve been providing women hope, children health and families a bright future.

Master Job Title: Partnership Account Manager About Water.org 1 in 4 people around the world lack access to safe water and 2 in 5 people don’t have access to a safe toilet. We are working every day to change this. We are Water.org. We’re here to bring water and sanitation to the world. We want to make it safe, accessible, and cost-effective because we believe that water is the way to empower a bright future that we can all share in, worldwide. We are an international nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, Missouri that has positively transformed millions of lives around the world through access to safe water and sanitation. Founded by Gary White and Matt Damon, we pioneer market-driven financial solutions to the global water crisis. For more than 30 years, we’ve been providing women hope, children health and families a bright future.   Join Us Are you passionate about expanding access to safe water and sanitation by unlocking the power of financial systems? Do you thrive in relationship driven roles where strategy meets impact? Join Water.org and help transform how financial institutions serve communities across Africa. ‑driven roles where strategy meets impact? Join Water.org and help transform how financial institutions serve low‑income communities across  As the  Relationship Manager, Financial Institutions, you will lead a portfolio of key financial institution partners—guiding them, advising them, and working side-by-side to scale innovative financing solutions for water and sanitation. You will serve as a consultant, business advisor, problem-solver, and relationship owner for these partners. This role is ideal for a strategic, analytical, and partnership-oriented professional with deep experience in Africa’s financial services ecosystem.‑by‑side to scale innovative financing solutions for water and sanitation. You will serve as a consultant, business advisor, problem‑solver, and relationship owner for these partners.‑oriented professional with deep experience in  What You’ll do Account Management   - You will drive impact by leading relationships with banks, MFIs, SACCOs, and other financial partners—fueling strong collaboration and shared success. Through regular touchpoints, joint planning, and proactive performance monitoring, you’ll deepen engagement, ensure exceptional service, and cultivate long-term partnerships that accelerate access to safe water and sanitation.‑term partnerships that accelerate access to safe water and sanitation.  Business Development  - You will grow partnerships by identifying new opportunities to expand Water.org’s presence across both existing and emerging financial institutions. By engaging key decisionmakers, you’ll help spark product innovation, strengthen financing solutions, and drive portfolio growth. With a strategic and proactive approach, you will build a strong pipeline of mission aligned partners committed to scaling access to safe water and sanitation.‑makers, you’ll help spark product innovation, strengthen financing solutions, and drive portfolio growth. With a strategic and proactive approach, you will build a strong pipeline of mission‑aligned partners committed to scaling access to safe water and sanitation.  Business Metrics + Reporting   - ·You will measure success by tracking partner performance, portfolio growth, fund utilization, and progress toward impact goals. Through timely reporting and clear, data driven insights, you will equip both internal teams and external partners with the information they need to strengthen strategies, improve outcomes, and accelerate impact.‑driven insights, you will equip both internal teams and external partners with the information they need to strengthen strategies, improve outcomes, and accelerate impact. Why Water.org?  At Water.org, we’re dedicated to breaking barriers to safe water access for everyone, everywhere. When you join us, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven team committed to sustainability, diversity, and making a lasting impact. We offer growth opportunities, a collaborative culture, and the chance to drive global change. Discover what makes Water.org a great place to work