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 Water.org as a Revenue Analyst, Grants & Financial Planning and help build impactful partnerships that drive transformative change in water and sanitation.

What You'll Do

As Revenue Analyst, you'll serve as the financial backbone connecting Water.org's fundraising, finance, and program teams — ensuring every grant dollar is tracked, reported, and allocated in ways that keep clean water and sanitation solutions flowing to the families who need them most. From building donor proposal budgets to managing the full lifecycle of grant spending, your work directly protects the resources that make Water.org's mission possible.

•     Grant Budget Development: Build comprehensive donor proposal budgets and lead financial reporting across the full grant lifecycle, ensuring alignment with donor guidelines and organizational priorities.

•     Cost Allocation & Funding Map Management: Manage how grant revenues and expenses are matched and tracked through Water.org's funding map, maximizing fiscal sustainability and informing long-term financial strategy.

•     Compliance & Audit Support: Conduct monthly grant expense reviews, oversee audit preparation, and ensure rigorous adherence to donor restrictions and internal financial policies.

•     Cross-Functional Partnership: Serve as a financial liaison across Revenue, FP&A, Accounting, and Global Program teams — translating complex grant structures into clear guidance on budgets, coding, and cost categories.

•     Process & Systems Improvement: Identify workflow efficiencies, leverage financial systems and AI tools to sharpen data integrity, and build technical solutions that strengthen how Water.org manages its grant portfolio.

Requirements

What Makes You a Great Fit

•     Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field, and/or equivalent relevant work experience.

•     Four or more years of financial management experience, including performing financial analysis of budgets, forecasts, planning, reporting and accounting.

•     Strong understanding of grant financial principles and administration.

•     Proficient in English, both written and verbal.

•     Hands-on experience building and managing grant budgets, with solid foundational accounting knowledge including comfort with debits/credits, reconciliations, and net asset schedules.

•     Advanced Excel proficiency, with demonstrated ability to independently build and troubleshoot complex financial analyses and models across large datasets.

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 of thoughts, ideas and experiences, 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

Ready to make a difference? Apply today and join a team that's transforming lives through partnerships!

Travel: This role requires up to 5% domestic and international travel.

Benefits

Salary/Benefits

This position offers a base salary range of $85,000 -$90,000 . Base salary may be flexible based on skills, certifications, location and/or qualifications. In addition, this position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan up to 10 %. This position offers full-time benefits inclusive of medical/dental insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement program, paid time off, paid holidays and more as well as periodic review for merit and incentive pay based on organizational and personal achievement.

Type and Estimated Length of Employment: Full-Time, Exempt

Water.org is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an inclusive environment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, military and veteran status, genetic information, and any other status protected by law. We provide qualified applicants and employees reasonable accommodation, when necessary, to enable individuals to complete the application process and/or perform the essential functions of the job. We believe social change happens when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with a common purpose. We strive to build and maintain an inclusive team that will advance our mission and work and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Water.org participates in E-Verify.