Senior Finance & Operations Manager

Posting Description SENIOR FINANCE AND OPERATIONS MANAGER, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), to support J-PAL’s mission to efficiently translate research by J-PAL affiliates into actionable poverty alleviation policies around the world. The Senior Finance & Operations Manager will work under the supervision of the Finance Lead, the Senior Finance and Operations Manager serves as financial and operational lead for a portfolio of up to three major initiatives at J-PAL and works with senior F&O staff to ensure efficient operational management at J-PAL. Tasks include a mix of financial operations, grants management, and leading organizational projects in the F&O area, all within a university environment. J-PAL is a global research center working to reduce poverty and fight climate change by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. Anchored by a network of more than 500 top researchers at universities around the world, J-PAL conducts innovative research and builds powerful partnerships to solve the world’s greatest challenges. J-PAL was launched at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2003 and its faculty directors are Nobel laureates and MIT professors Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, and Ben Olken. It has over 400 research, policy, training, and operations staff across Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, North America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. A full job description is available, here. Job Requirements REQUIRED: A Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field; and a minimum of five years pertinent experience, preferably within higher education and non-profit sectors. PREFERRED: Strong background in research and grant administration, finance, budgeting, or related fields, coupled with demonstrated proficiency in administrative roles; professional experience either working for international organizations or collaborating with them; or professional experience working with Salesforce, SAP, Quickbooks, and Google Workspace.7/31/2026 Job Number: 25915 Functional Area: Finance/Accounting Department: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab School Area: Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Pay Range Minimum: $110,000 Pay Range Maximum: $138,700 Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid) Employment Category: Exempt Visa Sponsorship Available: No Schedule: Pay Grade: 10