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Join Us as a Finance Manager

Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand | Status: Full Time | Report to: Head of Finance and Grants| Travel: Up to 25% travel to various CPI offices

Are you a professional passionate about making a difference? CPI is seeking a Finance Manager based in Chiang Mai who will play a key leadership role in overseeing CPI’s financial operations, ensuring robust financial planning, compliance, and reporting across all projects and partner organizations.

The position leads a multi-location finance team, oversees budgeting and financial reporting processes, and ensures full alignment with donor regulations and organizational policies. The Finance Manager provides technical leadership, supports internal and external audits, strengthens partner financial capacity, and works closely with the Head of Finance & Grants to enhance financial systems and mitigate financial risks. The role requires strong coordination with program and partner teams, effective cross-functional collaboration, and periodic travel to field offices to ensure sound financial oversight and capacity building.

In this role, you will:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Maintain and support the implementation of CPI’s financial systems in alignment with the organization policies, standards and donor requirements
• Responsible to timely update and reconcile all the financial data in the accounting system
• Ensure the financial data are reliable, consistent, accurate and compliance with donor requirements
• Ensure accurate and timely submission of financial reports to management, donors and other stakeholders
• Liaise with external auditors and take lead in grant communication with donors, consortium members, peer organization and sub-recipients
• Participate in the preparations and review of annual operating budgets preparation and cash flow forecast, as needed
• Provide technical inputs on Financial management, budget proposal development and organizational development initiatives for CPI as well as partners

Regular Responsibilities:

• Ensure the timely submission of various financial reports for internal management as well as review donor financial reports in accordance with the donor requirements
• Ensure the financial reports meet the quality standard with high level of transparency, accuracy, timeliness and support the users to make informed decisions
• Review and analyze monthly Budget versus Actual (BvA) reports with program focal points to ensure the grants are on track, issues and follow-up actions are identified and expenditure comply with donor and organizational requirements
• Analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and provide constructive recommendations and insights to management for informed decision-making
• Ensure timely and accurate payments are made to partners and suppliers throughout life of the subgrants or projects, taking into consideration of effective utilization of grants and fund flow
• Manage and take lead in external audit, monitoring of sub-recipients and take prompt actions to resolve audit findings and implementation of agreed recommendations
• Collect monthly fund request from different teams, review the requests and prepare Wire Transfer schedule to submit to HQ
• Release disbursements and ensure that all expenditures are in line with the budgets and grant requirements
• Analyze periodic reports such as BvAs, Thailand AOB; and bring any concerns for discussions with budget holders
• Ensure that the project finance team provides the Finance induction for all new employees
• Review annual budget and other tasks assigned as necessary

Partner Support:

• Ensure project finance provide the induction to the CPI's new sub grantees on financial guide-lines, financial reporting system and ensure proper application of the system in project implementation
• Work with CPI staff and partners to conduct systematic organizational assessments, facilitate knowledge management and develop context-relevant organizational learning tools and methods
• Perform monitoring visit to project sites of sub grantees and evaluate their financial system to identify gaps. Seek mutual improvements for sound financial and grants management system
• Review and follow-up of action taken to remedy any variance in actual vs. budget financial data of sub grantees, ensure compliance with the grants agreement and manage the proper close-out of the awards
• Provide technical inputs and actively participate in developing capacity building plan and organizational development initiatives
• Manage the disbursement and liquidation of advances to sub-grant partners Capacity Building and Supporting other Staff

Capacity Building and Supporting other Staff:

• Ensure full project understanding and compliance by all staff, as well as sub grantees through trainings, guidance and support
• Ensure CPI staff and sub-recipients are sufficiently supported with all essential tools required for a sound project financial management system
• Work with Program and Finance staff to assist sub grantees in developing detailed financial proposals, budget review and revision

Operations and Administration:

• Supervise finance staff members and ensure the team is properly structured and work plans are developed to deliver the set objectives
• Recruit finance staff, develop financial management skills of team members and provide orientation to new staff

Other:

• Organize and facilitate meetings, workshops and other discussion forums to establish a dialogue on Finance and to learn from findings for continual improvement
• Represent CPI at partner and donor meetings and events
• Responsible for any other duties deemed necessary by the supervisor. Further responsibilities, tasks and competences will be adjusted on based on organizational developments

About Community Partners International (CPI):

[Website: www.cpintl.org ]

Community Partners International (CPI) is a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to empoweringvulnerable communities in Asia to meet their essential health, humanitarian and development needs. Founded byU.S. doctors in 1998, the organization has grown to serve more than one million people each year.Community Partners International focuses on helping communities affected by conflict, violence, anddisplacement, in remote and hard-to-CPI contexts, and marginalized by poverty and exclusion.

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor or Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce. ACCA, CPA or CIMA qualified is preferred
• At least 5-10 years' experience in related position with accounting and project financial management experience
• Advanced knowledge of excel, as well as understanding of word-processing, and power point
• Exposure to NGO work is a plus
• Knowledge and experience in the use of accounting software, mainly Sun system
• Excellent organizational, planning, and interpersonal skills
• Experience of working in a multicultural, low-resource setting
• Ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to establish priorities in a time sensitive environment and meet deadlines with strong attention to consistency, detail, and quality

Apply Now:

We welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds, including those outside the NGO sector,who demonstrate a strong learning curve, adaptability, and a passion for humanitarian work.

To apply, send your Motivation Letter and CV to: recruitment.th@cpintl.org.

In your Motivation Letter, please include the following:

1. Why you’re passionate about joining CPI.
2. How your experiences and skills can contribute to this role and CPI’s mission, even if your background isoutside the NGO sector.
3. What your current and expected salaries are
4. Your current visa status in Thailand (for non-Thai applicants).

**Applications will only be considered if both a resume and a motivation letter addressing all of the abovequestions are submitted.

** Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email for the next stage of the recruitment process.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, 9 September 2026.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and the position may close as soon as a suitable candidateis identified.

Don’t wait — the sooner you apply, the better your chance to join our team and make an impact!