Evidence Action

Evidence Action

Chief Financial Officer, The AI Access Initiative

United States · Exec

No sponsorship$240k-$270kDetected 18 days ago
Financial ModelingAccountingForecastingBudgetingCadenceResearchLeadershipCommunicationPublic SpeakingInternal Audit

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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role

  • We are seeking a high-ownership and rigorous Chief Financial Officer to help architect the institutional backbone of a rapidly scaling AI-focused global development organization.
  • While we are currently incubated at Evidence Action, 2AI plans to spin out on November 1, 2026 as an independent organization.
  • The right person thrives at the intersection of institutional rigor and startup pragmatism.

Responsibilities

  • Run analyses to drive strategic organizational decisions: Build financial models, scenario plans, and organizational forecasts to support strategic decision-making in a fast-scaling environment.
  • Enable our expansion: Design financial systems capable of supporting rapid international scaling and increasingly complex funding structures.
  • Drive high-leverage resource allocation: Partner with leadership to build a culture of analytically rigorous budget allocation and organizational decision-making.
  • Build and own compliance infrastructure: Own critical compliance and institutional risk infrastructure, including charitable registration, insurance, governance, and regulatory filings.
  • Drive governance and board operations: Establish board meeting cadence, conflict-of-interest disclosures, and fiduciary orientation for new members.
  • Partner on Grants, Operations, and Legal Oversee the entire grant lifecycle: build funder-facing budgets and models, lead financial diligence with major funders, and own compliance and spend-down against restricted grants.
  • Ensure compliance, manage risk, and ensure the organization's adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.
  • Comfort in a lean model: you stay closer to the ledger than a CFO of a large organization would, and you select and manage outside providers (counsel, accountants, auditors, brokers, payroll) rather than hiring the capability in.
  • you stay closer to the ledger than a CFO of a large organization would, and you select and manage outside providers (counsel, accountants, auditors, brokers, payroll) rather than hiring the capability in.

Requirements

  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. for roles based in the U.S. Evidence Action is an

Nice to have

  • Multi-entity, cross-border finance experience in LMIC settings: establishing and managing finance operations in other countries and navigating local statutory, tax, and foreign contribution requirements is a strong plus.

Compensation

  • Own the annual audit, Form 990, and statutory and grant reporting obligations, holding clean institutional controls from the first close onward.
  • The pay range for this role is $240,000 - $270,000 USD per year.

Benefits

  • We consider multiple factors when determining the base salary for a role, including but not limited to: role scope, program budgets, internal equity, and a candidate's qualifications and/or prior experience.
  • Pay and benefits will be commensurate with the role specifications, local statutory requirements, and the cost of labor in the markets where we operate.
  • Position Location This role location is flexible anywhere within the United States for fully remote candidates.

Company info

  • Incubated at Evidence Action, we're scaling The AI Access Initiative, an organization focused on scaling AI-enabled 'big bets' to benefit tens or hundreds of millions of people in poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
  • The Role We are seeking a high-ownership and rigorous Chief Financial Officer to help architect the institutional backbone of a rapidly scaling AI-focused global development organization.
  • We are still actively scoping our leadership roles and structure, reflecting the dynamism of this fast-growing phase of the organization, both the fun and the realities that come with rapid growth.
  • We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S. employment visa at this time.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U
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