Chief Finance Officer

Overview

Millar Cameron is working with Seed Global Health to recruit a Chief Finance Officer. Seed is a non-profit organization that focuses on strengthening the education, practice, and policy of the local professional health workforce in Africa. Its mission is to educate a rising generation of health professionals to strengthen access to quality care to save lives and improve health. Seed is dedicated to creating lasting change in the health systems of their partner countries : Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia. Seed is unique in its approach by focusing on educating and training doctors, nurses, and midwives who offer support across the health system from frontline health workers’ referrals for definitive care to resilience and responsiveness to diverse health challenges to training future generations.

Role Overview

Seed Global Health is at a pivotal point in its growth. As the organisation expands its multi-country footprint and delivers on our 2030 strategy, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will play a defining role in shaping the organization’s financial future. This is not a traditional finance role. Reporting to the COO and serving as a key member of the six-person Executive Team, the CFO will design Seed’s financial architecture, digital backbone, and risk framework. The CFO will embed finance into programmatic decision-making, engage with boards and donors as a trusted steward, and empower in-country teams to deliver results.

With operations across five countries : US, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda and Sierra Leone, the CFO will drive three critical priorities in the next 12–18 months :

• Leading a digital transformation of finance and business systems.
• Designing Seed’s first multi-year, scenario-based financial plan.
• Operationalizing enterprise risk management to support scale and resilience.

This is a unique opportunity to align finance with mission impact, ensuring every dollar delivers maximum value and lasting global health outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

The Chief Finance Officer, based in one of their offices, will have responsibilities including :

Serve as a trusted partner to the CEO, COO, and Board on enterprise strategy, growth, and risk.

Oversee global budgeting, forecasting, financial performance, and statutory compliance.

Drive a multi-year digital transformation of finance, grants, and ERP systems.

Build and mentor a diverse, high-performing finance function across Seed’s global footprint.

Experience, Skills, and Competencies

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Location

Flexible, with preference for one of Seed’s offices (Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Sierra Leone, or the U.S.)

Don’t meet every single requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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