Finance and Fundraising Associate

Summary: The Finance and Fundraising Associate is a pivotal role within Cultiflow, ensuring financial accuracy, regulatory compliance, and strategic support for fundraising and investment initiatives. This position safeguards the organization’s financial integrity by managing core accounting functions, tracking capital flows across crowdfarming projects, and delivering actionable financial insights. You will play a key role in preparing investor and grant-related financial documentation, supporting due diligence, and enabling data-driven decision-making. With a focus on transparency and impact, this role bridges financial operations with mission-driven outcomes, contributing directly to the sustainable growth of smallholder farming ecosystems. The ideal candidate is meticulous, analytically adept, and deeply committed to advancing agricultural development through innovative financial solutions. Responsibilities: Oversee daily accounting operations, including bookkeeping, expense classification, accounts payable and receivable, payroll processing, and monthly financial close using modern accounting platforms. Monitor and document customer fund flows across active crowdfarming projects—from capital disbursement to harvest-time return distributions—ensuring full audit readiness and traceability. Develop and deliver comprehensive ROI reports for ongoing and completed projects, highlighting financial performance, project outcomes, and return calculations. Produce regular financial reports for leadership, including income statements, cash flow statements, budget-versus-actual comparisons, and platform revenue tracking across pricing tiers. Support fundraising efforts by building financial sections for pitch decks, designing grant application budgets, and preparing due diligence materials for investors and partners. Maintain compliance with Ghana Revenue Authority tax regulations, Bank of Ghana Regulatory Sandbox requirements, and applicable international financial reporting standards. Conduct financial risk assessments for new farming projects, evaluating commodity price volatility, weather-related production risks, off-taker reliability, and farmer credit profiles to guide investment structuring. Track and report on critical financial health metrics such as burn rate, unit economics per project, and platform revenue growth, proactively identifying and escalating risks or opportunities.