Financial Senior Manager

About This Role

This Financial Senior Manager will advance MICHR's mission by driving innovative financial operations, ensuring rigorous fiscal stewardship, and supporting the institute's strategic vision. This role involves overseeing a high-performing finance team and providing critical expertise in financial planning and control. The manager will leverage advanced analytical techniques and data-driven decision-making to guide budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement detailed and comprehensive budgets aligned with strategic and operational plans, ensuring compliance with financial guidelines and federal regulations
• Provide expert technical analysis and advice as it relates to assessing present and future financial performance and supporting long-term fiscal sustainability
• Organize and synthesize data from multiple sources to perform complex financial modeling, trend analysis, and future planning; prepare and present clear reports and actionable recommendations to MICHR leadership
• Direct the development and implementation of new techniques for financial information analysis, forecasting, and operational policy
• Lead accurate stakeholder communication of budgetary matters and secure required approvals across internal and external teams
• Coordinate financial operations and planning with all levels of MICHR management and leadership, promoting accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement of financial practices
• Lead the financial portions of MICHR's annual NIH Research Performance Progress Reports and month-end close
• Create budgets for new grant proposals and supplemental funding requests, ensuring alignment with Funding Opportunity Announcement guidelines
• Manage a team of finance specialists, with responsibility for interviewing, hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating employees
• Direct team workflows, set schedules, and maintain accountability for the team's permanent, ongoing function within the institute

Requirements

• 5 to 7 years of experience in financial management, including budgeting, analysis, and reporting
• Experience with NIH or federal grant financial management and compliance
• Proven experience managing and supervising employees in a continuing function
• Experience translating complex financial data into actionable insights
• Advanced knowledge of financial systems and advanced analytical tools
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills across all organizational levels
• Experience impacting budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and driving procedural changes
• Demonstrated leadership and staff development skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
• 5 to 7 years of experience in financial management, including budgeting, analysis, and reporting

Nice to Have

• Master's degree or CPA
• Experience with advanced financial analysis research and modeling

Skills

* Required skills