Finance Manager

NYU Langone Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 101,493 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Generous time-off program

Holistic wellness program

Job summary

NYU Langone Hospitals is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee financial management, budgeting, and reporting for academic departments. The role involves liaising with leadership, managing grants, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills while contributing to a collaborative culture.

The position requires a Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, along with a robust benefits and wellness package to support employees at all stages of life.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership experience in an academic medical center.
• Experience managing budgets and financial operations.
• Prior experience with professional or facility billing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial performance, P&L, budgeting, and funds flow.
• Act as financial liaison for PIs and departmental leadership.
• Ensure compliance with NYU School of Medicine guidelines and regulations.

Skills

Financial management

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelors Degree in Business or Health Administration

Job description

NYU Grossman School of Medicine is one of the nation's top-ranked medical schools. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Health, the Grossman School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research, and direct patient care. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Finance Manager. The Finance Manager, reporting to the Associate Director of Finance and Research Administration, plays an integral role within the NYU Langone Health Integrated Support (POD) model. This position is responsible for overseeing a team of finance and post-award professionals supporting the financial management, reporting, planning, and analytics of the research and financial portfolios for assigned academic departments. The Finance Manager ensures the delivery of high-quality financial and research administration support while maintaining the highest standards of customer service, operational efficiency, and research compliance. This role is instrumental in driving financial stewardship, standardizing processes and best practices, and fostering a collaborative, adaptable and service‑oriented team culture that supports the long‑term growth and evolving needs of the departments and the Integrated Support model. Success in this role requires a strong combination of technical and analytical expertise, leadership capabilities, and effective communication skills. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a proactive, solutions‑oriented mindset with the ability to manage competing priorities, build strong cross‑functional relationships, and support strategic departmental and institutional initiatives.

Job Responsibilities

1. Oversee and help manage financial performance, P&L, budgeting, and funds flow for the designated Department or Institute. Prepare monthly reporting packages, perform variance and trend analysis to ensure transparency and accountability. Communicate results with departmental and finance leadership.
2. Acts as the financial liaison for PIs, division leads, departmental leadership, and central finance teams.
3. Help establish annual budgets and long‑range plans by reviewing baselines with leadership and facilitating any additional requests for approval.
4. Oversee the post‑award finance grants management team and day‑to‑day operations for funded grants, gifts, and fellowships, ensuring effective financial oversight of sponsored portfolios in coordination with related departmental and non‑sponsored funding sources to support overall portfolio management and compliance.
5. Post‑award management ongoing review of research records, personnel and OTPS expenses within budget guidelines, budget revisions and prior approval, subcontract management, submission of required progress close out reports and invoicing regulatory compliance.
6. Monitor expenditure related to grants and contracts, oversee the preparation of financial reports as required, and ensure the appropriate use of sponsored awards as required by federal, state, local and university regulations, and adherence to all institutional deadlines and processes.
7. Remain up to date on changes to policies, both internal and external, that pertain to compliance, budgeting, and other factors that impact sponsored award spending.
8. Recommend and implement changes to maintain balanced accounts (compared to budget and within available balances as applicable) and help resolve funding shortages. Help align financial needs with available organizational resources.
9. Spearhead the annual budget and long‑range planning processes, working with leadership to align financial needs with available organizational resources and strategic priorities; this includes monitoring and tracking of AEC as applicable to research faculty.
10. Champion a culture of excellence in financial reporting and analysis, promoting the adoption of leading practices throughout the team, including utilization of AI, Databricks and other institutionally supported tools for automation and efficiency.
11. Contribute energetically to an environment of effective financial reporting and analysis, time management and prioritization, compliance with regulations, and adoption of leading practices.
12. Provide adhoc financial reports and special projects upon request for department leadership and central finance leadership team.
13. Compliance: responsible for ensuring that sponsored research efforts are in compliance with NYU School of Medicine guidelines, state and federal regulations. Monitor the progress and performance of all research projects. Contribute to and have knowledge of internal policies pertaining to the management of grants and contracts within the integrated support and FIN‑Core teams.
14. Fosters strong collaborative relationships throughout the institution, especially within the Integrated Support (pod) model and the departmental administrative team, and also including central offices in Research Administration, such as SPA, RDI, CRSU, TOV and RFO.

Additional Position Specific Responsibilities

• Experience should include progressive responsibility experience managing budgets, business development, and financial operations of complex matrix organizations at academic medical centers.
• Evidence of highly effective interpersonal, communications and critical thinking skills and attention to detail required along with high level of discretion, tact and diplomacy.
• Strong project management, organizational, and time management skills; exceptional financial management skills; including thorough knowledge of pre‑ and post‑award grants and research administration, including deep understanding of federal, state and local policies governing sponsored research.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects. Proficiency in managing complex, multi‑source budgets; familiarity with grants.
• Firm understanding of basic accounting principles, budgeting, business planning, variance analysis, and problem solving.
• Adaptive learner. Able to multi‑task and manage various deliverables while adhering to deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify you must have a minimum qualifications: Bachelors Degree in Business, Health Administration or related field with a minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership experience in an academic medical center; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Successful candidate must have a thorough understanding of the management of an academic clinical department including the management of a physician group practice. Prior experience with professional or facility billing preferred. Excellent communication skills are essential to interface effectively with diverse internal and external professional groups and committees.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine provides its staff with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it is developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The benefits and wellness package includes financial security benefits, a generous time‑off program, and employee resources groups for peer support. Employees also have access to a holistic wellness program that focuses on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters and to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.

NYU Grossman School of Medicine is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $101,493.51 - $125,000.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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