Finance Manager

asu; United States; Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

The McCain Institute at Arizona State University in Washington, DC is seeking an experienced Financial Manager to oversee budgeting, forecasting, analysis, reporting, reconciliations, procurement oversight, and grant administration for a complex funding portfolio.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree with seven years of relevant experience, including two years in a supervisory capacity. This position is based in Washington, DC and offers a hybrid work schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and seven years of experience with two years in management.
• Or an equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Ability to ensure compliance with ASU policies and federal regulations.

Responsibilities

• Budgeting, reconciliation, and reporting across programs and funding sources.
• Monitor budgets, salary projections, and allocations to funding sources.
• Oversee procurement requests, travel, and vendor payments.
• Manage grant administration and post-award financial administration.
• Improve fiscal policies, processes, controls, and reporting tools.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Profile:

Finance Manager 3

Job Family:

Budget, Planning and Financial Analysis

Time Type:

Full time

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree and seven (7) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:

Manages multiple finance functional areas and participates in complex financial operations, forecasting, planning, budgeting analysis and reporting to ensure accuracy of financial transactions and reports. Recommends and implements fiscal policies and advises in development of processes to compliant reporting.

Job Description:

Position Salary Range: $85,700 - $110,000, per year; DOE

The McCain Institute is a nonpartisan organization inspired by Senator John McCain and his family's dedication to public service. We are part of Arizona State University and based in Washington, D.C. Our programs defend democracy, advance human rights, and empower character-driven leaders. Our unique power to convene leaders across the global political spectrum enables us to make a real impact on the world's most pressing challenges. Our goal is action, not talk, and like Senator McCain, we are fighting to create a free, safe, and just world for all.

The McCain Institute at Arizona State University is seeking an experienced Financial Manager to oversee and manage the Institute's financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, analysis, reporting, reconciliations, transaction approval, procurement oversight, and the financial administration of grants, gifts, and other restricted funding.

This role supports a complex funding portfolio composed primarily of philanthropic funding, private grants, donor-restricted funds, and Department of State grants. The Financial Manager provides the financial planning, analysis, controls, and guidance needed to support the Institute's decision-making and ensure compliance with ASU policies, funding agreements, donor requirements, and applicable federal regulations.

This position is based in Washington, DC, and is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Essential Duties

Budgeting, Reconciliation, and Reporting

• Develop, maintain, and monitor annual and multiyear budgets across multiple programs and funding sources including gift and other philanthropic funding requests.
• Monitor position budgets, salary projections, and labor allocations to ensure personnel costs are accurately budgeted and charged to appropriate funding sources.
• Monitor philanthropic funding, restricted gifts, and donor-designated funds to ensure expenditures align with budgets, funding restrictions and applicable requirements.
• Conduct periodic and fiscal year-end reconciliations and ensure financial activity is accurately recorded, appropriately supported, and aligned with approved transactions.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reports for Institute leadership, program teams, donors, grantors, and other stakeholders.

Transaction Approval and Procurement Oversight

• Review and approve procurement requests, travel and expense transactions, vendor payments, and other financial transactions across applicable ASU and Institute platforms, in accordance with delegated authority.
• Evaluate transactions for budget availability, appropriate funding source, required documentation, business purpose, and policy compliance.

Grant Administration

• Assist Research Administration Services and program teams with proposal budgets, grant applications, budget narratives, and financial planning for sponsored-funding opportunities.
• Manage the post-award financial administration of Department of State and other sponsored awards, including budget monitoring, allowable cost review, reporting support, compliance tracking, and coordination with program teams and ASU grant offices.

Financial Systems, Compliance, and Process Improvement

• Ensure financial activities comply with ASU policies, donor and grant agreements, federal award requirements, and applicable financial regulations.
• Support grant reviews, donor reporting, and internal financial reviews by preparing documentation, responding to financial inquiries, and coordinating corrective actions.
• Develop and improve McCain Institute fiscal policies, financial processes, internal controls, reporting tools, and tracking systems to increase accuracy, transparency, consistency, and efficiency.
• Establish and maintain procedures, documentation standards, and timelines for financial planning, transaction processing, reconciliation, and reporting.

Leadership, Supervision, and Financial Partnership

• Supervise and develop assigned finance staff, establish work priorities, review work for accuracy and timeliness, and ensure appropriate separation of financial duties.
• Partner with Instit