Small Business Finance Manager

Job Number: R0242454 Small Business Finance Manager The Opportunity To achieve an organization's mission, leaders need strong team members who can create processes, communicate requirements, and develop innovative solutions throughout the execution of the mission. Whether completing an immediate task, recognizing a process gap, recommending a solution, or flexing to support an emerging requirement, our clients need someone who can help manage operations while managing responses to external inquiries in a timely manner. That is why we need you, an experienced Business Finance Manager, who can support the planning, execution, and oversight of financial activities across a small business portfolio with a particular emphasis on SBIR and STTR program funding coordination, award execution tracking, and small business engagement lifecycle and provide high-quality support. As part of our team, you’ll serve as a strategic technical advisor to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA‑H), helping conceptualize, create, and execute advanced government‑funded research and development programs to accelerate better health outcomes for everyone. You will work with world‑class scientists and engineers to support the development of high‑impact solutions to society's most challenging health problems. You’ll leverage technical expertise to provide strategic assessments of new technologies in support to senior ARPA‑H decision makers. You’ll maintain responsibility for producing and presenting findings and recommendations to a team of colleagues and clients on the feasibility and potential impact of future research programs, assisting with the management of current programs, and facilitating commercialization of successfully developed technologies. You’ll serve as a Small Business Financial Manager helping clients to develop stakeholder management strategies, establish new business processes, and complete research and analysis to determine viable solutions. You will be responsible for managing incoming requirements, facilitating engagements within offices and across the Agency, and being readily available to shift your focus to fulfill emerging client requests. Your attention to detail, flexibility, communication skills, understanding of the client’s mission, and problem‑solving will enable the mission's success. What You’ll Work On Support the planning, tracking, and execution of financial activities across the SBIR and STTR portfolio and related small business initiatives. Develop, maintain, and manage budget trackers, financial dashboards, spend plans, and obligation plans specific to small business awards, topics, and solicitation cycles. Assist with portfolio‑level and program‑level budget planning for small business activities, including forecasting, phasing, burn‑rate analysis, funds tracking, and reconciliation of planned versus actual execution. Support funding coordination across SBIR and STTR phases and related mechanisms, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, OTAs, and other applicable research funding instruments. Track financial status, commitments, obligations, expenditures, deobligations, and available balances across the small business portfolio and active awards. Support cost estimates, funding packages, and other financial planning documentation tied to small business solicitations and awards. Prepare recurring and ad‑hoc reports, leadership summaries, briefing materials, and financial analyses to support decision‑making by Small Business program leadership. Support internal reviews of small business financial data and identify risks, trends, gaps, and execution issues requiring leadership attention. Coordinate with acquisition, contracting, grants, and financial management stakeholders to support the timely processing of small business funding actions and execution updates. Assist in monitoring alignment among technical progress, project milestones, and financial execution across the small business portfolio. Support development of documentation related to budget planning, funding requests, spend plans, and portfolio reviews tied to small business activities. Provide data‑driven support for portfolio reviews, strategic planning exercises, and leadership discussions regarding small business resource allocation and execution performance. Establish, refine, and maintain processes for financial tracking, reporting, and coordination across multiple parallel small business solicitation cycles and award phases. You Have 4+ years of experience in a role such as business finance, budget execution, accounting, financial analysis, or program control in a government, research, healthcare, defense, or technology environment. Experience with the SBIR and STTR program lifecycle and the financial considerations associated with small business awards across phases and activities, including Phase I and Phase II. Experience supporting program or portfolio financial management, including budget planning, obligation and expenditure tracking, forecasting, reconciliation, and financial reporting. Experience with federal budget and funding concepts and with research funding mechanisms such as contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and OTAs. Experience using Trello and Jira for project tracking, workflow management, and team coordination and with financial visualization and reporting tools such as Power BI or Tableau. Experience supporting portfolio reviews, executive briefings, and senior leadership reporting in a small business or innovation program context. Experience supporting financial management within an R&D, advanced technology, biomedical, or healthcare‑focused organization. Ability to develop and manage financial trackers, dashboards, reports, and metrics in support of leadership decision‑making. Public Trust. Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Public Administration. Nice If You Have Experience working in an Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) or a comparable high‑impact health and science organization. Ability to identify financial trends, assess execution risks, and provide clear recommendations based on data. Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams. Ability to prepare financial summaries, briefing materials, and presentation slides. Ability to pay strict attention to detail and adapt quickly to changing priorities in a fast‑paced environment. Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills. Possession of excellent organizational skills. Possession of excellent professional judgment, proactive work style, and commitment to supporting innovation in health care and science. Master's degree. Vetting Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client. Public Trust determination is required. Compensation Salary range: $53,000 to $108,000 annually (annualized USD). Non-Discrimination Statement All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Phase2 Technology