Small Business Finance Manager

Overview 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 an experienced Business Finance Manager to 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. As part of our team, you will 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. You will work with world‑class scientists and engineers to support the development of high‑impact solutions to society’s most challenging health problems, providing strategic assessments of new technologies to senior ARPA‑H decision makers and facilitating commercialization of successfully developed technologies. 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 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. Attention to detail and adaptability in a fast‑paced environment. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent organizational skills. 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 for this position ranges from $53,000.00 to $108,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate represents the typical salary range for this position and is one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package. The posting will close within 90 days from the posting date. Commitment to Non-Discrimination 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 Booz Allen Hamilton