Small Business Finance Manager

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 immerging 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 experience d Business Finance Manager, who can support the planning, execution, and oversight of finan cia l activities across a small business portfolio with a particular emphasis on SBIR and STTR program funding coordination, award execution tracking, and small business e nga gement 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 commer cia lization of successfully developed technologies.

You'll serve as a Small Business Finan cia l 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 e nga gements 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 finan cia l activities across the SBIR and STTR portfolio and related small business initiatives.

Develop, maintain, and manage budget trackers, finan cia l 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 finan cia l status, commitments, obligations, expenditures, deobligations, and available balances across the small business portfolio and active awards.

Support cost estimates, funding packages, and other finan cia l planning documentation tied to small business solicitations and awards. Prepare recurring and ad hoc reports, leadership summaries, briefing materials, and finan cia l analyses to support decision-making by Small Business program leadership.

Support internal reviews of small business finan cia l data and identify risks, trends, gaps, and execution issues requiring leadership attention. Coordinate with acquisition, contracting, grants, and finan cia l 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 finan cia l 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 finan cia l tracking, reporting, and coordination across multiple parallel small business solicitation cycles and award phases.

Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: 4+ years of experience in a role such as business finance, budget execution, accounting, finan cia l analysis, or program control in a government, research, healthcare, defense, or technology environment Experience with the SBIR and STTR program lifecycle and the finan cia l considerations asso cia ted with small business awards across phases and activities, including Phase I and Phase II Experience supporting program or portfolio finan cia l management, including budget planning, obligation and expenditure tracking, forecasting, reconciliation, and finan cia l 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 finan cia l 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 finan cia l management within an R & D, advanced technology, biomedical, or healthcare-focused organization Ability to develop and manage finan cia l trackers, dashboards, reports, and met rics 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 finan cia l trends, assess execution risks, and provide clear recommendations based on data Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams Ability to prepare finan cia l 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 .

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The projected compensation range for this position is $53,000.00 to $108,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees.

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Remote : If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. Hybrid : If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role.

You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility. Onsite : If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

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