Finance Manager

Job Profile: Finance Manager 3 Job Family: Budget, Planning and Financial Analysis Time Type: Full time Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date. 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 Job Description: 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 coordinatio…

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