Financial Manager

Job Profile: Financial Analyst 4
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; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Job Profile Summary:
Performs complex financial analysis and reporting. Assesses current status and facilitates financial planning, and recommends controls and process improvements.
Job Description:
Salary Range:
$66,200 - $77,000 per year; DOE
Candidates interested in a career with a focus on financial and project management are invited to apply to join the team at ASU’s School for Sustainable Engineering in the Built Environment (SSEBE) within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering (FSE).

Members of the Research Advancement Team provide financial oversight of complex grants, contracts, sponsored projects, and faculty accounts while partnering with faculty and university stakeholders. The Financial Manager applies sound financial judgment, develops effective solutions and processes, and promotes excellent customer service and continuous improvement. In addition to advising faculty, the position leads and supervises the post-award team, supporting staff development, coordinating work, and advancing effective research administration practices.

This is a mid-career track position (Level 4 of 7) reporting to the SSEBE Assistant Director Research Advancement with opportunities to increase complexity based on job performance, as well as growth into multiple branches of specialization or supervisory tracks
Essential Functions:
Independently manage a complex portfolio of sponsored projects, faculty discretionary and startup; reconcile accounts, monitor expenditures, and prepare financial analyses and reports.
Review payroll, budget-to-actual, deficit, personnel, sponsor-specific, and projection reports to identify trends, risks, missing information, and needed actions.
Prepare budgets, projections, and financial scenarios using university financial systems and forecasting tools to support faculty and leadership decision-making.
Review and approve financial and payroll transactions, ensuring expenses are allowable, allocable, reasonable, and consistent with sponsor and university requirements.
Prepare, review, and advise on post-award administrative documents, sponsor reporting materials, cost share tracking, and account management requirements
Leadership and Supervision
Lead, assign, and coordinate the work of post-award team and provide guidance on complex matters.
Support recruitment, onboarding, training, coaching, performance feedback, and professional development for team members.
Lead budgeting, forecasting, reconciliation, cost-share tracking, transaction review, compliance monitoring, and faculty and sponsor reporting.
Interpret policies, procedures, sponsor requirements, and financial data to determine the best available course of action.
Develop/improve post-award processes, reports, tools, or workflows to increase consistency, accuracy, compliance, and service quality.
Lead or contribute to administrative initiatives affecting research administration, financial management, compliance, budgeting, or reporting.
Escalate complex or high-risk issues with clear analysis, recommended next steps, and implications for faculty, sponsors, and the school.

Communication and Collaboration
Advise faculty, staff, and team members on difficult post-award financial matters, including spending plans, projections, compliance issues, and sponsor requirements.
Build productive relationships across job families, departments, central offices, and other stakeholder groups.
Adapt communication to viewpoints and audiences, using data and sound judgment to support recommendations.
Manage competing priorities and changing conditions while maintaining accuracy, responsiveness, and service quality.
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Desired Qualifications:
Demonstrated knowledge of policies, procedures, and regulations governing complex grants, contracts, sponsored projects, cost share, and post-award financial management for sponsors such as DOE, DOD, DOT, State Government, and Industry.
Experience managing a complex portfolio of sponsored projects, discretionary, and startup accounts in a university or similarly complex environment.
Experience supervising, assigning work to, mentoring, coaching, or developing research administration or financial staff.
Experience preparing budgets, financial reports, spending projections, sponsor reports, and budget-to-actual analyses for a high volume of awards or accounts.
Experience reviewing payroll, personnel, deficit, transactions, and financial reports to identify risks, discrepancies, missing information, and needed actions.
Demonstrated ability to independently analyze complex problems, research options, interpret requirements, and recommend practical solutions.
Experience improving financial, administrative, reporting, or post-award business processes.
Experience using systems such as Workday Financial, ERA systems, Concur, Adaptive Planning, forecasting tools, sponsor portals, or similar platforms.
Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate with partners outside the immediate work unit.
Effective communication, sound judgment, initiative, organization, and a strong commitment to customer service.
Working Environment:
Activities are primarily performed in a regular climate controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, standing, walking.
Visual acuity and manual dexterity associated with daily use of desktop computer
Use office equipment including a desktop computer.
Lift up to 25 pounds.
Department Statement:
At the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, we are delivering a world-class learning experience for our students and advancing research and innovation
— all at scale
. The Fulton Schools research enterprise leads use-inspired research and key national initiatives, including the Southwest Advanced Prototyping Hub, accelerating microelectronics and workforce development for the Department of Defense. We also lead the Electrified Processes for Industry Without Carbon Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute, supported by the Department of Energy, aiming to reduce carbon emissions and strengthen manufacturing. Additionally, we lead an NSF Engineering Research Center developing sustainable civil infrastructure and partner with another ERC advancing clean water technology.

The Fulton Schools hosts numerous research centers that leverage faculty expertise to drive engineering innovation and entrepreneurship across four interdisciplinary impact areas: Climate Technology Solutions, Competitive Manufacturing in an Advanced Economy, National and Economic Security, and Technology-Enhanced Health and Medicine. Our faculty are achieving excellence at scale, positioning the Fulton Schools among the nation’s top engineering colleges for invention disclosures, U.S. patents, and startups.

We are an engineering school on the rise at the nation’s most innovative university, situated in the heart of its fastest-growing metropolitan area. The breadth of our faculty’s research interests and interdisciplinary approach, along with over 55+ graduate and 28 undergraduate degree programs, creates a strong foundation for collaboration and the advancement of ideas that contribute to a more sustainable and livable global future.

The Fulton Schools of Engineering is driven by core values that define our approach, distinguish our practice, and guide daily decisions in academics, research, corporate partnerships, and entrepreneurship. These values shape how we recognize, reward, and communicate success. At the Fulton Schools of Engineering, we:
Cultivate excellence.
Deliver innovation that matters.
Encourage bold t