Financial Supervisor

San Francisco, CA

Our Client is a non-profit organization that seeks transformative results in biomedicine and supports fundamental quantitative research in the biological sciences to improve healthcare worldwide. The organization fosters collaborations across biomedical and physical sciences, seeking to address pressing problems in biology and biomedicine. Motivated by problems of human disease, the organization is committed to investigating fundamental biological mechanisms, as solutions to many diseases have been revealed by unexpected discoveries in the basic sciences. This is a highly dynamic and collaborative institute, working to apply disease agnostic technology such as proteomics and functional genomics, as well as biochemistry, computational biology, bioinformatics, and drug development to unravel the molecular networks underpinning host-pathogen interactions and developing targeted therapeutics.

Our non-profit client is looking for a Financial Supervisor to perform all managerial finance and administration tasks to support a portfolio of over $40 million in annual federal funding and $6 million in non-sponsored funding. As their Financial Supervisor, you will support the Chief Operating Officer on various projects, and make financial decisions in their absence. This position will play a strong role in the development of collaborations, MOUs and relationship building for the institute on the administrative side and as a liaison to the organization’s legal entities.

This is a 5-day in office role

What You’ll Do:

• Manage a $268M portfolio of NIH funding over 5 years
• Perform all managerial finance and administrative tasks to support portfolio
• Support COO and make financial decisions
• Handle NIH grants (80%), DARPA funding, biopharma deals, and philanthropic money
• Have direct oversight and approval authority for the organization’s purchasing, expense reimbursement and personnel funding changes

About You:

• Master’s degree in Business Administration – Focus in Finance or in a related area and / or equivalent experience / training, preferred
• Bachelor’s degree, required
• 3 years of relevant experience in Finance/Finance Administration
• 3 years of experience as a lead/supervisor/manage in finance, preferred
• Has handled larger budgets for NIH, ideal
• Experience with DARPA, preferred
• Experience with or knowledge of running the finances of an academic of government institution
• Extensive knowledge of finance policies, practices and systems, budgeting and reporting techniques, accounting and bookkeeping. Includes MyReports, Bearbuy, MyExpense, and PeopleSoft
• Solid understanding of financial and resource planning concepts as well as how to control organizational budgeting.
• Ability to prepare and present materials to internal and external constituents.
• Extensive knowledge of human resource policies, practices, and planning.
• Advanced skills in the use of spreadsheet and database software.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively across the organization at all levels.
• Proven ability to deal with changing priorities and direct the work of others accordingly. Ability to multi-task.
• Client services oriented; has good listening, communication, critical thinking, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.

The compensation for this role is $135,000-$150,000