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Finance Manager

RTI International
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Overview

RTI International is an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world's most critical problems with science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across social and laboratory sciences, engineering, and international development. Our staff of nearly 6,000 works in more than 75 countries—tackling hundreds of projects each year to address complex social and scientific challenges on behalf of governments, businesses, foundations, universities, and other clients and partners.

RTI’s Social, Statistical, and Environmental Sciences (SSES) Operations Finance team is seeking a Finance Manager to partner with SSES’s research group. This role has dual responsibilities split ~fifty percent (50%) between:

  • Managing a high performing team (~3-5) of project financial analysts; and
  • Independently leading project financial management for multiple projects.

 

Responsibilities

Manage a high performing team

  • Foster accountability, autonomy, and business acumen, empowering staff to partner with proactive financial analysis, decision insights, and creative solutions to complex problems
  • Cultivate a culture of belonging and inclusivity
  • Develop Talent
    • Ongoing individual goal development, feedback and training opportunities to build financial and business capabilities
    • Effective recruitment and onboarding as necessary
  • Lead and/or participate in special projects including implementation of new financial policies, procedures and systems to improve or enhance financial management and operating efficiencies
  • Identify and implement process improvement opportunities and industry best practices
  • Build collaborative relationships across teams and functions

Lead Project Financial Management

  • Serve as key finance partner to project leaders and team management proactively providing insights and financial perspective on decisions and engaging with clients as appropriate
  • Provide project financial process leadership including:
    • Perform project financial analysis: profitability analysis, budget development and cost forecasting, variance and fee deviation analysis
    • Regularly review project updates, actual costs for proper charging and accuracy, project invoices, and communicate financial summary with insights on risk management to project leaders
    • Review project setup structure including reviewing/solicit guidance for understanding of relevant terms and conditions applicable to project contracts
    • Prepare monthly progress reports including project forecasts and resource projections for client 
  • Build organizational financial acumen

 

Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance with 8+ years of relevant experience, or Masters degree with 6+ years of relevant experience. Other degrees may be considered with relevant financial work experience.
  • Knowledge of US Government contractors, the Federal Acquisition Regulations is a plus.
  • Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa sponsorship.

Required Skills

Technical:

  • Strong experience with financial models, ability to manage ambiguity in business modeling
  • Strong technology/digital capabilities: Ability to quickly learn new systems. Familiarity with accounting systems a plus. Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power BI and other data analysis/visualization tools.
  • Awareness of insights based on global trends/analysis and ability to translate complex data/ideas into relevant insights across groups and

Communication:

  • Ability to translate data appropriately, story-telling skills, strong use of visuals to articulate messages appropriate for relevant audiences and effectively present to business leaders
  • High level negotiation and persuasion skills / influence without authority
  • Seeks & provides feedback with passion for continuous improvement

People/Process/Leadership Skills:

  • Independently proficient at business navigation, understanding inter-dependencies & knowing when to engage others, able to effectively prioritize workload, self-manage and complete tasks to best meet stakeholder’s needs.
  • Leadership - seeks out challenging opportunities, identifies and implements process improvement opportunities with little oversight and opportunities to develop others,
  • Understands relationship between technology and processes