Business Finance Manager

Advanced Resource Technologies, Inc. (ARTI) is currently recruiting for a Business Finance Manager (Small Business) to support the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). This position is full-time, exempt. Start date is immediate upon selection and public trust clearance processing as required.

The Business Finance Manager (Small Business) will support the Office of the Chief Commercialization Officer (COMP) by managing financial planning, budget execution, and portfolio analysis for ARPA-H's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. This position provides financial oversight, reporting, forecasting, and strategic analysis to support leadership decision‑making while ensuring effective stewardship of small business funding across the full award lifecycle.

• Support Small Business program staff and Mission Office leadership in planning, tracking, and executing financial activities across the SBIR/STTR portfolio and related innovation initiatives.
• Develop, maintain, and manage budget trackers, spend plans, obligation plans, financial dashboards, and portfolio reporting tools supporting small business programs.
• Assist with portfolio-level and program-level budget planning, including forecasting, phasing, burn‑rate analysis, funds tracking, reconciliation, and execution monitoring.
• Track financial commitments, obligations, expenditures, deobligations, available balances, and overall portfolio execution across active small business awards.
• Coordinate funding activities supporting SBIR/STTR Phase I, Phase II, and related awards utilizing contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs), and other research funding mechanisms.
• Support the development of funding packages, cost estimates, budget documentation, and financial planning materials associated with solicitations and awards.
• Ensure financial execution aligns with program priorities, solicitation schedules, award timelines, and strategic mission objectives.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports, executive summaries, dashboards, briefing materials, and analyses to support leadership decision‑making.
• Analyze portfolio financial performance to identify trends, execution risks, funding gaps, and opportunities for improved resource allocation.
• Coordinate with acquisition, contracting, grants, and financial management personnel to facilitate timely processing of funding actions and budget execution activities.
• Monitor alignment between technical progress, project milestones, and financial execution across the small business portfolio.
• Support portfolio reviews, strategic planning initiatives, leadership briefings, and data calls related to funding status, execution metrics, and program performance.
• Establish and refine financial tracking, reporting, and coordination processes that improve transparency and execution across multiple concurrent solicitation cycles and award phases.
• Build collaborative relationships with Small Business program staff, ISO Coordinators, Business Operations personnel, Mission Office leadership, and other stakeholders.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives, lessons learned activities, and continuous improvement efforts that strengthen financial management and program execution.
• Provide briefing support, documentation management, and general administrative coordination as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Public Administration, or a related discipline;
  Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 4–6 years of experience in business finance, budget execution, accounting, financial analysis, program control, or related disciplines…