Finance Manager

Core responsibilities:

• Own and continuously improve multi-year forecasting, budgeting, and reforecasting processes, integrating actuals with projections across projects, grants, staffing, and organizational planning
• Lead the development and maintenance of Project Financial Management Plans (PFMPs) and maintain the Project Database and Intacct Data Warehouse views for project-level analysis
• Help design, maintain, and optimize Intacct and related systems (e.g., Ramp), ensuring consistent coding, strong internal controls, and reliable project-level and portfolio-level reporting
• Support allocation methodologies, payroll and cost distributions, net asset tracking, and month-end close reviews to maintain high-quality financial data aligned with nonprofit and funder requirements

This role helps ensure COS's financial infrastructure is decision-useful, compliant with funder and regulatory requirements, and aligned with COS's values of transparency, accountability, and respect, supporting the organization's mission to increase the openness, integrity, and trustworthiness of research.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; 5-7+ years of progressively responsible experience in finance, FP&A, or related roles
• Strong understanding of nonprofit financial management including grant compliance, funder reporting, revenue recognition, and project-based budgeting
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills and comfort building structured financial models, templates, and dashboards
• Proficiency with Sage Intacct, Ramp, and/or similar ERPs and expense platforms; experience with outsourced accounting vendors preferred

Compensation and benefits:

• Salary: $85,000 - $90,000 annually
• 401(k) with employer match (100% up to 3% of pay and 50% up to 5% of pay)
• Health, dental, and vision insurance with 100% of employee premiums covered
• 15 days paid time off and 5 days sick leave in year one
• Paid family and medical leave up to three months
• Remote work with MacBook and Google Workspace environment
• Flexible scheduling with core hours between 11am-4pm ET

The Center for Open Science (COS) is a nonprofit organization with a mission to increase the openness, integrity, and trustworthiness of research.