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

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:

• 5–7+ years of progressively responsible experience in finance, FP&A, or related roles; experience in nonprofit, grants-based, or project-based environments strongly preferred
• 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 partnering with outsourced accounting vendors is a plus

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 COS covering 100% of employee premiums and 50% of dependent coverage costs
• 15 days of paid time off and 5 days of sick leave in year one
• Paid leave for up to three months for family care or serious health conditions
• Remote work with a MacBook and Google Workspace environment

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