Budget Analyst III (Sponsored Research Finance)

Location: Boulder, Colorado; all positions must be performed within the United States, excluding U.S. Territories. Hybrid staff work on-site three days per week or an equivalent arrangement. Applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time on the deadline.

Salary: $98,190–$122,740 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a nonprofit research organization supporting atmospheric research through its Community Programs and Office of the Chief Financial Officer.

What you will do

• Provide senior-level financial leadership for sponsored research across the full award lifecycle, from proposal budgeting and award acceptance through execution, reporting, monitoring, and closeout.
• Lead development, monitoring, and forecasting of the UCP indirect cost budget, including Modified Total Direct Costs, indirect spending, and resource allocation recommendations.
• Partner with UCP leadership, Business Shared Services, OCFO Financial Planning and Analysis, research administration, compliance, contracts, and program teams.
• Translate complex financial and award information into actionable insights, forecasts, performance metrics, and recommendations for leadership.
• Strengthen financial management standards, internal controls, reporting methodologies, workflows, and data integrity across UCP and OCFO.
• Support audits and compliance reviews and resolve complex financial, regulatory, and sponsored-award issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant academic discipline plus eight years of related experience, or a master’s degree plus six years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Senior-level expertise in sponsored research financial management, including proposal budgeting, award management, forecasting, financial reporting, and closeout.
• Experience with federal research awards and contracts, including complex or multi-year agreements, multiple funding streams, and indirect cost recovery.
• Knowledge of indirect cost rate development, Modified Total Direct Costs, cost allocation, and the relationship between sponsored research activity and institutional financial planning.
• Experience with federal contract vehicles, including indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts, and related financial monitoring and reporting.
• Experience with enterprise financial systems, sponsored project management systems, and financial reporting or data analysis tools; advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Expertise in budget development and analysis, cost control, relevant statistics, budgeting, and forecasting of direct and indirect costs in a complex federal funding environment.
• Advanced knowledge of the Uniform Guidance and federal sponsor guidelines.
• Experience partnering with central finance, research administration, compliance, contracts, and program leadership teams to resolve complex financial management issues.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, written, analytical, and presentation skills, including communication with senior leaders and audiences from different technical disciplines and backgrounds.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a business-related discipline.
• Experience supporting a research institution, federally funded research organization, university, nonprofit research organization, or another complex sponsored research environment.
• Experience designing and managing complex analysis for leadership planning and evaluating budget and strategic risks.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, make policy-supported recommendations, solve complex problems through innovation and in-depth analysis, and work independently under broad management direction.
• Experience defining goals and objectives, maintaining confidentiality, and understanding program impacts of financial decisions.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• hirify.global contributes 10% of base salary to a retirement plan.
• At least 20 days of annual paid time off, 10 paid holidays, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and FAMLI leave.
• Tuition assistance and eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
• Equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation commitments; background checks and/or federal screenings are required for selected candidates.
• H-1B sponsorship is available only for candidates already in the U.S. who hold H-1B status or another status allowing an in-country change to H-1B; new H-1B visas requiring consular processing abroad are not sponsored.

Hiring process

• Submit complete application materials, including questionnaires when required, by the stated deadline.
• Selected candidates complete background checks and/or federal screenings.