Business Operations Manager

American Cancer Society•Atlanta, GA

27d•Remote

About The Position

The Business Operations Manager will work closely with Pillar leaders and staff and leverage partnerships with legal, finance, grants management, contracts, and procurement to support the broad portfolio of mission work within the Patient Support pillar. Their primary responsibility will be assisting budget owners and leadership to facilitate the effective utilization of funding to support Pillar priorities. The manager will be responsible for budget and operational planning that may include: budget creation, monitoring, forecasting, and reporting; managing contracts and external collaborations; managing the planning and implementation of day-to-day operational activities of a program area; facilitating internal and external operational communication and reporting; assuring compliance; vendor and contract management; coordination of financial procedures and records; oversight of special program operations; and other tasks as assigned. Managers are responsible for supporting their assigned business leaders and providing accurate and up to date information related to processes and procedures, to ensure compliance, fiscal responsibility and alignment with pillar and enterprise goals.

Requirements

Associate degree.
5-7 years of experience.
Strong knowledge of budget development and management, including general financial forecasting.
Strong MS Office skills.
Must be able to self-learn technology.
Knowledge of ACS system tools, financial, and accounting systems including financial software, databases, and SharePoint.
Ability to manage multiple projects and relationships simultaneously, occasionally under time pressures with a high degree of accuracy.
Experience in managing projects to achieve improvements in process, policy, or implementation of program standards.
Experience working across the enterprise to achieve organizational mission goals.
Excellent creative problem solving, communications, presentation and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree.
Experience in research, non-profit, or public health administration or operations and implementation of grant and/or cooperative agreements.
Project management and/or process improvement expertise.

Responsibilities

Develops and monitors annual and quarterly budget forecasts, inclusive of revenues and expenses, to assure cost effectiveness with leaders for assigned portfolio of work.
Partners with FP&A to analyze causes for variances and reports back on trends and other issues.
Monitors monthly expenses and provides information to program leads and Director of Business Operations.
Submit and oversee contracts and any supplemental materials through the legal process to signature.
Submit purchase orders, invoices, and payments in compliance with ACS policies.
Identify budget issues, provide alternative solutions, and resolve problems.
Addresses operational issues that affect department billing and documentation.
Creates processes and procedures to optimize overall team workflow.