• Lead program budget development, budget management, and expense management and tracking using the UCS budget management system, including reconciling budget records and actual expenses with finance on a regular basis. • Review and approve program expenditures in the accounts payable system. • Review and approve program travel and credit expenses in the travel and expense system. • Lead training and support on budgeting for budget holders and/or approvers. • Assist program staff with preparing and submitting financial documents and contracts to the Finance team. • Lead in troubleshooting contracts, purchase records/invoices, and payments, etc., promptly as needed. • Assist with proactively providing coordination and team management for the programs planning processes. • In collaboration with People & Culture, assist hiring managers during hiring, orientation, and onboarding processes. • With the Office operations team, support the coordination of all-program retreats and provide supplementary events, retreats, or other activities, as needed. • In coordination with the Finance & Administration department teams, proactively and creatively work to streamline and optimize program operations processes and procedures. • In collaboration with leadership, support effective program operations communication flows (upwards, downwards, and with other programs and departments). • Provide supervisory leadership to the office operations team. • Support the DC office Sr. Operations Coordinator with coordinating DC office facility needs, maintenance, security, mail management, etc. • Manage special projects as needed or as assigned.