The Financial Analyst will provide support to management and various business areas in establishing financial goal and objectives. This position will be required to perform financial analysis and budgeting activities including but not limited to, budgeting, financial planning, reporting and assistance in projections relating to business trends.
The Financial Analyst will organize and support the administration of integrated delivery of financial services, providing recommendations for continuous improvement opportunities.
Responsibilities
Financial Management
- Produces financial reports to various stakeholders including management team members.
- Participates in the development of the departmental fiscal year annual operating budget.
- Interprets and reviews financial data to evaluate and determine financial performance and financial projections
- Prepares findings from research, analyses and assessments for the department leadership to better inform decision making at management levels department leadership in making overall business decisions.
- Ensures that expenditures for budgets are monitored and that reports are prepared to maintain balanced accounts, including control salary, default accounts, and effort reporting.
- Monitors service, productivity and assesses efficiency levels, implementing improvements where opportunities exist
- Verifies documents for completeness and compliance with government and private agencies.
Financial Analysis
- Analyses budget patterns, and project expenditures, and prepares approved budgets.
- Assimilates information from various sources to present to departmental staff
- Defines problems, collects data, and establishes facts.
- Must be able to interpret technical and detailed guidelines, policies, and procedures.
- Analyzes the feasibility and potential impact of new initiatives, process improvements, related solutions.
Financial Reporting
- Conducts regular uploads of data to the financial management system.
- Implements quality control and process improvements with regard to the overall business process.
- Uses various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, cost-accounting systems, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate, and/or format data and/or reports.
Financial Advice & Guidance
- Functions as a departmental resource, answering finance-related questions and assisting divisions with financial tasks.
- Provides interpretation of financial policies and procedures
- Trains new and existing finance staff to complete monthly financial reporting requirements and the annual budget.
- Communicate with appropriate internal and external administrative offices to ensure established procedures are followed.
- Applies working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations
- Processes sponsor invoices for payment in accordance with contract terms and conditions.
- Exercises discretion in managing correspondence, information and all matters of confidentiality; escalates issues where appropriate
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field with 3 years of relevant experience.
- High proficiency with MS Office Suite
- Strong analytical skills
- Proficient in spreadsheets, databases, MS Office and financial software applications
- Hands on experience with statistical analysis and statistical packages
- Outstanding presentation, reporting and communication skills
- Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance and information analysis
- Well informed in current financial subjects, accounting, tax laws, money market and business environments
- Strong customer service skills
- Ability to provide interpretation of organizational policies with clarity
- Work as a team player and foster relationships
- Proactively contributes during peak periods.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP experience
- Budgeting and forecasting software experience
- Experience working with international offices and contacts
- French or Spanish speaker.
