Senior Financial Analyst

Description

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for providing financial analysis to assigned business units, monthly reporting, monthly forecasts, annual budgeting, and some accounting duties. The Senior Financial Analyst position will have contact with internal and external clients and requires attention to detail and well-developed communication skills both written and verbal.

Essential Functions :

• Develop working knowledge of assigned business unit(s) and accounting operations
• Work with the agency staff and managers to guide key business decisions with analytical outputs that will allow for informed decision making
• Partner with various departments in developing sound models, KPIs and business case analysis to facilitate efficient and effective decision-making; monitor and measure actual results against models and make timely recommendations for timely course corrections
• Ensure appropriate financial / mission metrics are incorporated when and where appropriate
• Execute on the budgeting and forecasting process for the Agency through development of appropriate cost-driver models and detailed revenue / expense budgets and forecasts
• Monitor financial targets and metrics against actual results on a monthly and quarterly basis; provide variance analysis and timely monthly / quarterly analytical reporting to the 2030 Strategic Plan
• Conduct ad hoc financial analysis as requested by internal clients. Continually strive to identify opportunities to provide financial leadership aimed at reducing costs, increasing revenue, and driving more dollars towards mission
• Collaborate with Senior Director of Finance to administer our budgeting and forecasting system; maintain a firm understanding of the system and ensure it is functioning as planned
• Analyze large amounts of raw data and then repackage, simplify, and determine key takeaways from the results
• Create and maintain budgeting templates / sheets, reports, and dashboards; Work with users to ensure needs are met and troubleshoot issues; manage formulas and assumptions that enable sheets to function properly
• Execute manual integration activities required by Microsoft Dynamics ERP to ensure budget and forecast data is consistent in all systems; perform reconciliations to ensure data integrity
• Work with the external tax and auditing firm to facilitate information needed in support of the annual tax filings and the annual audit
• Document processes and ensure information is readily accessible via SharePoint or similar platform
• Train departments on financial control and budgeting / forecasting processes techniques
• Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements and Qualifications :

Working Environment Conditions / Requirements :

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.