Finance Business Analyst

MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONALTigard, OR
1d$75,000 - $85,000Remote

About The Position

The Finance Business Analyst contributes to the calling of Medical Teams International by enabling execution and continuous functional support to the Finance department. This role coordinates execution, ensures functional continuity, and fosters alignment across departments, so financial decisions, processes, policies, and planning assumptions are documented, coordinated, and consistently implemented. The Finance Business Analyst supports departmental initiatives including financial systems transformation and troubleshooting financial model development, budgeting and planning, policy and process standardization, and reporting. This position ensures forward momentum on finance priorities without detracting from core accounting and compliance responsibilities and ensures other departments have a reliable and accessible Finance collaborator, enabling efficient collaboration and timely progress. Medical Teams International Calling: Daring to love like Jesus, we boldly break barriers to health and restore wholeness in a hurting world. Medical Teams International holds strict child and vulnerable adult safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance policy for misconduct related to sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment & selection, hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates’ eligibility, thorough background checks, police clearance, and professional reference check processes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business Administration, Management or related field. Professional experience in a relevant field may be substituted on a year for year basis.
  • Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in finance and business operations, systems support, cross-collaboration, or related roles
  • Experience with process standardization initiatives and systems implementation
  • Hands on NetSuite financial systems experience with the ability to translate finance requirements into financial system deliverables and reports
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of accounting and financial operations, and audit support
  • Knowledge of data structures: chart of accounts, and the various cost segments
  • Knowledge of cost allocation methods in a financial system (e.g. shared services, funding restrictions, donor vs. unrestricted funds)
  • Working knowledge of the policy lifecycle: drafting, approval, version control, rollout, and compliance monitoring
  • Understanding of cross functional workflows (Finance, Programs, Operations, HR, Grants, IT)
  • Strong organizational coordination skills, with experience managing cross functional dependencies, timelines, and follow through
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Skilled at using Microsoft 365 applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and communication tool knowledge.
  • Ability to manage up, work closely with managers, cross functional teams, and serve as a trusted and collaborative partner.
  • Ability to document processes, and communicate effectively with both finance and non finance stakeholders
  • Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and escalate issues appropriately
  • Ability to operate in low definition settings undergoing systems and process transformation, introducing structures that enhance alignment, and cooperative problem solving.
  • High attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline driven environment.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience working in a nonprofit/grant funded environment
  • Hands on experience with NetSuite is strongly preferred
  • LEAN Six Sigma experience

Responsibilities

  • Business Enablement: Track key month end and year end close activities, ensuring timelines, dependencies, and deliverables are clearly coordinated in NetSuite. Maintain finance team visibility and awareness of critical deadlines, and handoffs across the various finance functions. Support audit response activities, tracking requests and ensuring required documentation is submitted on time by Finance staff, country offices, and other departments. Serve as a central point of contact for status updates about ongoing Finance processes, initiatives, and deliverables, providing timely and accurate visibility to Finance leadership. Serve as a backup Finance procurement focal point. Support the resolution of bottlenecks through issue tracking, coordination, and follow up with stakeholders.
  • Cross Functional Collaboration and Accountability: Lead the coordination of finance initiatives with cross functional stakeholders. Create frameworks for decision processes, dependencies, timelines, and action items to ensure consistent follow through. Ensure alignment between HQ and country offices during systems and process changes. Follow up with task owners notifying them of delays and ensuring accountability.
  • Policy & Knowledge Management: Draft and maintain Finance policies, SOPs, and process documentation. Manage the Finance SharePoint page. Maintain Finance documentation for system configurations, assumptions, and process dependencies across HQ and country offices. Support institutional knowledge retention related to systems, planning frameworks, and reporting logic.
  • System/Business Support: Serve as a Finance NetSuite champion and the primary focal point for support and troubleshooting. Create project and segment codes at the request of budget holders for program purposes. Partner with Accounting to streamline month end, quarter end, and year end close processes in NetSuite. Develop and maintain saved searches, reports, and dashboards for finance and leadership. Support internal and external audits by providing system data and documentation. Support system rollout in collaboration with cross functional teams. Support monthly uploads from the various HQ and country office systems to NetSuite.
  • Other Duties: Support safeguarding of program participants and employees through promoting an environment of awareness and upholding the code of conduct provisions of Medical Teams Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse & Harassment, Child & Vulnerable Adult protection, and harassment free workplace policies. Incumbents will remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding code of conduct and behavior expectations. Utilize volunteers when appropriate. Additional duties as assigned, within reasonable relation of the role and consistent with professional standards.
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