Senior Finance Analyst
University of Kansas Medical Center•Kansas City, MO
•$92,800 - $139,200•Onsite
About The Position
The senior finance analyst will be responsible for robust analysis and reporting on financial budgets, forecasts and planning in order to support the institutions short and long-term financial planning strategies. It will lead reporting on institutional-wide budgets / forecasts, and long-term projections for strategic decision making by stakeholders inside and outside the organization. The senior finance analyst will manage the budget analysis for complex organizational business areas.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, economics, business, or related field.
- Five years' experience in financial budget, planning, analysis and/or accounting.
- Five years' experience in reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
- Experience using Budgeting and ERP systems.
- Experience with large, complex organizational settings.
- Experience building models and reports within a complex accounting system.
- Three years' experience in variation analysis and reconciliation.
- Computer skills.
- Presentation skills.
- Communication.
- Interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in accounting
- Certified Public Accountant.
- Eight years of relevant work experience.
- Experience using Workday and Adaptive financial and budgeting systems.
- ERP implementation experience.
- Experience adhering to state or legal compliance requirements.
- Experience with GAAP and principles of planning and forecasting.
Responsibilities
- Identify, strategize, develop and implement best practices and processes within the financial planning system to support the University areas (departments).
- Departmental analysis, detail reviews, forecasting.
- Compile and analyze monthly and quarterly area reports.
- Assist areas with multi-year planning and commitments process.
- Work with University-wide group to set goals and best practices, and implementation of estimating research revenue.
- Budgeting, Evaluation and Reporting of use of funding.
- Evaluate requests for funding using budget analysis and communication with area requesting.
- Perform risk-based reviews of projections and make recommendations.
- Support continuous improvement of institutional policies, procedures, and processes.
- Identify opportunities to streamline the planning and forecasting processes and enhance methodologies to improve effectiveness of the budget/forecast system.
- Provide timely queries and reports and assist in data analysis to support Area goals and objectives.
- Promote an approach of collaboration, continuous improvement, and service excellence within the organization.
- Review and approve appropriateness of funding allocations.
- Support the Central Budget Office in special projects, research and other requests as needed.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- health expense accounts with generous employer contributions
- Employer-paid life insurance
- long-term disability insurance
- various additional voluntary insurance plans
- Paid time off, including vacation and sick
- ten paid holidays
- One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment
- paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment
- A retirement program with a generous employer contribution
- additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
