Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst

About the Opportunity

The university central budget office seeks a senior financial analyst to analyze and monitor unit budgets, measure administrative performance, and improve operational efficiency in support of advancing the academic plan known as Northeastern 2025. The university budget team creates the centralized forecast models and supports a portfolio of colleges and operating units in their annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting efforts. The individual will also develop reports and evaluate data crucial to the appropriate oversight of university financial results and will assist financial managers around the university in resolving financial issues as they arise. The incumbent is in frequent contact with financial administrators around the university and will interact regularly with colleagues both in the schools and colleges, and in the central financial administration. The position is a customer focused role. Key responsibilities include:

• Developing, monitoring, and reporting on budget performance at both the division and consolidated levels;
  
• Assisting with management and improvement of the budget process;
  
• Preparing monthly forecasting at both the division and consolidated levels
  
• Working with assigned divisions to ensure robust departmental budget submissions and engage in ongoing conversations regarding business factors that impact monthly forecasting
  
• Analyze trends and relationships between key financial data points
  
• Build positive relationships with key business partners to foster an environment of cooperation and trust
  
• Ensure timely standardized reports for senior management
  
• Act as area expert for budget tools and reports; explore tools and technologies to improve business processes
  
• Conduct ad-hoc financial analysis, collecting and analyzing data from business partners
  
• Help prepare well-developed analyses and presentations; being able to summarize key points in an organized way to "tell the story" of the numbers and trends
  
• Act as point person for business units and further build relationships by beginning to develop an understanding of other general finance matters outside of core budget functions
  
• Evaluate and report on key monthly, quarterly, and annual performance metrics
  

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in budget analysis, financial reporting, financial analysis, or similar experience working with financial data
• Advanced experience with Excel
• Exceptional analytical skills with demonstrated ability to solve problems by asking the right questions, thinking creatively, and involving subject matter experts
• Experience with business intelligence tools/ ad hoc query tools, developing queries from scratch
• Strong customer service orientation characterized by curiosity and responsiveness; ability to develop trusted relationships across central and divisional units
• Experience with business process analysis and continuous process improvement
• Ability to work both independently and as a collaborative team member
• Strong attention to detail and communication skills
• Own all assigned tasks with minimum supervision
• Ability to exercise good judgement when dealing with sensitive matters
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes

Position Type

Finance

Additional Information

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.


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