Financial Analyst

Company Description:

SUNY Empire State proudly serves 16,000 students through online, hybrid, and in-person instruction across New York state, the region, and the world. Established in 1971 as the innovative branch of the State University of New York, SUNY Empire is a recognized national leader in serving working adults - including parents, veterans, and military-affiliates - through flexible programs that meet workforce needs and provide support through mentoring and prior learning assessment. The institution offers a broad range of associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and certificate programs and is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. SUNY Empire's 94,000 alumni are entrepreneurs, nurses, teachers, businesspeople, and leaders in their communities and their fields. Visit www.esc.edu and follow us on social media @SUNYEmpire. 

SUNY Empire is committed to creating a multicultural, inclusive academic and work environment. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We believe that having diverse faculty and staff is critical to academic excellence and prepares students to live and work in an increasingly global world.

Job Description:

SUNY Empire State College seeks a Financial Analyst (State Title: Senior Staff Assistant) to join its budget team.  Reporting directly to the Director of Financial Services, this professional is responsible for developing and leading various financial analysis projects and completion of financial reporting. The analyst will retrieve and analyze data utilizing Excel and the SUNY BI system. The selected incumbent will be responsible for reconciling financial data sourced from multiple internal and external systems. The Financial Analyst will be an action-oriented, forward-thinking, and creative individual with high ethical standards.  The selected candidate should be able to manage multiple projects and priorities and be able to work cross functionally with their colleagues across the campus.

Job responsibilities will include:

• Build dashboards in Power BI; building budget models and financial trackers in Excel using historical and projected data; and leading other financial data projects across the college
• Assist the budget office as they prepare the annual budget
• Participate in Daily Vendor Briefings (DVBs) to identify where savings can be achieved
• Develop and implement new processes to create a more efficient and effective finance department
• Provide consultation and analysis to the Finance leadership team on a wide range of fiscal and operational issues.
• Develop data strategies (e.g., what expense data should we capture to manage forecasting and variance to budget)
• Develop, enhance and maintain weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting to internal and external stakeholders
• Provide proficiency in financial analysis, data mining, and quantitative analysis to see beyond the data in identifying and quantifying high-impact opportunities
• Provide ad hoc analysis for internal and external stakeholders to answer business questions

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and three (3) or more years of progressively increasing responsibility in finance or budgeting
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Able to design, compile, analyze and present dashboards and financial trackers to senior leadership
• Strong communication skills and excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment where multitasking and prioritization of work is necessary to succeed
• Demonstrated experience organizing, managing and working with financial data
• Detail oriented with strong analytical, organizational, and technological skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree
• Experience working in higher education
• Experience working with SUNY
• Experience utilizing Power BI
• Experience with effectively facilitating teams comprised of internal and external stakeholders

Special Information:

• This position will be located in Saratoga Springs, NY
• VISA sponsorship is not available for this position

Additional Information:

Rank/Salary: SL3 / $65,000+, commensurate with experience and qualifications

Empire State College is an EOE employer.

We are pleased to offer our employees a generous compensation and benefits package. We also offer professional-development activities for professionals and support staff, as well as faculty-development opportunities that encourage pursuit of disciplinary and community-focused research, scholarship of teaching and learning, and leadership development.

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Application Instructions:

Applications Due By: Applications accepted until position is filled.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit the following documents, which are required for consideration by clicking on the APPLY NOW button:

• Resume
• Cover letter
• Name and contact information of three references

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