Financial Operations Analyst

This position supports the mission of the Ohio Business Service Center by ensuring the accuracy and transparency of accounting processes and financial statements. Collaborates with Director of Financial Planning & Operations and Financial Operations Managers to support multi-year planning, budgeting, forecasting, and problem solving.

Duties include:

1. Compiles data, analyses, and works with Director of Financial Planning & Operations, Senior Financial Analysts and Planning Unit to support development of budgets. Measures actual performance against budget throughout the annual planning process, identifies variances and trends, and prepares forecasts. Monitors expenditures and payroll distributions to ensure actuals are recorded in agreement with budget. Makes determinations on common good vs paid services and completes billings for paid services.
2. Prepares complex journal entries monthly/quarterly/annually. These entries impact both balance sheet and income statement accounts. These entries require understanding of multiple subsystems and Oracle to acquire data. Creates and reviews financial statements, creates financial analyses and makes recommendations from the data. Conducts account reconciliations, to include sales tax, inventory, accounts receivables and payables.
3. Collaborates with Business Service Center customers to provide information / analyses as needed. Works across departments to solve business problems.
4. Serves on University Committees as requested. Maintains focus on continuous improvement and leveraging technology to improve processes.