Senior Financial Analyst - Goizueta Business School

Discover Your Career at Emory University: Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community. Description: The Goizueta Business School is seeking a detail-oriented financial professional to support financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic initiatives across the organization. Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for monthly and annual financial close, financial analysis and reporting, compliance, and maintaining strong accounting controls. The position partners closely with leadership, serves as a subject matter expert on financial systems and processes, and identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, and financial outcomes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinates major financial reporting and budgeting activities.
• Ensures compliance with regulations and reporting requirements.
• Coordinates the correction of account balances, resolves funding issues and maintains proper accounting controls and procedures.
• Makes recommendations to management related to long-range financial and cash flow analyses.
• Prepares and analyzes statistical and financial reports, financial statements and supporting schedules.
• May assist in preparing, developing and monitoring department/organizational budgets.
• May maintain grant agreements, policies and guidelines; coordinate grant reporting requirements; review grant funding source compliance; and negotiate grant funding with awarding agencies.
• May perform indirect cost analysis.
• May hire, train, and supervise a small staff.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

ADDITIONAL JOB DETAILS: 

• Process activities for monthly and fiscal financial close, reporting, forecasting, and annual budgeting and strategic initiatives for departmental revenue and costs.
• Research and analyze complex financial and statistical data, create advanced excel/tableau models, generate meaningful KPI reports, and publish documents and presentations for leadership and stakeholders.
• Champion ad hoc projects for finance and operations that require strategic thinking and effective communication with financial and non-financial audience.
• Ensure accuracy of account balances, resolve funding issues and maintain proper accounting controls and procedures as per University policies and guidelines.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on internal financial systems, processes and reporting.
• Identify opportunities for efficiencies and automation, make and implement recommendations to optimize financial outcome and graduate school’s operations.
• Collaborate across teams, while supporting necessary changes and proactively leading new initiatives and process changes.
• Responsible for the unit’s ad hoc expense approvals and procurement needs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, finance or a related field and four years of financial analyst or accounting experience, OR equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Must possess advanced functional knowledge of Microsoft Office products, especially Excel, including sophisticated Financial Reporting & Planning systems.
• Proficiency with analyzing, interpreting, and succinctly synthesizing large amounts of financial, statistical and operational data.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to prepare a variety of financial reports in a timely and effective manner.
• Growth mindset, self-driven and a team player with willingness to go above and beyond the basic job description to ensure best service to divisional partners and leaders.
• Intellectual and technological curiosity with solid ability to grasp information, make recommendations, and a drive for problem-solving, knowledge-sharing, and collaboration, with minimal supervision.
• Must be highly motivated with strong analytical skills and a growth mindset.
• Must be a quick learner and team player who is self-driven with the willingness to go above and beyond to ensure outstanding service to business school staff, faculty and leaders.
• Sound oral and written communication skills with positive attitude a must.
• Master’s degree in an analytical discipline and experience with Power BI and/or Tableau a PLUS.

NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location.  Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

Additional Details: Emory is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law. Emory University does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment, including recruitment, hiring, promotions, transfers, discipline, terminations, wage and salary administration, benefits, and training. Students, faculty, and staff are assured of participation in university programs and in the use of facilities without such discrimination. Emory University complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity, and affirmative action (for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities). Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Emory University Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance, 201 Dowman Drive, Administration Building, Atlanta, GA 30322. Telephone: 404-727-9867 (V) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).

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