Financial Analyst

Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide financial information to management on direct research costs and assist principal investigators in fiscal management.
• Set up new accounts and budgets, monitor expenditures, ensure they are allowable and within budget, perform financial analysis and projections of funding status, and report expenditures to awarding agencies.
• Participate in audits of expenditures.
• Prepare, validate, and analyze detailed financial information; prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual journal entries for one or more business units; reconcile general ledger account balances on a monthly basis.
• Assist with reviewing and editing of quarterly and annual financial statements.
• Forecast and budget subscriber circulation revenue and production raw material costs.
• Financial reporting, including ad hoc reports and analysis as requested by management.
• Make appropriate accounting entries and journal entries.
• Perform account reconciliations including bank reconciliations, prepaid expenses, accruals, accounts payable, debt, and fixed assets.
• Perform various general accounting duties related to the completion of timely and accurate monthly financial statements for the organization, including work papers for assigned general ledger.

Skills

• Well-developed PC skills using all standard SuccessEHS EMR software.
• Initiative, professional attitude, and desire toward self-improvement.
• Strong self-motivation and ability to be a self-starter.
• The ability to present comprehensible reports.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to work with minimal supervision.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in accounting, finance, or related field.
• Master’s degree strongly preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office, specifically Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.