Financial Analyst

About the Role

Potential for extension or full time conversion, based on performance - not guaranteed.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, provides and analyzes financial information, plans and projections.
• Reconciles and maintains accurate financial records in conformance with the guidelines of accounting standards.
• Compiles and prepares reports, and conducts special studies.
• Develops, maintains, provides and analyzes financial information, plans and projections in support of assigned program(s) and/or function(s) and in conformance with the guidelines of accounting standards.
• Reconciles and maintains accurate financial records.
• Compiles and prepares reports, and conducts special studies.
• Prepares and/or presents training materials. analyzes and interprets financial data to provide technical advice and counseling to other departments, students, etc.
• May provide guidance and direction to lower level staff.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required.
• Creates and executes journal entries to support correction of mis-posted items in the financial system, and performs regular account reconciliations to ensure financial data integrity.
• Examine financial reports for consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
• At the direction of the Finance & Grants Manager and research teams, resolve errors and work collaboratively to prevent repeat occurrences.
• Assists the Finance & Grants Manager in annual or monthly fiscal closing, including preparing supporting schedules and reconciliation.
• Drafts financial reports and data summaries for internal stakeholders, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency of data presentation.
• Maintains organized digital recordkeeping of financial and accounting data to support accessibility, transparency, and audit readiness.
• Coordinates and prepares active grant management activities, including preparation and submission of interim and final close-out financial reports and award modifications, amendments, no-cost extensions, re-budgeting, PI concurrence and carry-over requests.
• Support coordination on grant audit requests, including compiling and organizing supporting financial data and documentation.

Qualifications

• Develops, maintains, provides and analyzes financial information, plans and projections.
• Reconciles and maintains accurate financial records in conformance with the guidelines of accounting standards.
• Compiles and prepares reports, and conducts special studies.
• Develops, maintains, provides and analyzes financial information, plans and projections in support of assigned program(s) and/or function(s) and in conformance with the guidelines of accounting standards.
• Reconciles and maintains accurate financial records.
• Compiles and prepares reports, and conducts special studies.
• Prepares and/or presents training materials. analyzes and interprets financial data to provide technical advice and counseling to other departments, students, etc.
• May provide guidance and direction to lower level staff.
• Performs other similar and related duties as required.
• Creates and executes journal entries to support correction of mis-posted items in the financial system, and performs regular account reconciliations to ensure financial data integrity.
• Examine financial reports for consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
• At the direction of the Finance & Grants Manager and research teams, resolve errors and work collaboratively to prevent repeat occurrences.
• Assists the Finance & Grants Manager in annual or monthly fiscal closing, including preparing supporting schedules and reconciliation.
• Drafts financial reports and data summaries for internal stakeholders, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency of data presentation.
• Maintains organized digital recordkeeping of financial and accounting data to support accessibility, transparency, and audit readiness.
• Coordinates and prepares active grant management activities, including preparation and submission of interim and final close-out financial reports and award modifications, amendments, no-cost extensions, re-budgeting, PI concurrence and carry-over requests.
• Support coordination on grant audit requests, including compiling and organizing supporting financial data and documentation.