Financial Analyst Senior

Responsibilities

• Aids in the development, implementation, and management of financial systems, cost accounting systems, and/or financial policies and procedures.
• Develops complex financial reports and analysis for senior management and external agencies.
• Presents reports to senior management or committees.
• Prepares complex charts and diagrams showing prior, current, and projected expenditures to provide a basis for comparison and evaluation.
• Maintains communication with assigned department managers and administrative staff in the preparation and analysis of complex financial reports, to provide information and to resolve complex problems concerning variances from the approved budget.
• Provides technical support to assigned departments regarding the budgeting system and procedures.
• Monitors and analyzes budget expenditures and prepares detailed reports and analyses on trends.
• Compiles budgetary and fiscal data received from assigned departments.
• Analyzes and evaluates departmental budget requests to prepare budgetary documents, reports, and recommendations.
• Presents fiscal data of assigned departments at budget hearings.
• Advises senior leaders on budget trends and issues.
• Prepares and maintains accurate accounting records to ensure compliance with state and federal regulatory agencies as well as GAAP, GASB, and FASB.
• Utilizes various computer financial information systems in the preparation of analysis, evaluation, and reports relating to assigned areas.
• Recommends operational procedures and ways to improve efficiency and/or effectiveness.
• Serves as a department lead, mentoring and training lower-level staff and assuming responsibility for the most complex budget and financial issues.

Requirements

• Education: Master's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or related field or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Licensure/Certification: No licensure or certification required.
• Professional Experience: Four (4) years of experience in financial planning or analysis if a Master's degree, or eight (8) years of experience in financial planning or analysis if a Bachelor's degree.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Research, retrieve, and organize data to prepare reports and financial documentation.
• Analyze and audit data.