Reporting Analyst

Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is a globally recognized leader in business education, committed to building a better world through business. Through powerful ideas, purpose-driven leaders, and meaningful impact, Ross empowers individuals and organizations to make a positive difference. Our community is guided by core values that emphasize innovation, continuous learning, and excellence.

About the role

The Financial Specialist supports the Executive Education program by providing financial analysis, process improvement, and budgeting. This hybrid position is based in Ann Arbor, MI, with an expectation of three days per week on-site. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship; candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Financial Support (85%)
  • Facilitate the processing and review of invoices, reimbursements, and additional pays
  • Perform reconciliations between systems
  • Calculate allocations and perform journal entries to allocate expenses
  • Maintain and review logs of financial data
  • Help document processes
  • Pull and organize data for use in reporting for unit leadership
  • Support payment enablement for credit cards and short codes
  • Provide excellent customer service by answering questions about financial processes and results for internal and external customers
  • Help provide data and backup to auditors
  • Support budget development
  • Process approved refunds for participants via journal entry, credit card, wire transfer, or check
  • Maintain unit contracts, review for accuracy, and work with procurement to facilitate their completion
  • Manage unit's accounting email inbox, providing excellent customer service to both internal and external customers
• Special Projects (15%)
  • Propose and contribute to continuous improvement of departmental processes
  • Participate on committees
  • Other tasks as assigned

Requirements

• Associate's degree in Accounting or similar
• 3+ years of related financial and accounting experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Team-oriented, flexible, and customer-service oriented manner
• Willingness to take on new tasks and help out in related areas
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, data analysis, and report generation

Benefits

• Generous paid time off (Vacation, Holidays, Season Days, Maternity and Parental Leave)
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Comprehensive health insurance choices
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Flexible work arrangements
• Access to the onsite Fitness Center at Ross

Pay

The salary offer range for this position is $64,700 to $79,900. Salary offers are determined based on a candidate's experience, skills, and qualifications, along with internal equity considerations.

Hybrid work agreements are reviewed annually and are subject to change.