Research Finance Analyst

About The Opportunity

Job Summary

The Research Finance Analyst supports the functions of the central Research Finance office within Northeastern University Research Enterprise Services (NU-RES) by ensuring compliance with applicable federal regulations, sponsor requirements, and university policies. Core expectations for this position include fostering consultative relationships, supporting a professional internal environment, and providing award support and training focusing on financial research administration and fiscal compliance.

Core Responsibilities

• Conducting post-award financial management and oversight of awards within the assigned portfolio.

• Reviewing and approving/rejecting transactions in Workday or Concur, including but not limited to procurement requisitions, journals, accounting adjustments, cost transfers, or other award expenditures; ensuring all expenses posted to an account meet compliance with award terms and conditions or other regulations, guidelines, or policies.

• Making account reconciliations with varying ranges of complexities to include independently reviewing, monitoring, analyzing, and synthesizing information.

• Preparing financial reports using the appropriate internal, federal, or other sponsor-prescribed templates, ensuring accuracy in calculations, routing for supervisory approval and signature, and submitting reports using the proper method; ensuring reporting deadlines are met.

• Completing, routing, and submitting final reconciliations, reports, or other closeout activities as needed to ensure timely closeout of awards and adherence to federal or sponsor-specific closeout deadlines.

• Engage in meetings, trainings, or other activities as required to provide customer service and support, assist colleagues, and promote professional development and growth.

Qualifications

• Essential skills for the Research Finance Analyst position include interpersonal skills, communication, organization, time management, problem-solving, decision-making, collaboration, presentation, and customer service.

• This position requires flexibility and agility, often pivoting between multiple projects and tasks to meet deadlines.

• The Research Finance Analyst must be resourceful, analytical, able to quickly learn various systems and applications, and willing to support organizational and operational changes as a part of ongoing process improvement initiatives.

• Tolerance for and the ability to work with varying levels of ambiguity is essential.

• Required Bachelor's degree or 2-5 years of relevant work experience.

• Active DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain clearance at the Secret level.

• Financial analysis and reporting experience with familiarity with GAAP, Uniform Guidance, or other regulations.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Ability to independently learn and utilize a variety of systems, applications, and resources.

• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to interact with tact and diplomacy with constituents at all levels of an organization.

• Proven customer service skills with a service-minded approach.

• Ability to work effectively both independently and in a team-oriented environment.