SENIOR ANALYST, FINANCIAL

About the role

Review, reconcile and monitor various grants, with a primary focus on State grants. Facilitate forecast and budget development with grant budget managers. Prepare monthly budget-to-actual variance reports and provide associated analysis to grant budget managers and to Grants Administration leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial analysis and reconcile financial data monthly, including researching and correcting discrepancies, for various grants;
• Review budgets and provide analysis to grant managers and Grant Administration leadership;
• Identify and research financial status, anomalies, risks and solutions;
• Create and adjust budgets and forecasts for grants, as needed;
• Create account numbers and set up all newly awarded, or revised, grant budgets in the district accounting system;
• Ensure that account numbers are assigned in accordance with state reporting and local management requirements;
• Work with the General Accounting department to complete the annual grant fund balance roll forward and set-up;
• Use a variety of computer systems to create reports, analyze spend, and formulate conclusions regarding the fiscal health of assigned grants;
• Document processes and procedures, implement process improvements and retain documentation as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Master's Degree - Preferred
• A minimum of three plus (3+) years of applicable work experience in budgeting, forecasting, modeling and analysis
• Effectively handle multiple demands and competing deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Effective communication skills
• The ability to take responsibility for one’s own performance
• Work collaboratively with others on a team
• Aptitude for variety and changing expectations and fast-paced environment
• The ability to work in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment with district and school leaders, faculty, staff and students
• A high degree of integrity in handling confidential information
• Knowledge of grants and grant planning/budgeting processes
• High level of Google products including docs, sheets, slides and gmail required
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and budget preparation skills are required for the position
• The ability to effectively communicate various policies and procedures to school staff and department staff
• The ability to accurately perform detailed and complex analysis of data to detect and correct errors

Qualifications

• Lived and worked with a permanent home address in Colorado while working with us
• Have the ability with or without accommodations to meet the physical demands of the position

Skills

• Ability to lead for racial and educational excellence
• Ability to work towards dismantling systems of oppression and inequity in our community
• Believing in and supporting all students so they feel seen and heard with access to high quality education

Benefits

DPS offers a competitive salary range of $76,211 - $91,454. In addition to this, DPS provides other total reward offerings such as time off, health and wellness benefits, and PERA Retirement.

Pay

$76,211 - $91,454

Schedule

N/A