Senior Financial Analyst

Concordia University Irvine

$90K — $105K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience in budgeting or financial management
  • Strong analytical skills and proficiency in budgeting systems
  • Experience in higher education finance is a plus
  • Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly

Responsibilities

  • Manage the budget process between Finance and University faculty/staff
  • Develop and provide monthly budget vs. actual metrics
  • Analyze budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls
  • Review and recommend actions on restricted fund balances
  • Collaborate with department managers to meet budget goals
  • Assist department managers in developing financial proposals
  • Monitor program profitability and maintain cost allocation models

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic university environment
  • Collaborative working atmosphere with diverse teams
  • Professional development and training opportunities
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Access to university resources and facilities
Full Job Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to accomplish each of the below duties satisfactorily:

  1. Manage the end-to-end budget process, acting as an interface between the Finance department and the University faculty and staff involved in budget management.
    • Reviews and monitors budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with University goals/objectives, procedures and regulations.
  2. Develops, prepares and provides monthly actual vs. budget metrics and monitors for effective cost controls.
  3. Leveraging off of the budgeting system (Axiom), analyze monthly departmental budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls in conjunction with providing overall University rolling 12-month forecasts to identify trends and potential financial/budgetary risks.
  4. Review restricted fund balances monthly to ensure availability, use of funds for release, and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requested.
  5. Work with departmental managers responsible for their respective budgets on an ongoing basis to monitor revenue and expenses in order to meet budget goals.
  6. Evaluate and assist department managers with the creation of proforma/program proposals and financial requests for viability.
  7. Ensuring maintenance of departments/cost centers in the accounting infrastructure to support the budget goals/objectives and monitoring of costs in accordance with the budget.
  8. Monitor, by program and revenue stream, profitability including creating/maintaining a cost allocation model.
  9. Assist with various external/regulatory reporting.
  10. Other duties as assigned.


Pay Range: $90,000 - $105,000 per year

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