Senior Finance Analyst- Projects

Department:

Institutional Finance: Accounting & Financial Reporting

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Accounting & Financial Reporting

Position Title:

Senior Finance Analyst- Projects

Job Family Group:

Professional Staff

Job Description Summary:

The Senior Finance Analyst is responsible for leading financial projects to improve operational efficiency and enhance fiscal yield through data-driven decision-making and innovative solutions. This includes detailed analysis, process evaluation, Workday system set-up, integration evaluations, transaction audits, plan developments for improved policies and procedures, and reporting results to management. Reporting directly to the Assistant Controller, the Senior Finance Analyst leads Accounting and Financial Reporting project functions within Institutional Finance. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, skilled at process and system evaluations, understands SOX financial control environment standards, can perform financial analysis, and be highly collaborative with the ability to build and maintain relationships across the organization.

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with professionals across the KUMC campuses, KUMC Research Institute (RINST) University of Kansas Health System (UKHS), Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR), KU-Lawrence (KUL), KU Endowment Association (KUEA), University of Kansas Physicians (UKP) and other organizations to advance KUMC objectives and initiatives.

• Develop and build relationships with department personnel for increased efficiency in reporting of financial data and existing operations.

• Lead special and complex projects and analysis.

• Shows eagerness to learn the ins and outs of the field operations to better understand and communicate financial results, reports and data.

• Monitor, troubleshoot and document KUMC’s integrations with the Workday financial and accounting system, SMART and the billing engine.

• Evaluate that appropriate SOX Controls are in place to establish transparency, accuracy and integrity of the accounting and financial reporting processes.

• Design, prepare and present financial training sessions for new and existing department administrators.

• Accompany and/or represent Assistant Controller in meetings with departments.

• Perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis.

• Identify opportunities to streamline processes to improve effectiveness.

• Conduct analysis to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment within a project.

• Create business processes, systems, and workflows to be efficient and effective.

• Collaborate with various departments and professionals on institutional wide initiatives.

• Drive projects forward, provide structure and resources to leaders across KUMC.

• Partner with team to develop and/or enhances policies, procedures, and processes.

• Partner with process owners to re-evaluate enhancement of business processes, systems, and workflows to be efficient and effective.

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. Education may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis. Experience used to substitute education is in addition to any required work experience.               

Work Experience:

• Minimum five (5) years of relevant work experience.

• Minimum three (3) years in project management and leading cross-functional teams.

• Experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and project planning.

• Experience with ERP Financial Systems.

• Experience building custom models and reports.

• In-depth expertise in GAAP and financial analysis

• Experience and understanding of SOX control standards

Preferred Qualifications

Education: Master’s degree in a related field.

Certifications/Licenses:  Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Work Experience:

• Minimum eight (8) years of relevant work experience.

• Public Accounting experience.