Scheduled Hours

40

Position Summary

Position will be responsible for reporting (standard and ad hoc), analysis, modeling for budgeting, ERP, process improvements, ensuring data integrity, etc. Projects may be high-profile and routinely require accuracy, scrutiny, confidentiality, and tight deadlines. Position will also manage projects across multiple directors, managers, department administrators, and department chairs in the academic, financial and operational areas of School.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Creates and/or supports standard and ad-hoc reporting and budget modeling, performs financial analysis and provides decision support services to Management.
• Develops and maintains expertise in current and future accounting, budgeting and reporting tools and systems.
• Garners data from multiple disparate systems.
• Analyzes data and makes decisions, incorporating data and ideas into either formal or informal reports, presenting resolution to issues or problems.
• Ensures reliable, verifiable and consistently retrievable data across the organization.
• Develops improvements in information retrieval and analysis processes; acting as a liaison to help streamline critical processes.
• Works to improve data quality, collection processes and reports design to meet diverse and changing needs.
• Develops and coordinates the implementation of processes necessary to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Manages complex projects involving complicated accounting transactions, allocations and concepts across the financial, HR and student systems.
• Provides support and counsel to management with regards to analysis, planning, reporting and development of resources to achieve short and long term goals.
• Responsible for various monthly, quarterly, yearly or other periodic routine accounting activities/tasks; includes journal entries and variance analysis; incorporates data and ideas into either formal or informal reports, presenting resolution to issues or problems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:
Job Location/Working Conditions

• Normal office environment

Physical Effort

• Typically sitting at a desk of table

Equipment

• Office equipment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree

Certifications:

No specific certification is required for this position.

Work Experience:

Professional Accounting (5 Years), Financial (5 Years), Financial System Reporting (5 Years)

Skills:

Not Applicable

Driver's License:

A driver's license is not required for this position.

More About This Job

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or related field with five years of professional accounting, finance, reporting and/or related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in a decentralized and/or complex environment.
• Significant ERP experience with special consideration to Workday (Finance & HCM).
• Able to present findings succinctly and clearly in narrative, tables and chart forms.
• Ability to manage financial system projects, set priorities and goals, monitor performance against goals and standards and ensure successful project implementation.

Preferred Qualifications

Education:

M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration

Certifications:

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants , Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration

Work Experience:

No additional work experience beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Budgeting, Business Intelligence Tools, Data Assessment, Deadline Management, Decision Making, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Interpersonal Communication, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Multitasking, Oral Communications, Presenting Solutions, Prioritization, Problem Solving,