Financial Planning Manager

7 days ago


Baltimore, Maryland, United States InsideHigherEd Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join our team at InsideHigherEd. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and participating in the development and monitoring of budgeting and finance activities within our organization.

Key Responsibilities
  • Coordinate and assume a leadership role in the annual operating and service center budgets for submission to senior management.
  • Responsible for the monthly reporting, monitoring, and reprojections of departmental budgets, including general funds, service center, sponsored, discretionary, and designated funds.
  • Analyze complex financial data and extract and define relevant information; interpret data for the purpose of determining past financial performance and/or to project a financial probability.
  • Design financial reports utilizing software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, cost-accounting systems, statistical and graphics packages, and assist in the dissemination of information to senior management, faculty, and other analysts.
  • Implement quality control and process improvements with regard to overall business process.
  • Meet routinely with senior management to share financial results, discuss areas of improvement, and propose plans to address weaknesses.
  • Perform monthly reconciliation of departmental non-sponsored funding and select sponsored accounts.
  • Ensure accuracy and completion of monthly/quarterly service center billing and adhere to federal service center policies and regulations.
  • Manage and oversee departmental control salary balances. Provide monthly reports to senior management and responsible staff. Work with team to reduce control salary balances and identify and resolve barriers to reducing.
  • Responsible for the management and forecasting of select faculty salary allocations and sponsored accounts. This includes a large multi-center grant and associated subaward management, other support documentation, effort reporting and progress reports, in collaboration with the grant's program coordinator.
  • Assist with review and approval of travel reimbursements, check requests, and transfers for non-sponsored accounts and ensure compliance with government regulations, tax laws, and organizational travel policies. Seek additional back-up documentation and business justifications from faculty and students when necessary.
  • Review/approve monthly purchasing card transactions, ensuring correct accounts/GLs are charged, and maintain records for compliance. This includes having full knowledge of organizational PCard and Purchasing policies.
  • Resolve expense posting errors and communicate proper expense allocation.
  • Prepare and process payroll transactions needed to allocate salary to correct accounts.
  • Prepare non-payroll cost transfers, KB15N's, and other journal entries.
  • Review monthly telecom, IT, copier, and other miscellaneous charges and ensure proper accounts/users are charged.
  • Function as a departmental resource, answering finance-related questions and assisting other analysts with training.
  • Provide back-up to sponsored projects team during staff shortages and high-volume periods. This may include assisting with grant applications, as needed.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
  • Five years progressively responsible related financial/accounting experience.
  • Additional education (master's in a related field) may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the organizational equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Advanced knowledge of SAP accounting system practice and implementation within the organizational environment desirable.
Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Analytical skills sufficient to enable review of data to ensure accuracy and catch inconsistencies.
  • Professional verbal and written communication skills, including ability to clearly explain financial information.
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at one time and meet various concurrent deadlines and exercise a high level of independent judgment without input of supervisor.
  • Function as a team player and work to maintain harmonious working relationships with faculty, coworkers, and supervisor.
  • Recognize where coworkers need assistance and take initiative to help.
  • Strong integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality.


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