Finance Manager

15 hours ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Rush University Full time
Job Summary:

The Finance Manager is responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the department, ensuring the effective management of the industry-sponsored research portfolio. This includes coverage analysis, budget development, synchronization, and sponsor invoicing processes. The Manager will provide leadership and strategic oversight to the team, determining objectives, strategy, scope, and schedule to meet business needs. They will manage the implementation, direction, and policy development in areas of finance, professional fee billing, grants/contracts, and academic appointment processing and effort allocations. The Manager will also provide guidance and education to department managers during the preparation of their budgets and function as a financial liaison with Corporate Finance. Additionally, they will develop and execute strategies that have a significant impact on the department's strategy and financial performance.

Key Responsibilities:

- Oversees the preparation of monthly variance analyses and production of executive-level financial performance packages.
- Provides leadership and strategic oversight in determining team objectives, strategy, scope, and schedule to meet business needs.
- Manages the implementation, direction, and policy development in areas of finance, professional fee billing, grants/contracts, and academic appointment processing and effort allocations.
- Provides guidance and education to department managers during the preparation of their budgets.
- Functions as a financial liaison with Corporate Finance.
- Develops and executes strategies that have a significant impact on the department's strategy and financial performance.
- Coordinates regular education and training sessions with Leadership to broaden the understanding and accountability of financial metrics, technical skills, and other relevant concepts.
- Represents the department in meetings and work groups.
- Uses business intelligence and other software applications to enhance the current management reporting processes.
- Designs and develops standard and ad hoc reports to effectively translate complex data into decision support tools for management.
- Identifies and presents options and alternatives to improve operational and data management efficiency.
- Provides leadership and education on the synchronization process to ensure the coverage analysis, budget, contract, and informed consent form are communicating the same information, especially to research subjects.
- Provides policy and procedure interpretation for financials and research billing compliance.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree or higher in business, accounting, or a related field.
- Five years of health care experience in practice management, finance, or decision support.
- Demonstrated advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office package, with advanced knowledge of Excel & Access.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Experience in one of the following: clinical research coverage analysis, budgeting, and/or sponsor invoicing.
- Familiarity with Medical Device and/or combination product trials and regulations.
- Excellent oral, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Ability to work with other managers in a team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data and communicate issues, findings, and recommendations to leadership and other constituents.
- Financial Analysis and modeling experience.
- Initiative, independent judgment, and time-management skills and ability to handle multiple assignments and projects of varying degrees of complexity.
- Accepts responsibility, initiates action, and exercises judgment to complete assignments and projects as delegated.
- Professionalism and a customer-focused orientation in order to interface with both internal and external individuals.
- Works collaboratively with the team members and other staff members.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master's degree in business, health care administration, or related field.

About Rush University:

Rush University is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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