Senior Financial Analyst

3 weeks ago

San Francisco, California, United States WestEd Full time
About WestEd

WestEd is a community of over 1,000 researchers, practitioners, consultants, and administrative professionals from diverse backgrounds and life experiences. We are committed to making a qualitative difference in the lives of youth, children, and adults. Our mission is to improve the educational systems that serve children and families.

Job Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst is a mid-level position responsible for financial and project management activities related to strategic business decisions within Division 2. The successful candidate will report to the Division Financial Manager and be responsible for financial management of two content areas within the division.

Key Responsibilities
  • Work closely with the Division's Senior Leadership to optimize data analysis and financial reporting to support the agency's strategic, operational, and financial goals.
  • Design, create, prepare, and analyze financial reports and models, including variance and trend analysis, consolidated reporting, and analysis across the Division.
  • Develop, oversee, and manage Division and project budgets.
  • Responsible for monthly budget review and forecasting, including meeting with the Division Director and Senior Managing Directors for detailed review of revenue forecasts.
  • Develop financial reports to highlight key metrics of interest that support WestEd's business strategies and goals.
  • Work collaboratively with the Finance teams to review and develop key financial and budgetary initiatives to ensure successful implementation and compliance across the divisions.
  • Identify and recommend opportunities to streamline financial and informational reporting and provide recommendations regarding transactional system changes or upgrades to the Division Financial Manager.
  • Evaluate existing business processes and recommend improvements to increase accuracy and processing time and to gain consistency.
  • Prepare financial and contractual information required for business proposals, from inception to submission.
  • Support and monitor execution of new contracts. Work with clients and the WestEd Contracts Department to ensure that the financial guidelines for spending and billing are clear.
  • Responsible for supporting Project Directors to initiate and manage subcontracts, including reviewing invoices.
  • Track submission of deliverables and work with Accounts Receivable to prepare invoices tied to project deliverables.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in finance/accounting and 5-7 years of relevant work experience.
  • Extensive and in-depth knowledge of and experience with financial analysis, financial modeling and reporting management of financial databases, accounting, budget management and development, and financial systems/applications.
  • Strong fiscal management skills and experience, including reviewing and improving business practices and processes.
  • Ability to structure and perform complex financial models and data queries to support strategic business planning, financial-based decisions, and practices with adherence to WestEd financial policies and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
  • Ability to review and analyze financial information using various financial and audit tools.
  • Must be accurate, detail-oriented, and yet be able to view financial information from a broad organizational perspective.
  • Demonstrated professional maturity and organizational political astuteness combined with tact, diplomacy, common sense, sound judgment, and confidentiality.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in a diverse work environment and various levels of management.
  • Must be a strong individual contributor as well as an effective team member and project leader.
  • Must be a self-starter, an independent thinker, action-oriented and self-motivated.
  • Fluency and expert-level skill with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Experience with database querying and report writing is also desired.
  • Customer service attitude and approach to working with internal/organizational clients as well as external parties.
  • Interest in applying corporate business practices to the non-profit sector within an organization whose mission is to improve the educational systems that serve children and families.
  • Experience with Salesforce, Cognos, and Adaptive reporting and budgeting software is a plus.
  • Familiarity and experience with federal contracts and contracting rules / regulations are a plus.
Benefits

The full salary range for this position, WestEd level G, is $85,440 to $128,200, but WestEd does not typically hire at or near the top of the salary range. The typical hiring range for this role is $85,440 to $106,800. The actual offer takes into account multiple factors, including but not limited to education, experience, internal equity, and other organizational needs.

In addition to the base salary, benefits include:

  • 15% contribution toward retirement effective day 1 of employment
  • Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts
  • All health/welfare benefits are effective the first of the month following the hire date
  • PTO: 3 weeks vacation (increases to 4 weeks beginning the 4th year of employment), paid holidays, and 12 days paid sick leave per year
  • Life Insurance: value of 3x gross salary
  • Opportunities for annual merit-based performance increases + annual incentives
  • Professional development opportunities & mentorship program

Committed to the diversity of race, ethnicities, perspectives, and opportunities, WestEd offers a variety of social and professional learning communities, such as Employee Resource groups, the Data Intelligence, Insights, and Innovation PLC, and the WestEd Parent Community, just to name a few. We hope you'll consider joining us to build better schools, communities, learning pathways, and more

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