Financial Analyst

Description:

We are seeking a Financial Analyst who will be responsible for assisting with daily financial operations, development of annual operating budgets, monthly and fiscal year-end closing, related reporting and presentation materials for meetings with senior leadership. This position will perform routine and complex finance and accounting activities in support of JHFRE departments requiring knowledge of systems, independent judgment, and an ability to respond accordingly. The position will also provide direction to less experienced staff concerning finance, accounting and systems issues. Serves as informational source for questions from JHFRE staff on BW/Analysis Reporting, Purchasing/Procurement and Travel modules of SAP.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Extract, analyze and verify data from SAP BW, and develop moderately complex weekly, monthly and quarterly reports for review by JHFRE Finance Leadership including forecasting, trending and results analysis, identifying discrepancies from approved budgets resulting from potential posting errors, program changes and/or new department initiatives and identify and recommend cost improvement/revenue improvement measures.
Monitors, identifies and communicates important budgetary issues such as over expenditures, revenue reductions, potential cost savings and unplanned expenses as well as status of current and pending issues to JHFRE Finance Leadership.