Financial Analyst

Account Management and Reconciliation: Maintain and review account balances, balance forward analyses, funds transfers, transfers of payment due charges, transfer of funds, and transfer of expense charges. Faculty research tracking/oversight. Prepare and maintain project and/or faculty-specific micro budgets within each unit, including start-up and research allocations from units. Produce regular reports of spending and balance remaining. Work with faculty and staff to manage programming and activity budgets available and provide recommendations based on spending. Manage funding sources committed from external units. Weeklyreview and verification of account charges and monthly certification of account expenses. Establish and share best practices for business processes for department. Financial Management and Coordination: Provide general accounting and purchasing consultation and support to faculty and staff. Establish and coordinate best practices for business office. This includes facilitating open communication between adjoining business offices and College of Liberal Arts Deans office. Staff Management: Manage performance expectations and employee lifecycle of Senior Administrative Associate and Finance Team. Purchasing and Financial Disbursement Oversight: Process all faculty, staff, and student purchasing requests; Work with vendors to facilitate deliveries and to resolve delivery or invoicing issues; ProCard custodian (receipt collection and expense reconciliation). Review and approval of ProCard vouchers, expense reimbursements, vendor payments, guest payments, faculty and staff. Annual Budget Preparation and Report Preparation: Prepare local, state, and soft budgets. Monthly faculty and staff allocation expenditure reports (annual expenditure report, account allocations, local and gift accounts). Work and meet regularly with Department Manager to manage special projects.