Senior Financial Analyst
Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at UTSA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: San Antonio • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Develops and implements financial reporting, data analysis, data management, and forecasting of current/future financial performance.
- Collects, compiles, verifies, and analyzes financial information and economic indicators to ensure leadership has accurate and timely information for making strategic operational decisions.
- Defines and conducts the statistical analysis for the development of new programs, meets with members of leadership to present and discuss the financial forecasts, and works with them to fine-tune the financial model.
- Manages budget preparation for assigned area of responsibility; provides support to budget managers and departmental administrators; reviews annual budget proposals for validity against historical metrics.
- Provides accurate and timely reporting of financial and operational statistical data to external organizations as necessary.
- Maintains financial and productivity models and reports that contribute to the financial planning efforts.
- Completes special projects and ad-hoc reporting requests related to finance and budgeting activities as required by senior management.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Five (5) years of directly related experience is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in a finance related field is required
- Strong financial acumen with the ability to analyze and interpret financial data.
- Knowledge of common business and cost drivers, and financial statement analysis.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively communicate key information pertaining to budgets and forecasts.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills with strong working knowledge of Excel.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial reportingdata analysisdata managementforecastingstatistical analysisbudget preparationfinancial modelingfinancial statement analysisanalytical skillsproblem-solving
Soft skills
financial acumeneffective communicationverbal communicationwritten communication