Senior Budget Analyst

Leads division level, financial planning efforts, budget analysis, monthly reporting and roster maintenance. Partners with complex divisions ($5M annual operating budget, high touch expense management and roster management needs) to support operating budget development, monthly reporting and budget analysis.

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS, and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations.

We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow’s physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

• Serves as financial planning liaison to assigned large and complex clinical and operating departments for development of annual budgets and monthly variance analysis, leading variance discussions with department and division leadership
• Consolidates divisions and supports Institute-wide budget variance analysis reporting.
• Presents to Division leadership on budget variances, operating budget analytics and trend analyses.
• Leads reviews of department level employee rosters and advises Budget leadership in resolving inconsistencies.
• Interprets information requests from business partners, furnishes appropriate data to address key stakeholders needs, and summarizes and presents to Division level leadership.
• Works closely with Budget leadership to develop monthly operating expense and month end close reports. Contributes extensively to development and analysis of annual operating and capital budget presentations.
• Advances development of business cases to support new position requests.
• Presents to Finance leadership on budget variances, operating budget analytics and trend analyses.
• Proactively identifies areas for process improvement of key functions and tasks.
• Ensures financial compliance with Institute policies and procedures and applicable legal rules and regulations.
• Provides mentoring and training to less experienced Budget team members.

• Advanced understanding of financial statements, monthly financial reporting, budgeting and variance reporting.
• Skilled at complex financial analysis, aggregating, manipulating, summarizing and interpreting large data sets.
• Advanced MS suite skills including advanced excel functions like pivot tables, vlookups, hlookups.
• Strong customer service skills, verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced understanding of Automated GL system queries and budget system data extraction and report development.
• Interacts effectively with all levels of the organization
• Independently resolves issues as identified by team members and key business partner stakeholders.
• Ability to effectively prepare, present, and make recommendations to/ for Division leadership
• Ability to handle complex and multi-part analyses, prepare and present summaries of important points Division leadership.
• Ability to exercise superior judgment, discretion, interpersonal skills to effectively work and communicate on sensitive political and confidential issues.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or business. Experience in accounting or finance may substitute for degree.
• 4 years of experience in accounting, finance, budget or planning, preferably in the health care industry. Experience in budget development and variance reporting. Experience with automated GL system and budget system required.

License/Certification/Registration

Required:

None

Supervisory Responsibilities:

No

Patient Contact:
No

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong. As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all,…