Senior Financial Analyst

Company Description

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways,inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is the historic heart of Harvard University. It is the home of Harvard’s undergraduate program (Harvard College, founded in 1636) as well as all of Harvard’s Ph.D. programs (the Harvard Kenneth

C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1872), Harvard Athletics and the Division of Continuing Education. The 40 academic departments and 30+ centers of the FAS support a community unparalleled in its academic excellence across the broadest rangeof liberal arts and sciences disciplines. Together, the FAS seeksto foster an environment of ambition, curiosity and shared commitment to knowledge and truth that elicits excellence from all members of our community and prepares the next generation ofleaders through a transformative educational experience.

Facilitate diverse financial analysis for aschool/unit and assist department management with their financial planning efforts, budget analysis and monthly reporting.

The Senior Financial Analyst supports the oversight and management of the day-to-day financial responsibilities of the organizationincluding review of A/P, entering journals, reconciling expensecharges, conducting analysis on both capital and operating budgetsacross all FAS Tubs, asset management, liaising with Campus Services and conducting monthly reporting. This position:

• Supports the Office of Physical Resources and Planning (OPRP)
  Finance Team by providing reporting and analysis as neededincluding quarterly closings, flux analysis, monthly budget toactuals and forecasting of O & M and capital projects, journalsand lease payments.
• Will assist in creating and monitoring the $150M capital and $165M O&M budget by participating in the operating budget development process and loading into University & OPRPfinancial systems, capital projects approvals and reporting,financial and ad hoc analysis and reporting.

The Senior Financial Analyst works with the Associate Director of Finance and Budgets to ensure departmental compliance with financial policies, procedures and controls requirements; entersjournals and cost transfers, analyzes department budget and building operations budgets, reviews and codes expenditures and assists building managers in maintaining budgets and appropriatelycoding transactions. This position will also support financial management for new initiatives including a major renovation of the college houses, FAS Sustainability program and transitioning the department use of university systems such as Brio and B2P.

Work is performed in an office setting;

Hybrid schedule: three (3) days on campus (2 days WFH) after 90-day Orientation & Review and fully up and running.

Sitting and using near vision for reading and computer work for extended periods of time

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required
• Minimum of 7 years’ relevant work experience

The following qualifications are strongly preferred. If you meetsome, but not all, you are still encouraged to apply.

• MBA or Master's degree in relevant field preferred
• Strong background and experience with construction project management, property budget oversight, higher education andnon-profit management.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Advanced knowledge of budget management, financial analysis and financial modeling; working knowledge of accounting principles
• Experience with financial systems and data query tools
• Experience with general ledger and general accountingpractices.
• Strong, demonstrable Excel skills and hands-on experience with analysis and modeling (e.g., fully versed using pivot tables,VLOOKUP functionality, formulas etc.)
• Collaborative working style…