Financial Analyst - Indianapolis

Financial Analyst Overview

The Financial Analyst serves as an analytical review and knowledge base to support directors, ensuring proper financial requirements, spend, reporting, draws, and rebates activities for each grant. The analyst works across teams—including accountants, deputy controllers—to provide oversight and risk management of financial activity, review procurement, accounting, contracting and revenue collection postings, and maintain accurate state financial system controls. The role also acts as the primary contact for Program Directors, managing grant timelines, budgets, and ensuring compliance with federal grant requirements, state policy, and additional reporting obligations.

• Execute project set‑up requirements, budget, grant and contract amendments, renewals, and submissions.
• Provide guidance to program directors by reviewing expectations for each grant and projected activity.
• Understand accounting procedures, posting to the general ledger, transferring or correcting journals, and posting wires and deposits.
• Perform reporting and reconciliation procedures for risk management, program support, and federal grant requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of accounting standards and the reporting of grants.
• Apply critical thinking to timing expectations, grant percentage requirements, expenses, vendor contracts, rebates, wires, revenue, invoicing and payments.
• Communicate effectively to represent and support the programs.