Senior Financial Analyst; Division of Business Services

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Posted Job Title

Senior Financial Analyst; Division of Business Services

Job Profile Title

Accountant/Financial Analyst Senior

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), the Senior Financial Analyst is a core member of the Business Services FP&A and Finance organizations. This role is responsible for independently owning and managing budgets for multiple operating units and serving as a senior financial partner to operational leaders across the Division.

The Senior Financial Analyst leads key elements of the monthly and quarterly financial close and reporting processes, including journal entries, variance analysis, and performance monitoring. The position develops operating budgets and forecasts, evaluates existing and proposed programs or investments, and builds financial and analytical models to support strategic and operational decision-making.

This role partners closely with the Business Services Controller’s Division to ensure a strong controls environment, execute financial transactions, and maintain appropriate checks and balances for assigned areas of oversight. The Senior Financial Analyst also supports Divisional leadership by producing consolidated financial reporting and analysis for internal and institutional stakeholders, including financial statements, projections, operating and human capital metrics and dashboard, capital expenditure reporting, and ad hoc strategic analyses.

This position plays a key role in advancing continuous improvement within their assigned areas of Business Services. The Senior Financial Analyst is expected to approach core FP&A responsibilities through a transformation lens—identifying process inefficiencies within their areas of support and oversight, helping define scalable financial and operational metrics, and partnering with finance and non-finance leaders to implement improvements that enhance efficiency, transparency, accountability, and decision-making.

The position requires regular interaction with finance and operational leaders and demands strong judgment, accountability, and the ability to clearly communicate complex financial information. Successful performance requires advanced proficiency with University financial systems, including Oracle General Ledger, Hyperion Planning, Workday, Business Objects, and Microsoft Office.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary financial business partner to assigned operational units, providing financial leadership through budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, internal controls, continuous improvement of financial and operational processes, capital and technology investment projects, and audit consultation.
• Lead financial and operational analyses that assess performance, identify risks and opportunities, challenge assumptions, and support data-driven business decisions across a diverse portfolio of operations.
• Consolidate, analyze, and report Divisional financial results in support of monthly close, reforecasting, and the annual budget cycle.
• Oversee reporting and variance analysis of human capital activity, including staffing changes and salary modeling; integrate Workday data into budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes.
• Support monthly reporting of operational metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), partnering with departments to ensure data accuracy, timeliness, and continuous improvement of reporting processes.
• Partner with the Business Services Controller’s Division to execute financial transactions, ensure alignment with University p…