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Description

We are looking for a highly skilled Sr. Financial Analyst to join our team on a Contract to permanent basis in New York, New York. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in analyzing financial data, generating insightful reports, and identifying key performance indicators to support strategic decision-making. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to the organization’s annual budgeting and planning efforts.

Responsibilites:

• Support the preparation of Annual Budgets for operation, grants, and programs budgets

• Responsible for inputting and uploading to budget templates.

• Ensure accuracy and completeness of budget, grants, operations and other business data into the system.

• Monitoring budgets, identifying variances, reporting and updates (reforecasts, etc.).

• Prepare monthly analysis of accounts, and follow-up documentation of variances, prepare and report findings to Directors, Supervisors, CFO and internal clients.

• Create financial reports for all operational departments and review with the Directors and Supervisors to ensure integrity, accuracy, and completeness: G/L report, Balance Sheet, Income Statement

• Accumulate data, update, and provide monthly reporting of key financial measures – metrics, Management dashboards, KPI: Contribution margin, productivity reporting, clients served, program outcomes & evaluations, billing & scheduling, headcount review and capacity valuation.

• Provide support in the preparation of Board Presentations for: Finance Committee, Investment Committee, Board Meeting Packages/Board Books.

• Provide insights into revenue and expenses across various levels of the organization

• Ad-hoc Reporting as requested by the Board, CEO, CFO or internal clients.

• Perform other financial duties as needed, including responding to off-hour inquiries

• Support financial transactions by auditing documents

• Ability to follow through on work assignments and meeting deadlines on a timely basis

• Strong Commitment to financial stewardship.

• Assist in the preparation of financial reports, statements and analyses for various audits.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years prior accounting experience; understanding of GAAP

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in: Accounting, Business, Finance, or Economics

• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills; financial modeling skills

• Great interpersonal skills and communication skills (written and verbal)

• Ability to prioritize work and work collaboratively with team members and other departments

• Proficiency in Financial software: Microsoft 365, Sage; and others

• Strong attention to detail; and highly organized

• Takes ownership of work

• Takes initiative and committed to whole team productivity

• Experience in education, healthcare, and non-profit settings, a plus but not required.

• Knowledge of current accounting, non-profit agency procedures and practices

• CPA, MBA, MPA, MS a plus but not required.

• Must have demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and to work independently on projects with minimum supervision.

• A self-starter who is highly motivated and willing to take on responsibility to support the team.

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills to interact effectively with internal and external clients.

• Excellent Knowledge of reporting and record keeping procedures and US GAAP.

• Expert managing general ledger function and month-end close process

• Accuracy, aptitude for numbers

• Knowledge about reporting standards and experience in researching accounting issues

Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.

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