Business Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Wilkes University invites applicants for a Business Analyst in the Finance Department. This position supports the institution's financial operations through accurate reporting, analysis, and compliance, helping to ensure strong fiscal stewardship and provide data-driven insights to academic and administrative units. This position reports to the Director of Treasury and Student Accounts.

The successful candidate is responsible for preparing monthly and annual financial reports and variance analyses; supporting accounting and student billing through reconciliations and journal entries; partnering with the Director of Treasury and Student Accounts, the Registrar and Financial Aid Office to effectively communicate with students regarding past due balances, financial aid awards and registration changes affecting overall balances; assisting with month-end and year-end close activities; and providing documentation for annual audits and regulatory reporting.

A bachelor's degree is required (can be met with appropriate experience). The ideal candidate will have prior experience in accounting, financial analysis and/or student receivables, preferably in higher education or nonprofit accounting, along with knowledge of fund accounting, strong Microsoft Excel skills, and excellent attention to detail, organization, teamwork, and communication skills. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels. Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

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Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.