Financial Administrator

Financial Administrator

The Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is hiring a Financial Administrator to lead our financial services team. This team provides support across the department in financial transactions, reconciliations, payroll management, financial reporting, planning, and analysis, and training and supervision of team members.

Responsibilities include leading the financial services team including hiring, training, and supervising; serving as the department-level payroll transaction approver; serving as a Level I and II approver in NU Financials; preparing financial analyses and reporting; supporting budget forecasting and annual budget planning.

The ideal candidate has experience supervising staff and providing work directions to colleagues; is highly organized and has impeccable follow-through and attention to detail; is highly capable of managing multiple priorities with competing deadlines in a high-volume department; is proactive and process-disciplined by nature; strives to improve processes to optimize efficiency and accuracy; has strong leadership and interpersonal skills; has strong project management skills; thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, and ambitious environment with a collaborative and mission-driven culture.

We are seeking someone with excellent skills in team leadership, organization, time management, oral and written communication, accounting, numeracy, financial analysis, as well as someone with a team player attitude, a desire for continuous learning and enthusiasm for growing their skills.