General Ledger Financial Analyst

General Ledger Financial Analyst

Reporting to the Director, Finance and Accounting, the General Ledger Financial Analyst is responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the organization's general ledger, financial reporting, grant accounting, and equity holdings analysis. This role works closely with Polsky Center leaders to review comprehensive financial information on a periodic basis and collaborates with colleagues across the Polsky Center to ensure that all financial data is accurate, complete, and aligned with institutional objectives. The General Ledger Financial Analyst partners with department heads, the grants team, and senior finance leadership to deliver timely analysis that supports strategic decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities include preparing accurate and timely annual budgets and monthly forecasts, performing award accounting, entering grant budgets into the grant management system, reviewing and approving funding proposals, tracking grant deliverables, processing grant cost corrections, processing payroll and expense cost corrections, recording internal transfers and internal billing, performing monthly bank account reconciliations, conducting a monthly financial review of designated cost centers, processing annual bad debt write-offs, generating manual billing, processing credit card transactions, conducting recurring reviews of equity holdings, preparing and distributing monthly department budget-to-actual reports, monitoring and reporting AP aging, reconciling legal invoices, completing and submitting annual tax filings, developing and maintaining standard operating procedures, supporting the improvement of operational efficiency, and performing other related work as needed.

Minimum qualifications include a college or university degree in a related field and 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include a BSc/BA in accounting, finance, or a relevant field, MSc/MA/MBA, progressive experience in financial planning, general ledger accounting, and controllership, background with grant accounting, sponsored research, or funded research administration, demonstrated experience with financial policy, systems, and compliance development, advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel coupled with previous experience using financial and accounting systems, and working knowledge of finance and accounting principles, laws, and best practices.

Application documents required include a resume/CV and cover letter. When applying, the documents MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.