Financial Reporting Analyst

Financial Reporting Analyst

Under broad guidance from chief financial officer, and direct oversight by the finance assistant director and director, the financial reporting analyst is responsible for a variety of analytical tasks that include data set management, developing and preparing financial statements, tracking and evaluating budget performance against metrics and actual expenditures, supporting multi year budget rolls, developing ad-hoc financial models and reports (bound, e-format, dashboards) and funding and resource management. The Financial Reporting Analyst must be creative and will use their knowledge of data analysis tools, financial reporting, and accounting practices to aid the organization in identifying trends and areas of improvement in a modern and creative financial reporting modeling environment. They will possess great attention to detail, strong analytical skills, proficiency in financial software and reporting platforms (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, Google Data Studio, Looker) and must be able to communicate at all levels of the organization and develop information useful for providing input and recommendations on strategic direction.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Interfaces with HCD management, financial staff, and technology team in identifying relevant data sources with the ability to work efficiently and be deadline-oriented while establishing and maintaining quality control over the input and output of data.
• Assists in the oversight of operational and program budgets that provide control of expenditures to carry out activities associated with federal, state, and local programs as well as working on budget rolls, budgetary adjustments for the ERP, maintaining a reconciliation of appropriations, and third-party reporting systems.
• Organizes, prepares, and assembles user specific financial information for various service units and programs by fund, project and activities into user-familiar and friendly formats, dashboards & tools.
• Provides financial analysis and support for operational programs and grants while developing and publishing mission-critical performance reports and tracking financial performance against metrics and goals for internal and external stakeholders and grantors; responds to requests for information and special report designs for service units and divisions.
• Recommends and performs maintenance of account code structure relevant to the general ledger, project and grant ledger yielding flexible and financial reporting formats that the users can easily comprehend.
• Researches and interprets the impact of federal, state, and local regulations of ongoing programs and integrates financial and performance metric benchmarks into reporting.
• Other duties as assigned.
• This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position.
• Management may, at its discretion, assign, or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems Data Management, or a directly related field

Experience:

• Three (3) years of working experience with financial software, financial data organization, and reporting platforms (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau, Google Data Studio, Looker)

Licensure:

• Valid Driver's License (Texas upon hire)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to report on performance and outcome-based concepts.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of databases, data mapping & analysis.
• Proficiency in financial software and reporting platforms (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau, Google Data Studio, Looker, etc.).
• Possess a high level of analytical skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel.
• Working knowledge of accounting and reporting practices (project, cost, grant, and administrative accounting).

Position Type, and Typical Hours of Work:

• Full-Time | Regular
• Monday - Friday | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Occasional weekends, holidays, and overtime may be required based on the specific needs and demands of the department.

Work Environment & Physical Demands:

• This position is based in an office environment, where the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, scanners, and filing cabinets is routine.
• The physical demands associated with this job are minimal, with occasional lifting and moving of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.
• The role is predominantly sedentary, involving mainly sitting with occasional standing and walking.

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards. Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.