Financial Business Analyst

3426 - Financial Business Analyst , Boston, MA 3 Months

Sigma Systems is currently looking for Financial Business Analyst

Can be remote 2 days/week

May be temp to perm

Responsibilities:

The purpose of this position is to support and provide assistance to units and departments with regard to budgetary and financial matters.

This position is responsible for monitoring and providing controls that pertain to Client income and expense commitments.

Primarily, through their daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly analysis and tasks, they are responsible for providing senior management the tools and information that will then help determine levels of expense funding and/or income changes.

The position acts as a liaison between the Budget, Planning and Institutional Research Offices and internal Client units

Responsible for the reconciliation of position budget data in HCM to FM funded amounts.

Responsible for the review all position funding worklist items and determines if approval is warranted

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Complete weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly financial and statistical analysis that pertain to all aspects of the Clients budget and finances.

The analyst may need to create a report on their own or take direction from management.

Some of these reports may or may not be financial in nature.

All reports will help management in making decisions that pertain to the Client's budget

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Monitor and maintain the Client's current and long-range forecasting tools for the Client's budget.

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Prepare various analysis detailing trends, discrepancies, or amendments that occurred to both the recurring, non-recurring budgets. Analyze operating performance and assist in new ways to find efficiencies, margin improvement, and/or savings.

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Implement, and monitor systems and procedures that insure that expenditures and funding are properly estimated, authorized, and controlled.

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Assist departmental budget administrators for all Client areas, providing guidance to units and assisting them in making sure that all financial controls and policies are being adhered to.

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Assist management in producing metrics or other types of reports from the various financial, budgeting, human resources, and legacy systems across the institution.

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Assimilate data; prepare special internal and external reports, analyses, and presentation materials and documents as requested for executive review.

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Assist in all Client budget presentations. As Needed

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) required. 3-5 years in a related field required.

Skill requirements (include complexity of position): Extensive Excel/MS Office skills; SAP preferred but not required; Understanding of budgeting principles, strong attention to detail, and the ability to prioritize and work independently.

Interpersonal skills (include personal interaction): Experience in Leadership and working on a team. Ability to interact with all levels of senior management including Provost, Sr. VP, and President