Financial Analyst

The Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD) in the School of Engineering seeks a Financial Analyst (Financial Analyst 1) to provide cash accounting and finance-related support to the Stanford Center for Professional Development. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Financial Analyst will review, process, gather, and compile accounting transactions and documents for completeness, accuracy, and compliance.

The ideal candidate is a friendly, proactive and dependable self-starter with strong interpersonal and communication skills. This is a busy position at times requiring a high level of professionalism, productivity, accuracy, organization, multi-tasking, independence, sound judgment, and decision-making. The position requires a motivated person with a positive attitude and a passion for customer service and supporting others to manage a wide variety of tasks in a fast-paced academic environment with frequently shifting priorities.

Your responsibilities include:

• Perform structured analysis; conduct data mining; identify, clarify, and investigate discrepancies and exceptions; proactively develop solutions and processes.
• Maintain, reconcile, review, combine, and validate financial data sets and accounts, utilizing financial reports, financial databases, and key financial information.
• Contribute to development of budget, forecasting, and analyses to be used for key activities or decision making.
• Run and analyze financial reports, often from multiple systems; assist in preparation of management information reports.
• Resolve issues within immediate work unit; Perform preliminary analysis, recognize exceptions and recommend solutions that may require policy changes or the development of new processes.
• Ensure works complies with complex internal policies and external regulations which may require interpretation.
• Participate as a member of a project team and contribute to change management strategy through communication and collaboration with others.
• Serve as a first line resource to client groups on matters in work unit.
• Understand and participate in cross training on core functions in work area or unit; serve as a back-up to other functions.
• May supervise the day-to-day activities and provide on the job coaching and training to other staff, as needed.

Additional Duties:

• Develop reports and presentations of complex financial data and metrics for management and third parties.
• Prepare and analyze accounts receivable aging reports and resolve billing or payment issues.
• Reconcile discrepancies between accounts and resolve billing issues.
• Maintain positive relationships with students and clients, answer finance related inquires, and provide excellent financial service.
• Accurately record financial transactions and maintain organized records; receive, record, and apply payments from students and clients to their respective accounts; Generate and send out invoices to clients promptly and accurately.
• Maintain and review accounting process controls; recommend and implement any approved modifications; preliminary analysis and recommend solutions. Develop and maintain desktop procedures and process documentation for area of responsibility.

Education & Experience (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree and two years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (Required)

• Advanced proficiency in business applications, such as Microsoft Office suite, especially Excel.
• User knowledge and demonstrated experience of financial systems; internet and computer literacy.
• Understanding and ability to apply basic accounting skills and concepts.
• Demonstrated communication skills, including ability to prepare materials for and clearly and effectively communicate information to internal audiences and client groups.
• Basic project management skills and ability to contribute as part of a project team.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (Desired)

• Advanced use of Pivot tables and VLOOKUP formula.
• Knowledge of Oracle or other business financial systems
• Strong customer service knowledge and experience is required.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Working Conditions:

??? Routine extended working hours during peak cycles; travel to school/unit sites across university.

??? Hybrid: 3 days in office and 2 days remote.

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