Lead Financial Analyst at Insight Global in Waco, Texas

Posted in Other about 16 hours ago.

Type: full-time





Job Description:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Additional Preferred Attributes include:
  • Excellent analytical skills, business acumen, and ability to identify data needs, and provide information to support decision-making
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
  • Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills
  • Superior attention to detail when reviewing operational, grant and contract documents
  • Ability to create and review complex budgets, learn new/complex concepts quickly and maintain knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, business policies and practices
  • Ability to work independently or collaboratively and thrive in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to make qualified judgements
  • Ability to approach challenges and change in a positive manner
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize daily workload
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze and communicate information to inform recommended actions
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain discretion and the highest professional standards in managing confidential information
  • Research administration experience is a plus

What You Will Do

Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
  • Oversee business activities to include approval and appropriate accounting for requisitions, invoices, expense reports, new supplier requests, payments, gifts, and revenues in accordance with policies and regulations.
  • Assist Business Officer and University in ensuring appropriate execution of contracts, including analyzing, and negotiating business terms
  • Assists Business Officer in documenting business requirements, gathering data, evaluating, and implementing plans, initiatives, strategies, and opportunities in support of the School/Division's strategic plan.
  • Works collaboratively providing planning, analysis, forecasting, and reporting within designated department(s)/unit(s), including advising on appropriate policies, procedures, and internal controls.
  • Ensures departmental/unit accounts are reconciled timely and accurately, coordinating appropriate resolution, and communicating results.
  • Ensures departmental/unit support of audit functions, maintenance of internal controls and compliance with policies, procedures, and regulations.
  • Maintain expertise in chart of accounts, budgets, and forecasts for designated department(s)/unit(s).
  • Maintains appropriate trainings/certifications and knowledge of financial guidelines, internal controls, and University, division and departmental policies and practices.
  • Works collaboratively with Business Officer, providing planning, financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting, monitoring the accuracy and completeness of fiscal information while examining revenue and expenditure trends and spend rates.
  • Advise Business Officer on financial matters, including proper accounting, internal controls, management of operational funds, grant funds, unrestricted funds, gifts, budgets, and expenditures.
  • Collaborates with Research Administrators on grant expenditures regarding compliance with allowability restrictions and university policy.
  • Assists in the preparation of financial reports to grantors, in collaboration with University Research Administrators and programmatic teams.
  • Develops and maintains annual operating and non-operating budgets for assigned departmental/unit funds.
  • Perform ad hoc duties as assigned to support Baylor's mission and as requested.
  • Support Business Officer in departmental/divisional personnel resource planning, including analysis of effort, classroom scheduling and allocation/optimization of personnel resources.
  • Ensures compliance with university policies, procedures, and regulations.

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