at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 54368
Department: Facilities Mgmt EV
Salary/Grade: EXS/7
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Manager of Budget Analysis, this role will support Facilities’ mission and values by exhibiting the following: inclusiveness, respect, initiative, collaboration, innovation, and accountability. The incumbent will strive to provide excellent service when performing job responsibilities and will practice safe work procedures, and follow safety rules at all times. This position is critical to the following responsibilities:
- Supports a university accounting-related area or program.
- Manages financial operations &/or analysis in support of area/unit's mission & in coordination with central offices such as HR, Budget, Financial Aid, Facilities, Purchasing, IT, Provost, etc.
- Reviews a portfolio of multiple schools/depts' financial operations comprised of work that involves some complex problems &/or decisions.
- Performs extensive analysis regarding shared services (i.e. utilities, insurance, inventory control, waste, MRO pricing, billable rate), revenue recognition and resource planning.
- Initiates and maintains advanced FP&A, KPI, metric modeling, reporting and visualization.
- Implements existing policy & ensures the effective, compliant, & efficient completion of daily financial activities.
- Performs preventive measure process audits AP processing, distributions, purchasing, inventory control, MRO pricing and material hierarchy.
- Applies industry and professional standards, interprets university policy and procedure, federal and state laws, granting agency guidelines, and other regulations (as applicable).
- Represents &/or guides business area on internal &/or external financial affairs by exchanging information.
Specific Responsibilities:
Budget:
- Participates in determination of budget/forecast including fiscal resource allocation of appropriated, discretionary, endowment &/or gift revenues.
- Prepares analysis & reports.
- Provides account research.
- Assists with budget projects.
