Senior Research Accounting Analyst — Forecasting & Insights

University of Miami; Coral Gables (FL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL is seeking a Sr. Research Accounting Analyst to join our financial team. This role analyzes financial status, develops projections, reports, and dashboards to aid senior management in decision-making, and helps enforce departmental policies.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of relevant experience. Strong communication, teamwork, and technical skills are essential for building models, forecasting, and coordinating budgets

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Proficiency with office software and financial modeling tools.

Responsibilities

• Develops, prepares and coordinates documentation of financial analysis projects such as budgets, forecasts, projections, expense performance, and presentations.
• Identifies trends and developments in competitive environments and makes recommendations to senior management.
• Provides analytical evaluation for forward-looking financial or business-related projects.
• Devises financial forecasting and reconciliation of accounts.
• Reviews reports and ensures that financial information has been recorded accurately.
• Compares results with plans and forecasts and makes recommendations for adjustments.
• Trains and oversees junior staff members to ensure accuracy and efficiency in end work product.
• Assists in the development and organization of department and project budgets.
• Designs and builds various models that summarize several different scenarios around growth and expansion initiatives or opportunities.
• Develops performance and productivity dashboards, models or analyses.
• Determines profitability and pricing on product offerings and develops performance indicators to enable the analysis of business segments and new product lines.
• Conducts research on different strategic initiatives.
• Acts as liaison to other departments, vendors, and other external parties to complete assignments.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Skills

Learning Agility

Teamwork

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

The University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL is seeking a Sr. Research Accounting Analyst to join our financial team. This role analyzes financial status, develops projections, reports, and dashboards to aid senior management in decision-making, and helps enforce departmental policies.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree and at least five years of relevant experience. Strong communication, teamwork, and technical skills are essential for building models, forecasting, and coordinating budgets