Strategic Financial Analyst – Budget & Planning

Harvard University; Cambridge (MA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Generous paid time off

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Harvard University’s Central Administration seeks an experienced financial analyst to independently perform diverse financial analysis for a school or unit and support management with planning, budgeting, and monthly reporting.

The role emphasizes budgeting accuracy, financial modeling, and adherence to university policies, with responsibilities spanning data-driven planning, reporting, and system access management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex financial analysis and update financial models and projections.
• Analyze and project budgets and financial activity for multiple programs.
• Provide technical advice and problem resolution for a school/unit financial community.
• Enhance, produce and distribute unit-specific planning materials; develop and produce materials to facilitate annual budget planning and financial monitoring of budget-to-actuals at the local level.
• May consolidate local budgets to facilitate the upload process.
• Review financial data and explore options for report development within University financial applications.
• Ensure financial compliance with University policies and procedures and applicable legal rules and regulations.
• Serve as the primary Authorized requestor providing user security access to administrative, financial, and research systems and management of chart security maintenance

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Budget management

Financial modeling

Data query tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Harvard University’s Central Administration seeks an experienced financial analyst to independently perform diverse financial analysis for a school or unit and support management with planning, budgeting, and monthly reporting.

The role emphasizes budgeting accuracy, financial modeling, and adherence to university policies, with responsibilities spanning data-driven planning, reporting, and system access management.