Strategic FP&A Leader: Financial Analysis & Reporting

University of Chicago; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 175,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

The University of Chicago's BSD FIN - Financial Planning & Analysis seeks a Senior Manager to stabilize and enhance financial processes after the ERP implementation. You will lead modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis of UCM/BSD funds flow, partnering with BSD leadership and finance teams to deliver accurate data and actionable insights.

Responsibilities include building reports, ensuring data integrity across FP&A databases, enabling strategic decision making, and driving automation with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• CPA or audit-related certificate preferred.
• Experience in healthcare, university, or not-for-profit organizations is preferred.
• Financial analysis and modeling experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis for BSD/UCM funds flow.
• Partner with BSD leadership, UCM Finance, and administrators to design or improve reporting and data collection.
• Deliver recurring and ad-hoc reporting across FP&A functions and systems to support strategic decisions.
• Automate data collection/reporting processes and drive workflow improvements.

Skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Adobe Acrobat

Financial analysis

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

MBA or advanced degree

CPA or audit-related certificate

Tools

Smartsheet

Job description

The University of Chicago's BSD FIN - Financial Planning & Analysis seeks a Senior Manager to stabilize and enhance financial processes after the ERP implementation. You will lead modeling, forecasting, and variance analysis of UCM/BSD funds flow, partnering with BSD leadership and finance teams to deliver accurate data and actionable insights.

Responsibilities include building reports, ensuring data integrity across FP&A databases, enabling strategic decision making, and driving automation with