Strategic Grants Finance Analyst: Forecasting & Dashboards

CFS; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CFS seeks a financial analytics professional to manage workforce grants, financial aid, and participant funding initiatives. You will provide insights that influence operational and strategic decisions and build forecasting, reporting, and dashboarding capabilities.

You will partner with Finance, Accounting, Compliance, program leaders, educational institutions, and funding agencies to monitor performance and drive improvements in reporting accuracy and data quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Proficiency in data analysis, reporting, and dashboarding.
• Experience supporting grants, financial aid programs, or regulated funding environments.
• MIP Experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial aid, workforce grant, and participant funding activity.
• Prepare budget-to-actual, forecast-to-actual, and variance analyses.
• Develop and maintain financial reports, dashboards, forecasts, and financial models.
• Monitor program expenditures, funding utilization, and cash requirements.
• Support audits, compliance reviews, grant management, and financial close activities.
• Present financial findings, risks, and recommendations to leadership.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Reporting

Data analysis

Dashboarding

Grant support

MIP Experience

Tools

Dashboard tools

Job description

CFS seeks a financial analytics professional to manage workforce grants, financial aid, and participant funding initiatives. You will provide insights that influence operational and strategic decisions and build forecasting, reporting, and dashboarding capabilities.

You will partner with Finance, Accounting, Compliance, program leaders, educational institutions, and funding agencies to monitor performance and drive improvements in reporting accuracy and data quality.