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Finance Officer

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Requirements

Job Overview

The Finance Officer, University Services, implements the organization's budget policies, compiles annual budgets and intermediate financial forecasts. This role oversees the compilation, monitoring, and review of annual and intermediate budgets for the assigned University Services departments. The Finance Officer will review departmental expenditures to ensure compliance with budget allocations and identify variances against budget plans. This role should establish and guide measures for budgetary control, ensure longer-term functional objectives translate into established processes to maximize efficacy and efficiency.

Work Interactions

The Finance Officer, University Services, oversees all planning and execution activities for the assigned units, and is primarily focused on planning and escalation of issues within their assigned cluster. The Finance Officer will supervise work for the Senior Analyst, Budget & Planning, and General Analysts within their cluster. This role will focus on planning and analysis, internal controls, and approvals of critical operational activities to ensure congruence with budget and projections.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field (Finance, Accounting, Business Administration); professional accounting qualification is desirable; (Master's Degree preferable)
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience
• Knowledge of Higher Education
• Building and utilizing financial reports; intermediate to advanced business analytics skills required
• Some experience with complex financial and longitudinal planning, and financial forecasting
• Excel - intermediate (advanced) level of proficiency
• Ability to support establishment and management of budgets of at least $50M and up to $100M+
• Prior experience working with complex teams
• Strong communications and customer service skills
• Ability to engage regularly with internal and external stakeholders, including unit leads and administrators across the institution
• Ability to engage in an efficient and professional manner
• Strong organizational and time management skills; proficiency managing and prioritizing multiple tasks
• Ability to work with variety of financial systems, with prior experience preferred in Workday, Adaptive

Preferred requirements and qualifications should be listed separately here.

Sponsored Project Management (if applicable)

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EEO Statement:

Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer fully dedicated to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation), disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits:

Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options. You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website.


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