Role Snapshot
The Senior Financial Reporting Analyst supports the Office of Finance at Old Dominion University by ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and strong internal controls. The role identifies financial trends and provides insights that inform strategic decision-making.
Key Responsibilities: Develop and improve financial reporting tools and processes, analyze financial data for trends and variances, assist in preparing and reviewing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, and collaborate with departments to gather data and ensure reporting compliance.
Skills & Tools: Strong accounting and finance knowledge, financial analysis, attention to detail, ability to meet strict deadlines, prioritize competing workloads, investigate discrepancies, and communicate insights to management.
Qualifications: Requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field and relevant experience in financial reporting or analysis at a senior level; specific requirements were not detailed in the posting.
Compensation: $85K–$130K/yr (estimated)
Job Description
The Senior Financial Reporting Analyst position supports the Office of Finance in financial analysis and reporting. Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Finance and University Controller, this role requires strong accounting and finance skills to ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations, identify financial trends, investigate discrepancies, and provide insights that support strategic decision-making and improve overall financial reporting. This position supports financial reporting operations and assists with ensuring a strong internal control framework exists to provide timely and accurate financial reports.
This role requires strict adherence to deadlines to ensure accurate, timely completion of reconciliations, schedules, financial reports, and compliance-related tasks. Position must effectively prioritize workloads and schedules, manage competing responsibilities, and maintain accuracy under strict time constraints. Meeting deadlines is critical for supporting organizational decision-making, external (Commonwealth) reporting, regulatory compliance, and maintaining trust and accountability with management.
Key Responsibilities:
This role requires strict adherence to deadlines to ensure accurate, timely completion of reconciliations, schedules, financial reports, and compliance-related tasks. Position must effectively prioritize workloads and schedules, manage competing responsibilities, and maintain accuracy under strict time constraints. Meeting deadlines is critical for supporting organizational decision-making, external (Commonwealth) reporting, regulatory compliance, and maintaining trust and accountability with management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the development and implementation of financial reporting tools and processes.
- Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting and analysis.
- Conduct in-depth analysis of financial data to identify trends, variances, and areas for improvement or concern.
- Assist in the preparation, review and/or analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
- Collaborate with departments to gather financial data and ensure compliance with reporting standards.