The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - the world's leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis, and one of the most innovative and successful organizations of its kind - is seeking a Financial Analyst in Bethesda, MD.
The Financial Analyst of Research Administration works as part of a team and is a key resource in delivering various financial reports and providing support for strategic initiatives. In addition to assisting with the preparation of monthly financial reports, the Financial Analyst of Research Administration, under the general direction of the Senior Director of Research Administration, is responsible for conducting analyses of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s complex portfolio of research awards and Medical Department operations, collecting information from multiple sources and compiling the information to effectively draw reasonable conclusions.
- Prepares complex fiscal budgets, financial models, and forecasting reports for the Medical Department.
- Assists with financial monitoring of executed grants, awards and contracts.
- Participates in the annual financial audit of grants, contracts and awards as requested.
- Collaborates with Finance staff to reconcile variances between grants and financial management systems.
- Assists with preparing monthly cash flow projections for Finance and Medical Departments.
- Prepares monthly projected expenses and adjusts annual forecasts; compares actual to projected expenses.
- Provides support for the monthly financial close process and performs ad-hoc projects and analysis as needed.
Data Analytics and Strategic Planning
- Reports weekly and monthly on financial and operating metrics
- Uses expertise to characterize portfolio of grants, awards and contracts
- Analyzes and forecasts metrics that drive budgeting, forecasting, and organizational decisions.
- Monitors compliance with controls and systems and identifies and proposes new processes to support the organization
- Contributes to major work efforts and projects; identifies issues and opportunities; works with team members and cross-functionally to move projects forward.
- Builds models to integrate data from various systems into the analytics platform; verifies data integrity.
- Assists with identifying and defining business rules, metrics, KPIs and business intelligence reports required to support the Medical Department and CFF operations
- Prepares detailed financial models for the Medical Department and Program Officers
- Prior work experience in not-for-profit organization.
- Prior work experience designing databases, queries, and reports.
- Prior experience working with financial databases and preparing financial reports.
- Demonstrated problem-solving abilities
- Prior work experience in a grant-making organization; and the ability to consolidate extensive data findings from multiple sources.
- Grants Management Certification and Basic understanding of SQL or other programming language(s).