Sr. Financial Analyst - American Heart Association

Overview

As we celebrate our Centennial year, we invite you to join us in shaping the next century of impact. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.

The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Senior Financial Analyst in our Financial Planning & Analysis department, at our office located in Dallas, TX.

In this role, you will be responsible for performing financial planning and analysis workings alongside the business units, with a heavy emphasis on complex variance analysis, budgeting, projections, and monthly reporting. Responsibilities will include knowledge of the assigned business units’ activities to provide thoughtful financial modeling and analysis for growing and developing the business unit, in support of executive management and the business unit leaders.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

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Responsibilities

• Analyze, research, and report on monthly financial activity. Prepare and coordinate monthly reports and meetings to communicate qualitative analysis and variance reporting for review by senior business unit leaders, their executive management, and National executive leadership.
• Act as financial business partner for developing and growing the business units by acquiring an in-depth understanding of their activities. Provide financial modeling and conduct thorough analyses to assist with financial guidance and structure to help the business unit achieve goals. 
• Research and identify best practices for financial reporting in a dynamic environment for both the business units and the American Heart Association. Assist with the organizations consolidation analytics and provide business unit variances.
• Create budget templates for assigned areas which may include new emerging areas and departments. Communicate, educate, and work with assigned managers or budget managers on templates, procedures, and monthly timing. Review, track and respond to change requests. Prepare and distribute supporting schedules, financial reports, and documents for budget approval process. Review, analyze and discuss budgets and consolidations of the business unit for consistency and annual trends.
• Develop and prepare financial projections for assigned business units. Meet with business unit leaders to help identify and recommend changes, adjustments and create supporting schedules as needed. Review financial projections against current data, trends, and metrics to improve accuracy within the business units. Analyze and report on variances from actual results and discuss any questions with various business unit leaders and their executive team.
• Assist with revenue & expense coding questions or accounting issues that may arise. May include review of complex transactions, guidance to business unit staff and providing training or job aid materials on standard procedures.
• Assist with any financial data requests, as needed, to support annual insurance renewals.
• Provide high quality, timely customer service to internal and external customers. Consult with internal business unit and finance staff to improve financial reporting practices and procedures. Proactively seek out process improvements to gain efficiencies internally and externally that will benefit the business unit or finance team.
• Perform assigned duties to assist in the preparation of consolidated budgets.
• Perform ad hoc financial analyses as requested and participate in cross functional working groups. Assist in annual financial audit as required.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related area; 
• Minimum 7 years of progressive and increasingly complex finance and accounting experience
• Experience with variance analysis, budgeting, financial reporting, consolidations and general ledger accounting
• Experience developing and building detailed financial models and pro-forma statements for various business units and consolidated financials
• Ability to communicate complex financial data, reports and tools, and interpret financial data for decision makers
• Advanced knowledge of business financial reporting and consolidations
• Ability to analyze detailed data and interpret into high level narrative form
• General understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and application of the rules to business practices
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Excellent oral and written communications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Oracle Essbase and/or SmartView experience
• Non-profit experience

Compensation & Benefits

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package.  Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary.  That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution.  As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.  HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.  The number of days will increase based on seniority level.  You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees.  This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.

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