"Finance & Data Analyst"

Position Summary/Description

This position may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement that may include a partially remote work location, consistent with System Office policy. UNC Chapel Hill employees are generally required to reside within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned duty station.
The Senior Financial Data Analyst is responsible for providing advanced business intelligence, analytical, and systems expertise in support of the college's finance and budget operations. This position will design, develop, implement, and maintain data visualization, business intelligence, and other analytics solutions to support data-informed decision-making, promote efficiencies, and help achieve the college's mission and objectives. The Senior Analyst will collaborate closely with the college's IT team to develop resources and implement a shared strategy for the use of financial data. This role functions with a high degree of independence, making key decisions while working in partnership with leadership across the college to meet financial objectives.

Key Duties Include:

• Data Analytics and Financial Modeling Support: Design and develop financial modeling, data visualization, and business intelligence solutions to support budgeting, reporting, and planning. Collaborate with the IT team to implement systems that improve data analysis capabilities and support financial decision-making.
• Financial and Budget Report Development: Prepare and analyze financial and budget reports to monitor compliance, regulatory requirements, and performance. Provide reporting solutions that support operational and business decisions across the college.
• Business Process Improvement and Implementation: Lead projects to test and implement new business processes related to finance, budgeting, and reporting, ensuring that these processes are optimized for efficiency and accuracy.
• Collaboration and Support: Serve as a liaison between finance and IT teams, ensuring that systems and processes are aligned with the college's strategic goals. Provide technical expertise and data management solutions to support financial, human resources, and operational needs.
• Leadership in Data Strategy: Support the development and implementation of a shared data strategy to enhance the college's data infrastructure. Work independently and with key stakeholders to drive improvements in financial and budget processes.

Education and Experience:

Knowledge of higher education finance and business operations. General knowledge of academic structures and familiarity with non-financial data sources.

Essential Skills:

The candidate will demonstrate experience and confidence in independently extracting, manipulating, analyzing, interpreting, and documenting large complex data sets. Must have in-depth experience using a business intelligence reporting environment (Tableau preferred, SAS VA, OBIEE, Business Objects, other), creating complex reports and interacting with financial, HR or other operational data sources.

Technical Knowledge: Extensive knowledge and skill with database and applications systems analysis and programming. Detailed understanding of technical issues to design systems and reporting. Detailed knowledge of design, programming and reporting tools used in complex data environments, and ability to support development of sophisticated data solutions.

Technical Support: Extensive ability to solve problems of very high complexity and serve as a key resource to others.

Planning & Organizing: Ability to plan and organize day-to-day work and adapt workload, if necessary, due to unanticipated changes.

Project Management: Ability to lead complex projects involving multiple staff across specialty areas.

Consulting: Translates market and industry trends to communicate and provide consultation on issues and requests from clients that require the implementation or creation of a custom solution.