"Senior Financial Analyst"

Senior Financial Analyst

Posted: 21-Dec-25

Location: Richardson, Texas

Categories: Financial
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 30981

Posting Number: S06797P

Job Description:

• Manage day-to-day financial operations for NSM, including reconciliation, variance monitoring, and budget tracking.
• Prepare and maintain financial reports such as budget vs. accruals, spending trends, analysis of overspending, and other ad hoc financial analyses.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve budget issues, deficits, and spending irregularities.
• Assist with the annual budget cycle, including gathering departmental submissions, validating data, and preparing summaries for leadership.
• Conduct payroll-related actions including processing supplemental pay, coordinating salary reallocations, and troubleshooting payroll errors.
• Lead the development, documentation, and implementation of financial and operational workflows.
• Establish budgetary guidance and stewardship practices for departments.
• Identify automation opportunities and build solutions using Power Automate, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Lists, SharePoint, and CoPilot.
• Create training materials, guidance documents, and SOPs for faculty and staff.
• Support compliance and reporting requirements through the institution's budget reconciliation process.
• Communicate financial guidance, process changes, and updates to departments and School leadership.
• Train faculty and staff on financial and operational procedures.
• Provide regular updates to School leadership on budget status, issues, and operational improvements.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert on financial processes for departmental staff working under a dotted-line reporting structure.
• Represent NSM on committees, task forces, and cross-campus working groups focused on budgeting, finance, and operational effectiveness.
• Develop tracking tools, logs, dashboards, and reporting systems using Excel, SharePoint, and related Microsoft platforms.
• Maintain documentation repositories, budget models, and financial datasets that support decision-making.
• Monitor system workflows and respond to issues that disrupt financial operations.
• Respond to urgent budget concerns, deficits, and other financial risks.
• Troubleshoot payroll crises or errors in collaboration with departments and central offices.