Financial Analyst

Summary

The Department of Medicine and IQuESt: The Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, is seeking a financial analyst to join our team at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, TX. As the largest center for Health Services Research in the Southwest, our mission is to improve health and well-being through innovations in health care delivery. The selected candidate will be an enthusiastic, detail-oriented individual who is passionate about contributing to the field of health services research.

Job Duties

• Analyzes and monitors budgets for compliance throughout the year; requests budget revisions.
• Monitors expenses and financial accounts.
• Performs account reconciliation and makes journal entries. 
• Performs financial analysis and forecasts budgets; prepares routine and specialized financial reports.
• Interacts with all levels of personnel within the departments/division and other financial departments within the institution to resolve issues related to accounting transactions or reconciliation items. 
• Assists with clearing out deficits, review and confirmation of payments and expenses, residual transfers, and closeout. 
• Provides data to analyze department's cost of research and present to the department leadership.
• Meets with the principal investigator as needed to review research finance status.
• Oversees spending trends on post-award grant accounts to ensure that budgets are being adhered to and expenses are allowable.
• Meets with faculty as needed to proactively plan for spending and proper financial management of grant accounts including ensuring proper credits and debits have been applied to each account.
• Prepares and reviews routine finance reports, or monthly or as needed. 
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or a related field.
• Two years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree.
• Research administration finance experience.
• Power BI, SAP S/4 HANA, Excel. Computer/spreadsheet savvy.
• Great organizational and communication skills needed.