Financial Analyst

at  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 as we remain devoted to a future of health and hope for everyone, everywhere. At the American Heart Association, your contribution matters, and so does your career.
American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for a Financial Analyst based out of our National Center office located in Dallas, TX! This position will work in a hybrid setting (in office 3 to 5 days a week.
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 training and support locally and through our National Center.
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.
#TheAHALife is our company culture, our way of life, reflecting our diversity, equity & inclusion, our focus on work-life harmonization and our Guiding Values. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued™ at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and at heart.jobs.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance, preference toward accounting degree
• Minimum of three (3) years of accounting, financial reporting and budgeting experience
• Extremely proficient in Microsoft Excel (ie, pivot tables, if/then statements, vlook up, etc.)
• Proficient knowledge of the principles and practices of budgeting, projecting, month-end close and variance analysis
• Ability to analyze financial data and interpret into narrative form
• General business knowledge and experience in applying general principles and practices of accounting to analyze data and document results
• Ability to work against deadlines to provide deliverables
• Proficient skills in use of automated accounting packages
• Excellent in oral and written communication and ability to communicate with all levels of American Heart Association staff

HERE ARE SOME OF THE PREFERRED SKILLS WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• CPA or CPA candidate a plus
• Proficient skills in use of Essbase, Oracle or Hyperion a plus

AT AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION, OUR MISSION IS TO BE A RELENTLESS FORCE FOR A WORLD OF LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, RELIGION, AGE, LANGUAGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONAL ORIGIN AND PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE ABILITIES. WE’RE COMMITTED TO ENSURING OUR WORKFORCE, WORKPLACE CULTURE AND MISSION HAVE A SHARED IMPACT ACROSS A DIVERSE SET OF BACKGROUNDS.

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This position performs a variety of financial and analytical duties for assigned regions and National Business units, with an emphasis on budgeting, projections and monthly reporting. The position works heavily in excel, creating schedules, pivot tables and templates, and working with the general ledger system for uploads/downloads. This position will help prepare reports for senior leadership and serve as a liaison between the Financial Planning and Analysis team and budget managers.

• Develop, prepare and maintain regular reports using financial accounting system (Essbase) for assigned customers. Create ad hoc reports and research to support variance analysis
• Act as a consultant and liaison to assigned budget managers to improve financial reporting practices and procedures both within and outside of the Finance Department Respond to and resolve concerns or issues accurately and effectively to provide advanced customer service to internal and external customers
• Prepare portions of the National Center budgets/projections with the support of the Supervisor. Duties include: preparation of annual budget/projection instructions and templates, facilitation of training, and uploading of budgets/projections and revisions to financial reporting system
• Analyze and report on budget/projection changes and requests. Prepare supporting schedules and documents to be used throughout the process
• Complete assigned projects or analyses as needed. Including preparing and providing any financial documents/report for internal and external audits as requested