Financial Analyst At American Bar Association

The ABA recruits employees seeking opportunities for challenging and substantive work defending liberty and pursuing justice in the U.S. and around the world. The ABA offers competitive employment benefits which include medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k), commuter benefits, and more.

Provides business and financial analyses to an assigned entity.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
-Provided financial and business insights and analyses to and assigned entity.
-Collaborates with an assigned entity in the development, management, and adherence to budgets.
-Prepares forecasts, projections, cost over/underruns, and special financial reports for senior leaders within the entity.
-Assists in the completion of internal and external audits of financial records of the entity.
-Manages the grant budgeting process, review grant budgets and budget narratives for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with ABA and ABA ROLI polices, regulations, and procedures.
-Assist program staff throughout the budgeting process by providing support and training as well as by selecting the proper budget format and type.
-Develop new budget templates when needed to meet specific donor requirements.
-Analyze growth, revenue and spending by donors, regions, countries-analyze General Operations and Overhead spending by regions; develop financial reports for Management.
-Design financial reports for program staff to easily determine the spending status of each grant.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION:
-Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

EXPERIENCE:
-At least five years’ experience working in accounting, financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and/or operations analysis.
-Previous experience at the intermediate level working with ERP, finance/accounting systems, Microsoft Excel, and/or Microsoft Word.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Licensed CPA.