Senior Financial Analyst

Overview

This role involves delivering financial reporting and operational support within the Controller’s Office. The Senior Financial Analyst will use accounting expertise, analytical judgment, and systems knowledge to resolve financial questions, support accurate reporting, and respond to changing organizational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end close activities and help ensure timely, accurate financial reporting.
• Prepare accounts payable and other balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare and monitor accounts payable aging schedules.
• Research invoices, transactions, fixed assets, and departmental inquiries using PeopleSoft and other financial systems.
• Identify discrepancies, determine root causes, and develop practical solutions to complex accounting questions.
• Partner with colleagues across the Controller’s Office, Procurement, Budget, and Health System departments.
• Manage projects or financial processes with a high degree of independence and professional judgment.
• Contribute ideas to improve reporting, strengthen controls, and enhance existing workflows.
• Adapt to changing responsibilities as team and operational needs evolve.

An average day may include completing reconciliations, researching transactions, preparing journal entries, and supporting close activities. Success requires comfort moving between detailed accounting work, systems research, and broader financial analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (required).
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Licensure: None, unless otherwise specified in job posting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Substantial accounting, finance, or audit experience, including exposure to accounts payable and financial reconciliations.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Strong pattern recognition, research, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Attention to detail and ability to work productively from broad direction.
• Experience in healthcare or higher education.
• Familiarity with PeopleSoft.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay range: $62,691.00 - $125,382.00 annually.
• Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate’s qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings.
• Health Savings Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Certification and education support.
• Generous Paid Time Off.

Location

This position is designed to support a remote work arrangement, with the potential for occasional on-site attendance in Charlottesville based on operational needs. Work arrangements are subject to organizational policies and may evolve over time.

Physical Demands

• Primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers.
• Occasional requirement to travel some distance to attend meetings and programs.