Financial Reporting Analyst

About Harris County Housing & Community Development:

Harris County Housing & Community Development provides life-enhancing projects and programs to residents of Harris County. Our services include spurring community investment through the provision of homebuying programs partnering with community members and housing developers to build diverse housing options that uplift communities and offer other assistance that support community building.

Financial Reporting Analyst Overview:

Under broad guidance from chief financial officer and direct oversight by the finance assistant director and director the financial reporting analyst is responsible for a variety of analytical tasks that include data set management developing and preparing financial statements tracking and evaluating budget performance against metrics and actual expenditures supporting multi year budget rolls developing ad-hoc financial models and reports (bound e-format dashboards) and funding and resource management. The Financial Reporting Analyst must be creative and will use their knowledge of data analysis tools financial reporting and accounting practices to aid the organization in identifying trends and areas of improvement in a modern and creative financial reporting modeling environment. They will possess great attention to detail strong analytical skills proficiency in financial software and reporting platforms (e.g. PowerBI Tableau Google Data Studio Looker) and must be able to communicate at all levels of the organization and develop information useful for providing input and recommendations on strategic direction.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Interfaces with HCD management financial staff and technology team in identifying relevant data sources with the ability to work efficiently and be deadline-oriented while establishing and maintaining quality control over the input and output of data.

• Assists in the oversight of operational and program budgets that provide control of expenditures to carry out activities associated with federal state and local programs as well as working on budget rolls budgetary adjustments for the ERP maintaining a reconciliation of appropriations and third-party reporting systems.

• Organizes prepares and assembles user specific financial information for various service units and programs by fund project and activities into user-familiar and friendly formats dashboards & tools.

• Provides financial analysis and support for operational programs and grants while developing and publishing mission-critical performance reports and tracking financial performance against metrics and goals for internal and external stakeholders and grantors; responds to requests for information and special report designs for service units and divisions.

• Recommends and performs maintenance of account code structure relevant to the general ledger project and grant ledger yielding flexible and financial reporting formats that the users can easily comprehend.

• Researches and interprets the impact of federal state and local regulations of ongoing programs and integrates financial and performance metric benchmarks into reporting.

• Other duties as assigned.

• This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position.

• Management may at its discretion assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer If you need special services or accommodations please call or email.This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and even when considered may not automatically disqualify the candidate.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Business Accounting Finance Information Systems Data Management or a directly related field

Experience:

• Three (3) years of working experience with financial software financial data organization and reporting platforms (e.g. PowerBI Tableau Google Data Studio Looker)

Licensure:

• Valid Drivers License (Texas upon hire)

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to report on performance and outcome-based concepts.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Demonstrated working knowledge of databases data mapping & analysis.

• Proficiency in financial software and reporting platforms (e.g. PowerBI Tableau Google Data
  Studio Looker etc.).

• Possess a high level of analytical skills.

• Advanced knowledge of Excel.

• Working knowledge of accounting and reporting practices (project cost grant and administrative accounting).

NOTE: Qualifying education experience knowledge and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation butONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. See Resumewill not be accepted for qualifications.

Experience:

• Advanced knowledge of complex ERP systems (e.g. PeopleSoft SAP Workday or similar ERP systems).

Position Type and Typical Hours of Work:

• Full-Time Regular

• Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

• Occasional weekends holidays and overtime may be required based on the specific needs and demands of the department.

Work Environment &Physical Demands:

• This position is based in an office environment where the use of standard office equipment such as computers phones scanners and filing cabinets is routine.

• The physical demands associated with this job are minimal with occasional lifting and moving of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.

• The role is predominantly sedentary involving mainly sitting with occasional standing and walking.

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards. Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.