Job Title: Financial Analyst

Position Summary:
The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) is seeking top talent for its Financial Analyst position. Reporting to the Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis and working closely with the Senior Financial Analyst for Research and Financial Reporting, this role will support developing and maintaining financial reporting and analysis including net assets additions and releases and preparing financial statements. This position will include being directly involved in preparing senior management presentations and reporting.

We are seeking someone with a strong analytical background, financial acumen, and excellent communication skills.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain analysis, reporting and management presentations. This includes preparing and presenting results from weekly dashboard, quarterly and multi-year financial statements, programmatic and net asset reporting.
• Perform variance analysis such as actual vs forecast, identifying variances, and collate commentary.
• Become an advanced user of enterprise planning software to develop modeling, forecasting and reports and be able to provide support to other users (MJFF currently uses Workday Adaptive Insights software).
• Work with accounting team in maintaining estimates for allocations and perform data quality controls between General Ledger and planning tool.
• Actively participate and at times lead process improvements.
• Remain abreast of current best practice in analytics to consistently bring innovation.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Proven history of success in financial analysis and reporting or a related field
• Expertise in forecasting and reporting using software such as Workday Adaptive Insights
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of Financial Statements and accounting desirable
• Knowledge of visualization software such as DOMO a plus
• Agile in working on multiple deliverables, operating independently and comfortable in dealing with ambiguity

The salary range for this position is $75,000 - $90,000. In addition to salary, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• 15+ options for medical insurance (with MJFF paying 90 percent of the premiums)
• Competitive dental and vision plans
• 401(k) plan with 6 percent employer contribution
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employer paid life and disability insurance
• 18 days Paid Time Off (PTO); 12 Well-Being (Sick) Days; 1 Floating Holiday; summer Fridays (office closure at 2pm) and a summer holiday week over July 4.

Employees are also eligible for a discretionary bonus on an annual basis. MJFF provides staff and leadership cultivation through regular training courses and events. The Foundation values workplace flexibility, providing guidelines to support hybrid, flexible work at MJFF. We trust all employees to work closely with their manager and colleagues to determine when, where and how programs and projects get done.

MJFF is an equal opportunity employer. The Michael J. Fox Foundation strongly encourages applications from individuals who will contribute to our efforts to build and support a diverse, equitable and inclusive workforce. Diversity may refer to characteristics including, but not limited to, race, religion, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic circumstance, geographic background, ability and disability, political ideology and age.