Budget Analyst

Manifest Solutions is currently seeking a Budget Analyst for an onsite position in Columbus, OH.

No C2C; No Third parties - Applicants Only

• Perform daily updates, verifications, and corrections to automated bookkeeping of incoming and outgoing contract work assignments.
• Perform month-end financial close responsibilities such as booking accrual entries and ensuring compliance with company policies and meeting closing deadlines.
• Reconciles transactions by comparing and correcting against the general ledger.
• Provide appropriate action on delinquent accounts payable for all Content Operations projects to Global Sourcing and Partnerships management.
• Perform invoice/receipt matching on invoices prior to sending them to management for pay approval.
• Summarize and clearly report financial information to organization stakeholders in compliance with all applicable financial accounting standards.
• Create and maintain financial reports and research accounting issues as they arise, ensuring compliance with GAAP.
• Assist the business in the preparation of contract work forecasts and budgets.
• Understand upstream and downstream processes and leverage that knowledge to drive value-added change.
• Forecast and track financial results throughout the year to meet budget projections.
• Communicate effectively with internal and external customers daily to respond to inquiries or problem resolution (e.g., system lookups or hardcopy research to track activity history and resolve problems).
• Solve problems by working with other staff, by financial interpretation, and through independent research. Ensure compliance with financial controls and policies.
• Maintain documentation and procure approval needed for account corrections.
• Review current accounting procedures and establish new procedures to increase efficiency and effectiveness of accounting system
• Analyze past and current financial performance data.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of Associate’s degree or equivalent experience in bookkeeping and/or accounting.
• Excellent interpersonal communications skills and an ability to interact effectively with staff and management.
• Working knowledge of Accounting/Bookkeeping required.
• Well-organized and detail-oriented approach
• Independent and self-motivated
• Strong problem solving and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience with MS Office applications (specifically Outlook and Word).
• High level of skill with MS Excel (including macros, XLOOKUP, and creation of novel calculators and reports)
• Familiarity with PowerBI, Power Platform, and MS Dataverse preferred
• Knowledge of Content Operations processing helpful
• Experience with computerized general ledger, accounts payable, variance analysis-balance sheets, and expense accounts