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Adtalem Global Education

Financial Analyst

🇺🇸 Chicago, IL

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $49K - $86K

💻 Finance

🗓️ August 8th, 2025

GAAP

Edtech.com's Summary

Adtalem Global Education is hiring a Financial Analyst. The role involves supporting the annual budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes while providing financial analysis, program profitability assessment, and capital expenditure justification. The analyst collaborates with various departments to improve business processes and supports the development of presentations for leadership and boards.

Highlights

  • Supports annual budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning
  • Assists with monthly close, financial reporting, and management reporting
  • Conducts financial, cost variance, and program profitability analyses
  • Collaborates with functional areas like accounting, real estate, marketing, and academic operations
  • Prepares presentations for institutional leadership and boards of trustees
  • Identifies and implements process improvement opportunities
  • Requires Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting; MBA and CPA preferred
  • Needs 2 years of finance or accounting experience with data analysis skills
  • Preferred experience with ERP systems, Cognos or TM1 Planning, and advanced Microsoft Excel
  • Salary range from $49,199.33 to $86,253.75 with benefits including health insurance, 401k with match, and flexible time off

Financial Analyst Full Description

Company Description
About Adtalem Global Education

Adtalem Global Education is a national leader in post-secondary education and leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. Adtalem educates and empowers students with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in their communities and make a lasting impact on public health, well-being and beyond. Through equitable access to education, environments that nurture student success, and a focus on expanding and diversifying the talent pipeline in healthcare, Adtalem is building a brighter future for communities and the world.

Adtalem is the parent organization of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

We operate on a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week (Monday–Thursday). This approach enhances creativity, innovation, communication, and relationship-building, fostering a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

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Job Description
Opportunity at a Glance
 The Financial Analyst provides financial analysis and plays a key role in the development of financial models, annual budgets and forecasts and capital and expense analysis.
 
 Responsibilities
  • Supports the annual budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning process
  • Supports the monthly close, financial reporting and management reporting process
  • Provides analytical decision support, including financial analysis, program profitability analysis, cost variance analysis and capital expenditure justification
  • Works collaboratively with other institutions/functional areas (e.g. accounting, real estate, marketing, academic operations) to assist with enhancing business processes, internal controls and reporting
  • Supports the development of presentations for institutional/functional leadership, board of directors/boards of trustees
  • Identifies process improvement opportunities
  • Completes other duties as assigned.
  • Performs other duties as assigned
  • Complies with all policies and standards
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting Required
  • MBA Preferred 
  • CPA Preferred
  • 2 years finance and/or accounting experience with demonstrated ability to analyze financial and operational data required
  • Experience with corporate ERP systems preferred
  • Experience with Cognos or TM1 Planning systems preferred or similar financial planning application preferred
  • Knowledge of GAAP, ideally within a public company setting; awareness of Sarbanes Oxley compliance
  • Insightful and service oriented- Ability to organize information, manage tasks and analyze data
  • Demonstrated written and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to interact effectively with executive management and staff members
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with developing financial models
  • Microsoft Access knowledge desirable
  • Potential to assume increasing responsibilities within the department and the organization.
Additional Information
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $49199.33 and $86253.75. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.
 
 Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:
  • Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
  • 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
  • Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
  • 12 Paid Holidays
     
     For more information related to our benefits please visit:
    https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits
 
 
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