Financial Analyst

FINANCIAL ANALYST

Hiring Range: $74,000 - $93,000 annually
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
Schedule: Hybrid

Apply by: Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH THE RIDE

At TheRide, the work we do matters.

Every day, our team helps connect people to work, school, healthcare, family, and the places that make our community home. Whether you're working directly with riders, maintaining our fleet, supporting our employees, or keeping things organized behind the scenes, your work helps keep our community moving.

We’re looking for someone who wants to bring their skills, experience, and perspective to a team that values Respect, Compassion, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Excellence.

WHY WORK AT THE RIDE?

We believe a good job should be more than a paycheck. TheRide supports employees through paid time off, retirement savings options, and a strong culture focused on respect, integrity, compassion, teamwork, safety, and professional development. Employees also benefit from comprehensive health and wellness programs, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, and fitness initiatives.

Job Description

The Financial Analyst records and reconciles a public transit agency's revenue, receivables and fixed assets. The role prepares monthly, quarterly and year-end journal entries for grants, taxes, fares, contracts and investments, and reconciles each balance to outside records. It also supports federal and state reporting, the annual audit and the insurance renewal. Over time the role will take on a larger share of budgeting, forecasting and cost analysis tasks.

Essential Functions

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and year-end journal entries, including accruals, reversals and true-ups, for review and posting

• Record grant billings and receipts and reconcile grant receivables to funding agency records

• Record fare, pass and contract revenue and reconcile collections to bank deposits and fare system reports

• Reconcile balance sheet accounts (bank, receivables, investments, fixed assets) to subledgers and outside records

• Maintain the fixed asset register, including additions, disposals and depreciation, tied to the general ledger and to operating departments' asset lists

• Prepare recurring reports for federal and state funding agencies and schedules for the annual audit

• Compile data for annual insurance renewals and premium audits with an outside broker

• Support budgeting, forecasting and cost analysis, a part of the role expected to grow

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a related field, or equivalent experience

• Two or more years of accounting or financial analysis experience

• Experience preparing journal entries and reconciliations in an accrual-based general ledger

• Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables and reconciling large data sets

• A record of owning reconciliations end to end, tying every figure to source and catching errors before review

Preferred Qualifications

• Governmental or fund accounting

• Experience with an ERP or general ledger system

• Fixed asset accounting

• Federal or state grant accounting and reporting

Reports to:

Manager, Finance

Physical Demands:

• Frequent periods of sitting and use of hands/fingers

• Occasional periods of standing, walking, reaching, squatting, kneeling, and bending.

• Ability to lift, carry, push and/or pull up to 30 pounds.

Questions about the position?
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Come work for TheRide! We are actively seeking a Financial Analyst to help drive TheRide into the future! Apply today!