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The Budget Analyst provides critical financial analysis and support to the university's budget process. This role involves monitoring and forecasting budget activity, preparing reports and communications, and allocating department budgets. The successful candidate will have excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with financial staff and senior leadership.
Key Responsibilities- Monitor and forecast budget activity for campus operations, preparing reports and communications on actual balances and variances to managers and campus departments.
- Allocate department budgets for initial year budgets, carryover budget balances, and additional budget requests during the year, verifying budgets and determining/recommending appropriate funding sources and departments for transfers.
- Prepare complex reports, including data retrieval via queries and dashboards, and interpretation of data to forecast and verify results, as well as answer department and senior management questions.
- Understand accounting principles and evaluate the impact of transactions on the campus financial ratios.
- Monitor appropriate expenditure of state and tuition funds (resident and non-resident) each fiscal year.
- Assist with the campus annual budget process, including campus use of the UM Plan budget system, training campus users, providing support for department users, and validation of department plans.
- Assist with the revenue operation budget process, including annual budget preparation and approval, periodic monitoring and reporting on budget status, and insuring appropriate allocation and use of funds.
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, or a related field.
- More than 3 years of experience in a related field.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Proficient in microcomputer applications (spreadsheets, word processing, graphics, etc.).
- Ability to create reports and queries from an enterprise management system like PeopleSoft.
- Knowledge of basic accounting and budgeting principles.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Exceptional organizational skills.
- Master's degree in business, finance, accounting, or a related field.
