Budget Financial Analyst I

Job Title:

Budget Financial Analyst I

Agency Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service

Department Administrative Support

Proposed Minimum Salary Commensurate

Job Location College Station, Texas

Job Type Staff

As the nation's largest most comprehensive agriculture program, Texas A&M Agri Life brings together a college and four state agencies focused on agriculture and life sciences within The Texas A&M University System. With over 5,000 employees and a presence in every county across the state, Texas A&M Agri Life is uniquely positioned to improve lives, environments and the Texas economy through education, research, extension and service.

• Prepare and process day to day budget transfers entries as needed.
• Prepares fee-based program monthly accounting entries
• Analyze agency leave accounts and process monthly entries.
• Liaison for on-campus department business administrators for accounting and budget entries.
• Collaborate on the agencies annual budget, organizing and analyzing data from Workday, and PBA reconciling to agency worksheets.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget, to include budget allocations, year-end tasks (cleaning up and creating accounts), and allocation reconciliation.
• Assist in the preparation of applications for federal appropriation/award funding.
• Review federal and state accounts for expenditures, balances, and encumbrances. Prepare closing year end account payable budget entry.
• Assist with review, reconciling and monitoring of agency accounts, including federal capacity award accounts.
• Receive and approve salary savings forms as submitted by agency departments. Reconcile and distribute salary savings funds.
• Prepares monthly FAMIS upload entries for the credit card fees and EDE service fees associated with the Agri Life Learn and Register platforms.
• Analyze financial/budget data and develop reports.
• Monitor and manage agency queue in Canopy for payroll and department correction documents.
• Assist and provide backup to Financial Analyst for County Programs with day-to-day agent tasks as needed.
• Setup and monitor cost share for agency accounts, to include federal capacity award accounts.
• Responsible for setup and closing of agency state, local, and federal accounts.
• Create, maintain, and schedule business object templates and reports.
• Reviews and prepares payroll funding shifts through costing allocations and payroll correction transactions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience plus an additional two (2) years of related experience.

Preferred Education:

Bachelor's degree in accounting.

• Knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet applications.
• Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with large data sets.

• FAMIS
• Excel/Excel Pivot Tables
• Business Objects
• Workday

When you choose to work for Texas A&M Agri Life, you become part of an organization that is an established leader in agriculture and life sciences with a wide range of capabilities to meet the needs of our statewide, national, and international constituents.

• Health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance with Texas A&M Agri Life contributing to employee health and basic life premiums
• 12-15 days of annual paid holidays
• Up to eight hours of paid sick leave and at least eight hours of paid vacation each month
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas
• Employee Wellness Initiative for Texas A&M Agri Life

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution's verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution's procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.