Budget Analyst On-Site

Budget Analyst - FT (On-Site) at Keiser University

Location:

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Employment type:

Full‑time
• Seniority level:
Mid‑Senior level
• Job function:
Finance and Sales
• Industry: Higher Education

• Designs, produces, and distributes annual budget models and reforecasting models.
• Provides technical assistance and analytical research to assist end users in the budgeting and reforecasting process.
• Designs, develops and distributes recurring financial & analytical reports according to schedules.
• Constructs break‑even and scenario analysis for various projects.
• Performs statistical analysis to identify trends, develop projections, and communicate significant changes.
• Monitors and analyzes operational outcomes and data that impacts financial results in order to summarize, translate, and project financial position.
• Determines proper handling of certain financial and operational transactions and approves transactions within designated limits.
• Ensures compliance with organizational procedures.
• Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports.
• Makes recommendations regarding the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.
• Conducts studies and submits recommendations for improving the organization’s outcomes.
• Supports various staff with ad hoc projections based on historical trends, current operational strategies, and industry expectations.
• Streamlines existing processes to improve efficiencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree from a four‑year college or university is required;
  Master’s is preferred.
• Accounting experience required; FP&A experience preferred.
• Master‑level Excel skills and financial statement interpretation required. Power
  
  BI, SQL query, ERP, advanced reporting proficiencies preferred.
• On‑site presence required.
• Advanced problem‑solving, sense of urgency, meticulous attention to detail, excellent communication, investigative/critical thinking, self‑management, and high dependability characteristics required.