Finance and Budget Analyst

Finance and Budget Analyst I - 3357

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• Division:
  Finance and Administration
• Department:
  Financial Planning and Analysis
• Working Title:
  
  Finance and Budget Analyst I
• Vacancy Type:
  Exempt Professional Staff (EPS)
• FTE: 1
• Recruitment Range:
  Commensurate with Education and Experience
• Anticipated Hiring Range:
  Commensurate with Education and Experience
• Position #: 3357
• FLSA Status:
  Exempt
• Months per year: 12
• Grant funded position:
  No

Minimum Teacher/Employee Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in public administration, business administration, accounting, or related discipline; or equivalent combination of training and experience.

The Office of Financial Planning and Analysis is responsible for strategic planning and institutional budget management for multiple funding sources including State Appropriations, Tuition and Fees, Facilities and Administrative Receipts, Capital Improvement Funds, and Institutional Trust Funds. This office provides financial management and analysis to administrators.

The Finance and Budget Analyst provides informational support for the Office of Financial Planning and Analysis to facilitate effective data driven decisions. This position provides complex comparative analysis of all budgets and financial data contained in the University's ERP System, Banner. Responsibilities include preparing and presenting budgetary information and guidance to all departments and units. Position provides assistance to divisional leaders on financial actions regarding their budgets.

These responsibilities require an in depth knowledge of Banner Finance. Additional responsibilities include preparing and maintaining reports to assist in the All-Funds Budget process. This requires considerable knowledge of the state and university budget concepts. Transactions and totals are reviewed for accuracy and reasonableness and to ensure that they comply with GAAP and state guidelines.

• Analyze and review departmental budgets and expenditures for the non-general budget funds
• Provide consultation to department heads and budget managers in the preparation of annual budget estimates
• Produce a variety of standard and ad hoc financial analyses, including, but not limited to, multi-year budget forecasts, quarterly projections of revenues and expenses, and other reports to provide to resource allocation decisions and internal controls
• Perform comparative analysis of budgetary transactions on a monthly basis to determine if significant variations or unusual relationships exist by comparing monthly and/or year-to-date entries with previous amounts. Determine if amounts are reasonable and have been properly recorded, make adjustments to resolve any issues
• Conduct detailed financial examination of the non-general budget funds, to include fee funds and endowed spending funds
• Assist with reports and analysis for the university's annual All‑Funds Budget

• Work with other financial units on campus to gather and combine data sets, merge current with historical records, and develop programming logic that can be deployed and repeated to extract, translate, and load data into various systems
• Combine, consolidate all department requests by division and summarize overall results in preliminary pro forma statements
• Compile non-financial information and critical ratios to aid in…