Budget Analyst III

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Work type: Staff
Location: Stanislaus - Turlock
Categories: Unit 9 - CSUEU - Technical Support Services, Finance/Accounting, Probationary, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)

Full‑time position available on or after December 1, 2025 in University Budget Services. This role will perform advanced budget analysis work, lead most projects, and work independently under general supervision.

Responsibilities include:

• Perform advanced budget analysis with lead oversight for most projects and responsibilities.
• Consult with and advise campus officials on budget requests, including projections, revenue costs, and budgetary controls.
• Analyze position control, labor cost distribution, and budgetary control functions to ensure fiscal integrity.
• Lead campus preparation and submission of annual budget allocations and required Chancellor’s Office reporting (e.g., FIRMS), ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Provide consultative guidance to campus divisions on administering budgetary and financial policies in alignment with CSU and campus requirements.
• Identify and recommend improvements to budget and labor cost distribution processes based on analysis of recurring issues and emerging needs.
• Survey and research complex budget matters, including comparative analysis using state databases, other institutions, and external financial sources.
• Provide input on financial system upgrades, including design considerations, testing, and verification of results.
• Conduct in‑depth troubleshooting of financial system issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Perform advanced forecasting of revenues and expenditures across multiple funding sources, including student fees, self‑support funds, and trust funds.
• Synthesize large‑scale financial data into actionable recommendations for campus leadership and budget committees.
• Analyze and resolve complex or sensitive budget issues requiring discretion and coordination across divisions.
• Recommend and implement campus‑level budget plans, initiatives, and process improvements.
• In collaboration with management, review, assess, and evaluate programs, policies, and procedures to ensure effectiveness and compliance.
• Develop and refine campus budget processes, standards, and procedures to improve transparency and efficiency.
• Provide lead work direction, training, and mentoring to other analysts and staff to ensure consistency and accuracy in budget practices.
• Design and implement advanced budget models, tools, and templates to support campus planning, scenario modeling, and decision‑making.
• Represent the Budget Office on campus budget advisory committees and related meetings, presenting analysis and communicating budget implications.
• Collaborate with management to evaluate and recommend campus‑level budget policies and initiatives.
• May be required to obtain additional training and/or certification as part of professional development, based on department and/or campus needs, to stay current with industry standards.
• At the direction of appropriate administrator, may provide support to other areas within department as needed.
• The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, a logical assignment to this classification, or if it involves performing duties of a lower-level classification as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Experience: Equivalent to four (4) years of relevant experience. (An advanced degree may substitute for experience on a year‑for‑year basis.)
• Education: Equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in a related field. (Additional experience may substitute for the required education.)

• Experience in a higher education or university setting.
• Experience in CSU or higher education budgeting or finance.
• Experience working with data query and reporting tools.
• Experience with People Soft Financials and Human Resources or another large, complex enterprise financial system.
• Experience preparing budget materials for executive‑level decision‑making (e.g., variance analyses, funding proposals, or feasibility summaries).
• Experience supporting or…