Budget Analyst III - 999869

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Primary Purpose:

Supports the financial planning and analysis function by assisting in the development, monitoring, and reporting of operating budgets. Contributes to strategic decision-making by providing detailed financial analysis, maintaining accurate records, and collaborating with departments to ensure budgetary compliance and alignment with institutional goals. This position reports through the University’s central finance office and will support one or more of the colleges.

Job Category: Exempt

Hiring Range:  Commensurate with experience

Pay Basis:  Annually

Subject to Grant Funding? No  

Essential Job Functions: 

1. Prepares, examines, or analyzes accounting records, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and compliance with university guidelines, policies and external regulations.
2. Reports to supervising finance director regarding unusual fluctuations, discrepancies, or anomalies within finances of assigned unit(s).
3. Assists with the development of assigned unit(s) annual budget. Develops, maintains, and analyzes budgets of delegated areas, prepares periodic reports that compare budgeted revenues and expenses to actuals.
4. Tracks and analyzes financial performance against budgets and forecasts. Identify variances, research exceptions, and recommend corrective actions to ensure financial targets are met.
5. Interprets budget directives and ensures compliance.
6. Reviews purchase orders and check requests for accuracy and verifies availability of funding for expenditures. Prepares and records journal entries and/or budget transfers as necessary.
7. Reviews operating activity to analyze trends affecting budget needs and takes corrective action when needed.
8. Analyzes revenue by program to explain variances to budget, prior year, and ensure tuition is properly charged per approved tuition rates.
9. Compiles and analyzes accounting records and other data to determine the financial resources required to implement a program.
10. Provides advice and/or technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
11. Summarizes budgets and submits recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests.
12. Assists in the timely completion of financial sections of annual accreditation requirements and other external financial reporting needs, such as surveys.
13. Collaborates with the Office of Innovation and Information Technology to ensure proper recording of software and hardware within assigned unit(s).
14. As applicable, oversees the work activities of subordinates and staff, including hiring, mentoring, training, conducting performance evaluations and any other related actions to ensure efficient operations.
15. Directs the preparation of regular and special budget reports.
16. Seeks new ways to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase profits.
17. Completes special projects as assigned.
18. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements: 

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. Economics and Accounting - Working knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
2. English Language - General knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
3. Administration and Management - General knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, budgeting, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and/or coordination of people and resources.
4. Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.

Skills:
1. Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
3. Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
4. Mathematics - Proficient skills in using mathematics to solve problems.
5. Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
6. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
7. Writing – Proficient skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
8. Management of Financial Resources - Advanced skills in determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Abilities:
1. Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
2. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
3. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
4. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Physical Requirements:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
3. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
4. May be required to work nights or weekends.
5. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.

Required Certifications/Licensures: 

Required Education: Bachelor's Degree

Major (if required: Accounting, Finance or Business preferred

Required Experience: Four (4) to six (6) years of accounting-related experience.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Is this a safety sensitive position? No  

Background Screening Required?  No  

Pre-Employment Conditions: 

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.

NSU considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.