Job Posting: JR102175 Budget Analyst (Open)
Department: BSU Budget Office, PM
Position Type: Regular
Open Date: [contact details available in the full listing]
Close Date: $75,000 - $80,000
Job Description: The Budget Analyst reports directly to the Executive Director of Budget and is responsible for providing budgetary support, organizing, and planning activities for the Budget Office related to the management of the University’s budget.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in managing the day-to-day budget operations.
- Assist in the development of the University’s operational budget.
- Prepare monthly budget reports and analytical data to assist management in planning, presenting, and conveying an accurate financial picture of the University.
- Review departmental budget transactions and answer inquiries pertaining to department’s budget.
- Conduct monthly budget meetings with divisional and/or departmental budget managers.
- Responsible for maintaining position control.
- Manage Workday inbox
- Reconcile encumbrance discrepancies with Payroll, including course release, costing allocations, reconciliations.
- Manage and process all budget journals, transfers, and/or revisions for University departments.
- Conduct budget-training workshops.
- Manage budgets for special projects.
- Facilitate and track all USM legislative fiscal impact responses for pending bills.
- Other duties as assigned
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Must be proficient in MS Excel spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint, and Workday.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to prepare and present oral and written reports upon request.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrative staff, State budget officials and other employees.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of business administration, budgeting, finance, government accounting, state government, and sound management practices.
Minimum Training and Experience:
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor Degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, public administration or related field from an accredited four-year college or university.
EXPERIENCE:
- Three to five years or more experience in budgeting, accounting and/or fiscal analysis preferably in a higher education environment.
- Experience with Workday Financials, HR, and Student Services or equivalent software package.
- Possess a good working knowledge of basic accounting principles and electronic spreadsheets.
Conditions of Employment:
- Weekend, shift work, or on-call may be required.
Additional Job Information:
Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.
Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students. Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring, rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will stress equal access for employees and applicants for employment to all programs and services provided by the University both on and off campus. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and members of minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program. The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business. In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.
Organization
Bowie State University, a member of the University System of Maryland (USM), is a regional, comprehensive, and historically black university. The University offers an array of baccalaureate and masters degree programs and a doctorate in education. Located between Washington, DC and Baltimore, the University includes a diverse faculty and student population.
Founded in 1865, Bowie State is the oldest Historically Black College/University in Maryland and one of the ten oldest in the country. It is also a diverse university whose 5,400 students, along with faculty and staff, come from many ethnic backgrounds. The University boasts a pastoral campus that is both serene and beautiful. With seven residence halls, the University is a hub of 24/7 undergraduate life, yet it also offers convenient evening classes and online courses to serve employed professionals seeking to move ahead in their vocations.
Bowie State upholds the System’s mission of providing high-caliber, accessible, and affordable educational opportunities. In addition to its 25 undergraduate majors, Bowie State offers 30 master's, doctoral, and advanced certification programs. Its advanced research facilities include one of the world's 100 most powerful supercomputers and a satellite operations control center managed in conjunction with NASA
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