Budget Analyst

Job description

Job code: 009865
Pay grade: E
Pay type: Exempt/salaried

General summary

Plans, allocates and manages budgets and accounting functions for assigned units within a department, college, or division.

Major duties

  • Ensures fiscal integrity of assigned budgets and procedures.
  • Works with department/unit directors and others to assess budgetary needs and guide through budgetary process; may make budgetary recommendations.
  • Develops and monitors budgets, projects expenditures, reconciles accounts, and researches and resolves discrepancies.
  • Researches and provides financial analysis on issues with financial implications; interprets, recommends and develops policies and procedures.
  • Creates and maintains financial records, reports, and databases.
  • May administer billing.

Minimum qualifications

Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.

Required education

  • Associate's degree or two years' college coursework in a related field from an accredited institution.

Required experience

  • One year's relevant experience.
  • Budget, institutional and fund management experience.
  • Spreadsheet and office software proficiency.
  • Accounting systems experience.

Physical requirements

Office or other indoor work with minimal physical demands such as occasionally lifting/moving materials less than 25 pounds.

Working conditions

Work is generally performed in a well lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors and/or any number of elements.

Revised: 2024-04-30

This description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the above job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.