Budget Analyst

Assist university departments in all facets of the budgetary process. Preparation of annual budgets, monitoring and managing of current year budgets and close out at year end. Processing personnel authorization information as it impacts the university’s budget and fund sources. Additional duties include; preparation of reports, research and assessment of budget issues, training, and providing guidance on budget matters to campus community.

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or other related field.

The University of North Texas System and its component institutions are committed to equal opportunity and comply with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of North Texas System and its component institutions do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, and employment practices.

Judgement/Problem-Solving: Identifies problems and analyzes causes; takes or recommends actions after evaluating alternative solutions; follow-up to ensure problems are corrected. Generates alternative solutions when solving problems.

Communication: Writes reports, letters, etc. using appropriate style, format, spelling and grammar, writes in a clear, concise manner. Clear when communicating ideas orally. Listens to others, and is open-minded to and evaluates suggestions from others. Receptive to feedback and constructive criticism.

Job Knowledge: Understands job procedures, policies and responsibilities; keeps up-to-date technically; acts as a resources person on whom others rely for assistance. Accepts accountability for actions.

Attendance & Punctuality: Comes to work regularly, maintains assigned work schedule. Follows procedures requesting leave and reporting absences, and provides necessary documentation/releases to work if necessary.

Handling Challenges: Maintains high performance under conditions of pressure or uncertainty; deals with varying workload requirements; remains composed when decisions have to be made quickly.

Initiative: Anticipates problems and voluntarily takes appropriate actions; assumes responsibility for work without being told; seeks out or willingly accepts tough assignments.

Quality of Work: Completes assigned work efficiently and in an organized manner within an established time frame, works to complete objectives and sees a task through to the end while taking into consideration current responsibilities and workload.

Timeliness: Completes tasks and assignments by scheduled time; allocates time to various tasks and assignments in accordance with priorities; informs supervisor when schedule problems occur.

Team Building: Actively seeks and achieves group participation to improve work; shares information and resources with others; gives timely responses to requests made by others; promotes teamwork.

Service Focus: Takes a personal interest in both internal and external customers, creates a pleasant atmosphere for interaction and takes appropriate action to meet their needs.

Individual Effectiveness: Puts professional behavior ahead of personal feelings in all dealings relating to job

Interpersonal Relationships: Shows sensitivity to and concern for the interests and needs of others; works to reduce conflict and establishes smooth working relationships; negotiates with others.

General Budget Office Duties: 1. Screen budget authorization forms for accuracy, validity and compliance. Providing guidance to the campus community on funding, source of funds, proper use of funds, and established procedures for managing those funds.

General Budget Office Duties: 2. Prepares accounting transactions, maintains files, routes completed documents for authorization to the proper administrative and departmental offices.

General Budget Office Duties: 3. Manages the Budget Office box for override request, ABA processing, etc. Ensures that the box is cleared and all activity completed within a timely manner of receipt.

General Budget Office Duties: 4. Assist members of the community with any problems in interpreting budget reports or with errors detected in deptids/projids.

General Budget Office Duties: 5. Provides over-the-shoulder Cognos support and training for campus community.

General Budget Office Duties: 6. Processes ABA’s & overrides in a timely manner, addresses questions, educates on appropriateness of fund usage and ensures that funding is transferred to appropriate category.

HRM Activities and Budget Maintenance/Maintenance of HRPD: 1. Screens HRM documentation and ePars for validity, procedural integrity and budgetary impact. Prepares journals, researches budgetary issues, coordinates workflow of documents, communicates with departments and acts as liaison with the Human Resources and Payroll departments.

HRM Activities and Budget Maintenance/Maintenance of HRPD: 2. Generates journals for accounting entries, prepares Budget Journals, i.e. Salary Savings, funding positions, encumbrance/pre-encumbrance corrections.

HRM Activities and Budget Maintenance/Maintenance of HRPD: 3. Reviews and corrects job code issues, reconciles PS codes and assist the Payroll Department and Human Resources Department with correcting inaccuracies and reconciling data. Advises individuals and departments on how to properly prepare an ePAR for staff positions.

HRM Activities and Budget Maintenance/Maintenance of HRPD: 4. Creates new positions, ends positions, validates the position information and documentation and budget information. Reconciles position budgeting and addresses any inconsistencies in a timely manner.

Annual Budget Cycle: 1. Assist in the preparation of the annual operating budget. Balance and verify budget requests. Analyze requests with regards to fund availability and proper use of funds and identify discrepancies or departures from established budget guidelines.

Annual Budget Cycle: 2. Balance and verify original budget requests, including electronic submissions. Balances and validates closing budgets at year end.

Annual Budget Cycle: 3. Provides support through the budgeting process to departments requesting advice, assistance, guidance and clarification on budget process.

Other Duties: 1. Assist Budget Director and Budget Office staff in various roles such as: training, support, new procedures developments, researching issues, etc.

Other Duties: 2. Accepts special projects as identified by the Budget leadership.