Financial/Budget Analyst

Participate as a team member in a wide variety of analyses and projects with the goal of operational efficiencies and improved compliance. The incumbent is responsible for: analysis of financial data including both budget and revenue/expenditure data; reviewing and documenting processes, procedures and systems; extracting, organizing, and with supervision, analyzing financial data from various databases; creating routine reports; assisting with special reports and analyses; performing cost allocation calculations, and meeting with a variety of on-campus administrators/customers to determine the cause of variances and explore possible solutions.

Additional Information

Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration or related field.

(Will consider additional related post high school education in lieu of required experience)

Experience in a financial role with an emphasis on analysis skills, compliance and/or auditing.

(Will consider additional related post high school education in lieu of required experience)

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1. Familiarity with understanding accounting, budgeting and operation analysis principles and practices; and the ability to communicate and work effectively with a wide variety of campus users of financial and budget information.
2. Ability to learn data mining skills/techniques using various database systems. This includes willingness to develop in expertise in both elaborate Access Database and Excel skills, and “mining” and exporting data from warehouse environments and maintaining new databases.
3. Ability to communicate results and concepts clearly and concisely in oral and written formats, including effectively illustrating technical points.
4. High level of enthusiasm both for learning new job skills and for working on a wide variety of projects. Problem solver, curious, self-starter, enjoy new challenges and learning new methods and skills, highly flexible, must be able to juggle a variety of projects and priorities.
5. Ability to identify and prioritize tasks, to carry out assignments from start to finish, and ability to promptly ask for help when stuck on a project.
6. Must enjoy working as team member and have interpersonal skills, including the willingness to effectively deal with conflict in the workplace.
7. Commitment to quality improvement, continuous learning, and cultural competence.

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Experience with financial analysis and forecasting.

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1. Experience with accounting and budget systems.
2. Analytical skills with an aptitude towards process improvements in all work areas.
3. Willingness and ability to learn to present technical information to UNMC staff using formal presentations. Training/coaching available to enhance presentation skills.