Senior Budget Analyst

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Posted: 10-May-24

Location: Syracuse, New York

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Financial
Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 5247654

Senior Budget Analyst
Job #: 040888
Location Syracuse, NY
Pay Range: $90,000 - $100,000
Hours: Standard University business hours
8:30am - 5:00pm (academic year)
8:00am - 4:30pm (summer)
Hours may vary based on operational needs.
Job Type: Full-time
Job Description:
The Senior Budget Analyst of Budget and Planning is primarily responsible for providing comprehensive financial and budgetary analysis, regular monitoring, and forecasting of financial performance, and ensuring adherence to University policies and procedures.The Office of Budget and Planning provides budgetary and fiscal management leadership supporting the effective deployment of financial resources in alignment with the University's mission and strategic objectives. This position will support departmental goals and objectives through effective collaboration and constructive partnership with colleagues and campus stakeholders. Responsibilities include being a key business partner in support of annual budget preparation, year-end estimated finals, and 10-year long-range planning of University resources. By direct involvement this position serves as a contact for University units on matters pertaining to their respective budgets, and applicable budgeting policies and procedures. The Senior Budget Analyst will be expected to provide counsel to University leadership by forecasting the impact of potential University decisions and making recommendations to ensure well-informed decision making and optimal resource allocation.
Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree preferably in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field.
• Five (5) plus years of professional experience with similar functional responsibilities or a combination of experience and relevant education.
• Experience in higher education is preferred.

Job Specific Qualifications:

• Must work collaboratively and cooperatively with University personnel at all levels.
• Ability to respond flexibly and positively in all circumstances, working calmly under pressure.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and discretion regarding sensitive and confidential information.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and in written; proven ability to communicate complex information to a diverse audience in an understandable manner.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to work independently, prioritizing workload under pressure of competing assignments and converging deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy. Advanced understanding of financial principles., including review and analysis of complex financial information.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent computer skills including knowledge of and proficiency in Adobe and Microsoft Office Suite applications: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Extensive use and understanding of Hyperion Planning, Essbase and Tableau preferred.
• Build and maintain business partnerships to support University departments.
• Willingness to learn new software applications as necessary.

Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive knowledge of Syracuse University units financials, operations, strategy, and competitive situation.
• Partner with unit leadership and ensure the effective use of resources and alignment with the units long-term strategic goals.
• Communicate regularly with unit leadership to review budgets and YTD performance.
• Develop and maintain complex integrated financial models for forecasting and analysis.
• Build scenario analysis models to aid in financially responsible decision making or to quantify the impact of new policies or initiatives.
• Provide counsel and suggestions on how to best utilize University financial systems.
• Effectively communicate budget directives, University decisions, or changes in policy.
• Develop and maintain current fiscal year budget and 10 year budget plan.
• Make updates based on new performance information or unit decision making.
• Proactively monitor budgets, analyze variances, and update monthly estimated finals.
• Provide explanations of variances, including underlying drivers.
• When necessary, work with units to remediate possible budget deficits.
• Provide constructive challenge to units budget assumptions when appropriate.
• Ensure compliance with Syracuse University policies, procedures, and overall strategic plan.
• Identify and analyze financial, operational, and external data to highlight key performance drivers, opportunities, and risks.
• Communicate report insights clearly and concisely, both written and verbally.
• Ensure information is provided in a timely matter and with a high degree of accuracy.
• Make improvements to the efficiency and effectiveness of reporting.
• Lead and/or participate in initiatives to improve University budgeting policies/models, reporting, procedures, systems, and tools.
• Provide support to Syracuse University units to help facilitate departmental restructuring, business cases for major investments, and integration of new acquisitions.
• Provide advisement and support to Office of Budget and Planning colleagues.
• Actively participate in team meetings. Assist with additional responsibilities during times of need.

About Syracuse University:
Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the Universitys 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.syracuse.edu.
About the Syracuse area:
Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
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Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law to the extent prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs, services, and activities.
Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The Universitys contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.
Syracuse University maintains an inclusive learning environment in which students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all other aspects of campus life reflect a diverse, multi-cultural, and international worldview. The University community recognizes and values the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to understand, live among, appreciate, and work in an inherently diverse country and world made up of people with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, military backgrounds, religious beliefs, socio-economic status, cultural traditions, abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. To do so, we commit ourselves to promoting a community that celebrates and models the principles of diversity and inclusivity.
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