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Princeton University · 6 days ago

Budget Analyst

Princeton, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$105K/yr - $117K/yr

4+ years exp

Princeton University’s Office of Finance and Treasury is seeking an experienced financial analyst for the role of Budget Analyst. The role involves supporting the allocation, monitoring, and reporting of the University’s $3.2B annual operating budget, as well as preparing financial analyses and reports for various stakeholders.

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Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Serves as primary central budget contact for various administrative and/or academic departments across the University

Ensures accurate updates to budgets in EPM, the Oracle cloud service used for operating budget planning at Princeton

Monitors budgets and actuals in EPM, PeopleSoft financials, and Information Warehouse

Prepares and maintains authorized staffing FTE reports for the administrative units. Maintains year-to-year tracking of new positions added, reconfigured, transferred to/from other departments, etc

Prepares journal entries where needed to make funding allocations or move expenses

Prepares budget vs. actual variance analyses. Investigates anomalies and unexplained variances, whether in budget or actuals. Monitors term funding arrangements

Works with administrative and academic departments, especially during fiscal year-end close, to resolve deficits, recode activity, and respond to other issues needed to ensure proper recording of operating budget activity

Produces budget, actual, and forecast/projection reports, analyses, charts, and cross-tabulations on a recurring or ad hoc basis, as required, using Excel, EPM, Cognos Information Warehouse tools, and other software, as needed. Provides clear, accurate, and concise explanations of changes in budgets and actuals

Assists in team projects, multi-department reviews, and other initiatives as assigned

Provides guidance to other departments regarding budget and planning procedures and best practices

Qualification

Budget analysisAdvanced ExcelEPM softwarePeopleSoft FinancialsFinancial reportingCommunication skillsConfidentialityTeam collaborationPresentation skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or 4 to 6 years of relevant work experience in institutional or corporate budget and other financial analysis

High-intermediate to advanced Excel, including work with large data sets, tables, sources; and use of data-checking and -matching techniques

Familiarity with other Microsoft Office applications, enterprise resource planning software, and database query and reporting packages

Demonstrated experience handling sensitive and confidential information with a high level of discretion

Excellent writing and other communication skills, ability to convey complex and potentially confusing information in a straightforward and professional manner