Budget Planning Operations Analyst

Job Profile:

Financial Analyst 1

Job Family:

Budget, Planning and Financial Analysis

Time Type:

Full time

Max Pay - Depends on experience:

$80,000.00 USD Annual

Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate's degree and one (1) year of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:
Performs simple financial analysis, reporting, and systems development in support of other financial activities within the institution. Performs commitment analysis, variance analysis (actual vs budget); revenue and expense projections/forecasts. May have interactions outside department, as functionally required.

Job Description:

Position Salary Range:

• $70,000 - $80,000 depending on experience

As Budget Planning and Operations Analyst, you serve as budget liaison to assigned administrative/Vice President ("VP") units or academic units, supporting chief business officers through ASU's internal annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and mid-year CFO financial review processes. You contribute to critical external budget production and reporting, preparing key deliverables throughout the fiscal year for the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), and Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB).

This position may report to the Director, Budget Planning and Operations (BPO) or to a senior subordinate to the Director as functionally required. This role provides an opportunity for a hybrid work schedule, currently set at 60% in-office and 40% remote.

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States; ASU Office of Planning and Budget will not be a sponsor for this position.

Essential Duties:

Internal budget liaison

You are the primary relationship manager and point of contact in OPB for your assigned administrative/VP area budget units. In support of both your budget units and the CFO, you perform work to support central resource planning, annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and mid-year CFO financial review processes. You prepare cost and budget unit variance analyses, develop revenue and expense forecasts, analyze trends, and compile commitment analyses. As needed, you perform financial account reconciliations, financial statement analysis, and transaction research to support unit planning efforts and executive decision making. To facilitate the allocation of central university resources to ASU administrative/VP area budget units, you are responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and processing financial transactions from your assigned central university accounts.

To meaningfully contribute to all of these internal efforts, you develop a strong understanding of the core functionality of Working Adaptive Planning, ASU's enterprise-wide budget and planning software. You demonstrate subject matter expertise through your ability to provide technical guidance to your assigned units, thereby enhancing their use of the system in support of their unit budgeting, forecasting, and reporting needs. You employ technical knowledge of Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday Financial Management System (FMS) to develop data-driven solutions to the financial, operational, or strategic issues facing your assigned budget units. You use effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to speak and write with clarity and precision, to obtain and convey information related to your assigned budget units. You demonstrate a degree of comfort and professionalism in regular interactions with mid-level, and occasionally, senior-level administrators of the university. You take initiative, demonstrate resourcefulness, and display a sense of urgency in fulfilling commitments. You build trust and effective working relationships by communicating in an open manner and following through on commitments. You handle conflict and difficult situations in a professional way, working toward consensus.

Supporting external budget reporting

You construct financial supporting schedules to facilitate ASU's annual operating budget and tuition proposal submissions to ABOR as well as ASU's legislative budget request submission to the State of Arizona. You develop a familiarity with, and understanding of, Board and legislative policies, practices, terminology, and allocation methodologies to ensure financial compliance with University/Board policies and procedures and applicable legal rules and regulations. As needed, you draw insight from budget, planning, and financial data from a variety of sources to assist with ad hoc reports, memoranda, and analyses as requested by ABOR, JLBC, and OSPB. You demonstrate knowledge and application of strategic and financial planning/modeling principles, methods, and practices into your work to best support OPB's external budget reporting and production.

Desired Qualifications:

• Evidence of a Master's degree in related field, such as finance, business, public administration, public policy, economics, higher education administration

• Three (3) years relevant work experience in budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis in the public or nonprofit sectors (preferably in higher education).

• Experience using enterprise resource planning applications, including general ledger and budget applications (e.g., Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday FMS, PeopleSoft).

• Ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.

Working Environment:

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse.

• Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.

• Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.

• Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals.

Department Statement:

We serve the ASU Public Enterprise by facilitating resource planning and allocation and by delivering comprehensive analysis to support decision making, promote financial health, and advance the values of the ASU Charter. OPB also provides financial information and regular reporting to the Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, and the Arizona Board of Regents. At OPB, we share a common set of values that guide our work and collaboration: We are better together. Embracing different perspectives and strengths; fostering and maintaining positive relationships; collaborating early and often. We proceed with care. Acting with integrity in our interactions and operations; building trust through a strong commitment to transparency, openness, and accountability. We are intellectually curious. Exploring new information and opportunities and creating innovative material and approaches; sharing knowledge and ideas and solicit input at all levels. We translate information into stories. Synthesizing complex data and concepts; zooming in on the critical details and panning out to consider the implications to resource availability.

Driving Requirement:

Driving is not required for this position.

Location:

Campus: Tempe

Funding:

No Federal Funding

Instructions to Apply:

Current employees, student workers seeking staff opportunities, and students applying for student worker positions must apply directly through the Workday Jobs Hub.

Please use the link below to log in using single sign-on.

https://www.myworkday.com/asu/d/inst/1$9925/9925$24533.htmld

To be considered, your application must include all of the following attachments:

• Cover letter

• Resume or CV

Multiple documents may be uploaded in the attachments section. Alternatively, applicants may combine all required materials into a single PDF for submission. Please ensure uploaded documents are clearly labeled and include your name.

Please ensure your resume includes all employment information in month and year format, for example 6/04 to 8/14, along with job title, job duties, and employer name for each position. Your resume should clearly demonstrate how your experience and background meet the minimum and desired qualifications for this position. Incomplete applications or missing required materials may not be considered.

Important: Do not withdraw your application to make edits. Once an application is withdrawn, it cannot be edited, reactivated, or replaced with a new submission. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact The Office of Human Resources Talent Acquisition before the posting close date.

Graduate Assistant, Intern and part-time positions are counted as half time for experience equivalency, meaning one year equals six months of experience.

Only electronic applications will be accepted for this position. By submitting an application, you confirm that the information provided is accurate and complete.

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