Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic Budget Modeling (SBM)

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Piscataway, New Jersey 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $109K - $166K 💻 Finance 🗓️ August 24th, 2026

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Rutgers University is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic Budget Modeling (SBM) within the UFA Financial Planning & Analytics department. The role involves advancing the university's enterprise Multi-Year Planning capability by building and maintaining a ten-year operating outlook, developing forecasts and scenario analyses, and collaborating across units to ensure accurate, decision-ready financial models and reports for senior leadership.

Highlights

Develop and maintain complex multi-year financial models and forecasts.

Conduct reconciliations, scenario analyses, and leadership reporting.

Collaborate with University Budget Office, Chancellor-Led Units, and functional partners to ensure accuracy and control of financial data.

Prepare and present clear, executive-ready reports and presentations to senior leadership.

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Oracle EPM Planning and Strategic Modeling, Oracle Smart View, Tableau, and financial reporting systems.

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, data analytics, statistics, or a related field required.

At least 5 years of experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and complex financial modeling.

Knowledge of financial and accounting principles including chart-of-accounts, revenue and expense classification, and accrual concepts.

Preferred experience with higher education finance, Oracle EPM, Excel automation (e.g., VBA), business intelligence tools, and advanced analytics techniques.