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Rutgers University

Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic Budget Modeling (SBM)

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Piscataway, New Jersey 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $109K - $166K 💻 Finance 🗓️ August 26th, 2026
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is hiring a Senior Financial Analyst - Strategic Budget Modeling (SBM). The position involves advancing the university's multi-year planning capabilities by developing and maintaining a ten-year operating outlook, creating long-range forecasts, scenario analyses, and leadership reports. The analyst collaborates across the University Budget Office, Chancellor-Led Units, and other partners to ensure financial models are accurate and decision-ready, communicating findings to senior and executive leadership.

Highlights

  • Advance enterprise Multi-Year Planning and maintain ten-year operating outlook.

  • Develop long-range forecasts, reconciliations, scenario analyses, and leadership reporting.

  • Collaborate with University Budget Office and Chancellor-Led Units to ensure model accuracy and control.

  • Required proficiency in Microsoft Excel, enterprise financial/planning systems, and advanced financial modeling.

  • Experience with Oracle EPM Planning, Strategic Modeling, Smart View, Tableau, VBA or scripting tools preferred.

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

  • At least five years of progressive experience in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and complex financial models.

  • Strong communication skills for reporting to senior executives and non-financial audiences.

  • Salary range: $108,670 to $166,424 annually, with competitive and flexible compensation based on qualifications and experience.

  • Position eligible for hybrid work arrangement requiring minimum three days on campus weekly and residency within NJ, NY, PA, or DE.