Who:
The
Office of Budget and Financial Administration at The University of Illinois at Chicago
What:
The
Office of Budgeting and Financial Analysis at UIC is seeking a Budget Analyst
III. The Office of Budgeting and
Financial Analysis is the principal staff arm of the Chancellor, Provost and
Associate Chancellor Budget and Financial Administration (BFA) of academic,
capital, enrollment and financial planning, related policy analysis and fiscal
administration. Under the general
direction of the Assistant Chancellor/Director Budget and Financial Analysis,
the Budget Analyst III is an integral member of the office team responsible for
developing and managing the annual budget.
The department is also responsible for a variety of analyses and
reports, which requires the understanding of underlying, often complex resource
issues and the preparation of detailed charts, tables and spreadsheets to
support long and short-range management decisions regarding university
operations. Work is accomplished through
the development and maintenance of relevant databases and systematic analyses
of policies and programs.
Duties include: Budget
Development and Resource Planning, Budget Compliance and Analysis, Special
Project Assignments, Ad Hoc Analysis and Reports.
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements -
- Any one, or any combination, of the following types of preparation:
(a)
Bachelor’s degree leading to a major in accounting, business administration,
finance, or other closely related field with quantitative and analytical focus
or three years of progressively more responsible experience that provided a
knowledge of generally accepted principles, theories, and practices used in
budgeting, accounting, and the analysis of fiscal operations that would assure
the applicant’s overall ability to undertake professional budgeting work, and:
(b)
Three years of progressively more responsible experience that included
experience with computerized budgeting and/or accounting systems. [A Master’s
degree in accounting, business administration, finance, computer science, or
closely related fields or registration as a Certified Public Accountant may be
substituted for one year of experience.]
- Additional three years of professional experience comparable to that gained at
level II of this series.
- Demonstrated experience creating, maintaining
and analyzing budgets and financial reporting using advanced spreadsheet and
computerized data retrieval software
Preferred Qualifications -
- Five
years’ experience with financial analysis and creating financial models for
decision-making, such as business plans or proforma budgets, and preferably
working in a public sector or university central budget office.
- Demonstrated
professional work experience within a central budget office at a large institution
of higher education and or an understanding of Responsibility Center
Management/ Budgeting and various policy issues facing higher education;
experience creating data bases with Microsoft Access.
- Solid
knowledge of budget modeling and forecasting techniques and public finance and
budgeting principles and practices, including fund accounting.
- Excellent
math skills, accuracy, attention to detail, organization and analytical ability.
- Strong
verbal and written communications skills are also necessary to develop and
deliver presentations to various university audiences.
- Intermediate
knowledge of Microsoft Office software, PowerPoint and Word.
- Ability to learn SAS (business analytics
software), Banner and other ancillary computer systems used to evaluate data a
necessity.
Read the full job description here.
For fullest consideration, please submit all
requirements to https://jobs.uic.edu by November 20, 2017.