"Sr. Budget Analyst"

Sr. Budget Analyst

Company:
North Carolina State University

Job Location:

Category:
Business and Financial Services

Type:
Full-Time

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Location: Raleigh, NC

Essential Job Duties:
The Senior Budget Analyst serves as a trusted advisor to university leadership, providing strategic guidance on multi-year budget planning for state-appropriated funds, appropriated receipts, F&A, student fees, and premium tuition. This role combines expert financial analysis, leadership, and collaboration to ensure resources are deployed effectively, supporting the university's mission and long-term priorities.

Key Responsibilities are outlined below:

Strategic Budget Planning and Forecasting:

• Lead comprehensive multi-year budget planning and forecasting across all funding sources to support university decision-making.
• Analyze five-year budget plans, auxiliary budgets, and new funding requests, providing actionable recommendations for strategic investment and risk management.
• Prepare budget analysis for General Fund expansion requests and UNC System Office All-Funds Budget initiatives.
• Project future-year funding needs, including Enrollment Change Funding Formula calculations.
• Partner with units to identify budgetary risks and develop proactive solutions, ensuring sustainable financial management.

Financial Analysis, Reporting, and Insight:

• Deliver executive-level budget analysis and reports that inform strategic resource allocation decisions.
• Interpret proposed and enacted budget legislation, State Budget Act provisions, and guidance from the UNC System Office and Office of State Budget and Management.
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses to address campus, system, and legislative requests, translating complex data into clear insights.
• Design and maintain data visualizations and dashboards that highlight trends, risks, and opportunities for leadership.
• Prepare executive briefings, presentations, and recommendations to support university-wide planning and decision-making.

Leadership and Technical Guidance:

• Provide leadership, mentorship, and technical guidance to budget analysts and project teams.
• Lead complex, high-visibility projects under tight deadlines, applying critical thinking and strategic problem-solving.
• Develop and deliver training and technical assistance to units, promoting best practices in budget planning and financial management.

Tuition and Student Fee Oversight:

• Coordinate tuition and student fee increase processes, ensuring thorough analysis, compliance, and submission of recommendations to the Board of Trustees and UNC Board of Governors.

If you are a strategic, results-oriented budget professional with the ability to lead, influence, and provide insight at the highest levels of university planning, and you want to play a key role in shaping resource decisions that impact the entire institution, we encourage you to apply.

Minimum Experience/Education:
Requires a bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, computer science, information technology, or a related field, with at least 2 years of relevant work experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong analytical skills and ability to apply critical thinking to assist university leadership and business units identify and solve problems;
• Excels in researching, analyzing, and summarizing complex data while producing accurate results under tight deadlines
• Knowledge of monitoring state appropriations, state appropriated receipts, & F&A funds to ensure compliance with state Policies, Rules, and Regulations and any applicable internal rules;
• Works independently and lead teams to complete assignments that require complex management, budgetary, financial, organizational, and problem-solving skills;
• Demonstrated ability to research, analyze, interpret, and summarize complex data and identify clear findings and recommendations;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate and problem-solve with employees at all levels of the organization;
• Demonstrates a customer service mindset focusing on continuous improvement of business processes;
• Advanced skills with Excel (or similar software) and financial software systems;such as creating and using pivot tables and database queries;
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities effectively and consistently meets deadlines
• Experience with data visualization tools (such as PowerBI, and Tableau)
• Knowledge of state government policies and regulations including the State Budget Act, State Budget Manual, and UNC Policy Manual.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in university or higher education budgeting, including multi-source fund management.
• Knowledge of accounting practices, including budget and journal entry reconciliation in financial systems.
• Proven success managing executive relationships, resolving complex issues, and aligning financial strategy with organizational priorities.

Required License or Certification:
N/A

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