Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The University of Kansas is hiring a Financial Analyst Intermediate to support financial analysis, budget preparation and tracking, reporting, and personnel management for university departments and programs. The role manages budgets and payroll-related processes, advises department leadership, supports Student Senate and campus fee budgeting, and helps improve financial operations.
Responsibilities
- Working collaboratively with the Finance Budget Officer/Financial Analyst Senior to perform financial analysis, budget preparation and tracking, financial reporting and personnel management
- Administering base and non-base budget allocations and associated budget transfers
- Entering and balancing annual budgets through the budget collection process
- Tracking faculty, staff, lecturer, GA and student recruitment
- Creating financial projections to optimize financial resources
- Developing service center rate structures
- Provides financial and budgetary support to department vice provosts and directors at monthly budget meetings
- Provides financial support and guidance to Student Senate and assists with the annual required campus fee budget and allocation hearings
- Work closely with the Budget Office, Human Resources, and Accounting personnel to ensure financial transactions and payroll appointments are processed timely with the correct funding
- May also serve on search committees when vacancies occur in department positions across Finance
- Responsible for creating and oversight of administrative budgets for approximately 15-20 departments, including the following areas:
- Manage department faculty, staff, graduate student assistants and student hourly appointments. Includes initiating payroll adjustments, approving payroll appointments and funding changes, budget vs. actual variance analysis, adjusting budget allocations and making budget transfers
- Initiate additional payroll payments as needed
- Manage summer payroll appointments
- Provide monthly financial reporting to department Directors and their staff
- Assist Directors and other department leadership with strategic utilization of department KU Endowment accounts
- Provide financial analysis and support to department leadership
- Provide financial analysis, advice and assistance on special projects as requested
- Serves as key liaison to the administrative unit leadership and staff to provide both formal and informal training to ensure policies, procedures and guidelines are followed
- Plays a key role in assisting with developing financial policies and procedures to enhance existing financial business operations and efficiencies
- Assists with development of financial reports utilizing OAC reporting system
- Represents Finance on a variety of University budget, personnel and/or fee-related committees
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree and 3 years of related experience or High School diploma and 5 years of related experience
- Five years of demonstrated advanced experience with computer applications for fiscal operations, including proficiency in computer applications for financial analysis
- Advanced accounting experience and skills, as evidenced by application materials
- Attention to detail and excellent written communication skills, as evidenced by application materials
- Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills, as demonstrated by work history
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience working collaboratively with a university population as evidenced in application materials
- Experience with Oracle FITC financial system, PeopleSoft payroll system and OAC reporting system
- Knowledge of university and state rules & regulations regarding fiscal, payroll and personnel processes
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