Budget Analyst - Grant Funded (Internal Applicants Only)
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for headings, - for lists,
for prose.
We must not repeat job title as heading.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can drop them.
We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to ensure we keep all details from responsibilities, qualifications, skills, benefits, pay, schedule.
Let's extract details.
About the role paragraph: "The Budget Analyst reports directly to the Executive Director of Budget and is responsible for providing budgetary support, organizing, and planning activities for the Budget Office related to the management of the University’s budget."
Responsibilities list (as given):
- Assist in managing the day-to-day budget operations.
- Assist in the development of the University’s operational budget.
- Prepare monthly budget reports and analytical data to assist management in planning, presenting, and conveying an accurate financial picture of the University.
- Review departmental budget transactions and answer inquiries pertaining to department’s budget.
- Conduct monthly budget meetings with divisional and/or departmental budget managers.
- Responsible for maintaining position control.
- Manage Workday inbox
- Reconcile encumbrance discrepancies with Payroll, including course release, costing allocations, reconciliations.
- Manage and process all budget journals, transfers, and/or revisions for University departments.
- Conduct budget-training workshops.
- Manage budgets for special projects.
- Facilitate and track all USM legislative fiscal impact responses for pending bills.
- Other duties as assigned.
We must keep all.
Qualifications: Education and Experience.
Education: "Minimum Training and Experience: Bachelor Degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, public administration or related field from an accredited four-year college or university."
Experience: "Three to five years or more experience in budgeting, accounting and/or fiscal analysis preferably in a higher education environment. Experience with Workday Financials, HR, and Student Services or equivalent software package. Possess a good working knowledge of basic accounting principles and electronic spreadsheets."
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or separate paragraphs. Use
for prose.
Skills: Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list:
- Must be proficient in MS Excel spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint, and Workday.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to prepare and present oral and written reports upon request.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrative staff, State budget officials and other employees.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of business administration, budgeting, finance, government accounting, state government, and sound management practices.
We should keep as list.
Benefits: "Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts."
Pay: "$75,000 - $80,000" (salary range). Note: The posting had "Close Date $75,000 - $80,000". We'll treat as Pay.
Schedule: "Conditions Of Employment Weekend, shift work, or on-call may be required."
We need to output only HTML fragment.
Let's craft:
About the role
The Budget Analyst reports directly to the Executive Director of Budget and is responsible for providing budgetary support, organizing, and planning activities for the Budget Office related to the management of the University’s budget.
Responsibilities
- Assist in managing the day-to-day budget operations.
- Assist in the development of the University’s operational budget.
- Prepare monthly budget reports and analytical data to assist management in planning, presenting, and conveying an accurate financial picture of the University.
- Review departmental budget transactions and answer inquiries pertaining to department’s budget.
- Conduct monthly budget meetings with divisional and/or departmental budget managers.
- Responsible for maintaining position control.
- Manage Workday inbox
- Reconcile encumbrance discrepancies with Payroll, including course release, costing allocations, reconciliations.
- Manage and process all budget journals, transfers, and/or revisions for University departments.
- Conduct budget-training workshops.
- Manage budgets for special projects.
- Facilitate and track all USM legislative fiscal impact responses for pending bills.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor Degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, public administration or related field from an accredited four-year college or university. Three to five years or more experience in budgeting, accounting and/or fiscal analysis preferably in a higher education environment. Experience with Workday Financials, HR, and Student Services or equivalent software package. Possess a good working knowledge of basic accounting principles and electronic spreadsheets.
Skills
- Must be proficient in MS Excel spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint, and Workday.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to prepare and present oral and written reports upon request.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrative staff, State budget officials and other employees.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of business administration, budgeting, finance, government accounting, state government, and sound management practices.
Benefits
Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.
Pay
$75,000 - $80,000
Schedule
Weekend, shift work, or on-call may be required.
Check we didn't miss any info: The job description also had "Open Date 09-18-2026". Should we include that? It's metadata; rule says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short or drop it. Open date is minor metadata; we could fold into a short
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for metadata like "Open Date: 09-18-2026". However rule says "fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we could include a
with open date. But we must not create a heading for it. So we could add a
after About the role maybe.
But we already have About the role paragraph; we could add another
for open date. That's acceptable.
Similarly, Department, Position Type maybe minor metadata; we could drop or include in a short
. The rule says prefer a few substantive sections over
for prose. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can drop them. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to ensure we keep all details from responsibilities, qualifications, skills, benefits, pay, schedule. Let's extract details. About the role paragraph: "The Budget Analyst reports directly to the Executive Director of Budget and is responsible for providing budgetary support, organizing, and planning activities for the Budget Office related to the management of the University’s budget." Responsibilities list (as given): - Assist in managing the day-to-day budget operations. - Assist in the development of the University’s operational budget. - Prepare monthly budget reports and analytical data to assist management in planning, presenting, and conveying an accurate financial picture of the University. - Review departmental budget transactions and answer inquiries pertaining to department’s budget. - Conduct monthly budget meetings with divisional and/or departmental budget managers. - Responsible for maintaining position control. - Manage Workday inbox - Reconcile encumbrance discrepancies with Payroll, including course release, costing allocations, reconciliations. - Manage and process all budget journals, transfers, and/or revisions for University departments. - Conduct budget-training workshops. - Manage budgets for special projects. - Facilitate and track all USM legislative fiscal impact responses for pending bills. - Other duties as assigned. We must keep all. Qualifications: Education and Experience. Education: "Minimum Training and Experience: Bachelor Degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, public administration or related field from an accredited four-year college or university." Experience: "Three to five years or more experience in budgeting, accounting and/or fiscal analysis preferably in a higher education environment. Experience with Workday Financials, HR, and Student Services or equivalent software package. Possess a good working knowledge of basic accounting principles and electronic spreadsheets." We could combine into a single
or separate paragraphs. Use
for prose. Skills: Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities list: - Must be proficient in MS Excel spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint, and Workday. - Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. - Ability to prepare and present oral and written reports upon request. - Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrative staff, State budget officials and other employees. - Knowledge of the principles and practices of business administration, budgeting, finance, government accounting, state government, and sound management practices. We should keep as list. Benefits: "Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts." Pay: "$75,000 - $80,000" (salary range). Note: The posting had "Close Date $75,000 - $80,000". We'll treat as Pay. Schedule: "Conditions Of Employment Weekend, shift work, or on-call may be required." We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's craft:
About the role
The Budget Analyst reports directly to the Executive Director of Budget and is responsible for providing budgetary support, organizing, and planning activities for the Budget Office related to the management of the University’s budget.
Responsibilities
- Assist in managing the day-to-day budget operations.
- Assist in the development of the University’s operational budget.
- Prepare monthly budget reports and analytical data to assist management in planning, presenting, and conveying an accurate financial picture of the University.
- Review departmental budget transactions and answer inquiries pertaining to department’s budget.
- Conduct monthly budget meetings with divisional and/or departmental budget managers.
- Responsible for maintaining position control.
- Manage Workday inbox
- Reconcile encumbrance discrepancies with Payroll, including course release, costing allocations, reconciliations.
- Manage and process all budget journals, transfers, and/or revisions for University departments.
- Conduct budget-training workshops.
- Manage budgets for special projects.
- Facilitate and track all USM legislative fiscal impact responses for pending bills.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Bachelor Degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, public administration or related field from an accredited four-year college or university. Three to five years or more experience in budgeting, accounting and/or fiscal analysis preferably in a higher education environment. Experience with Workday Financials, HR, and Student Services or equivalent software package. Possess a good working knowledge of basic accounting principles and electronic spreadsheets.
Skills
- Must be proficient in MS Excel spreadsheets, Word, PowerPoint, and Workday.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to prepare and present oral and written reports upon request.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with administrative staff, State budget officials and other employees.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices of business administration, budgeting, finance, government accounting, state government, and sound management practices.
Benefits
Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.
Pay
$75,000 - $80,000
Schedule
Weekend, shift work, or on-call may be required.
Check we didn't miss any info: The job description also had "Open Date 09-18-2026". Should we include that? It's metadata; rule says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a shortor drop it. Open date is minor metadata; we could fold into a short
maybe under About the role or separate? But we already have About the role paragraph; we could add open date there? But that would be adding extra info not originally in that sentence. Better to create a short
for metadata like "Open Date: 09-18-2026". However rule says "fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we could include a
with open date. But we must not create a heading for it. So we could add a
after About the role maybe. But we already have About the role paragraph; we could add another
for open date. That's acceptable. Similarly, Department, Position Type maybe minor metadata; we could drop or include in a short
. The rule says prefer a few substantive sections over