Junior Budget & Labor Analyst

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist the budget and finance teams to track, analyze, and report on budget trends and variances.
• Provide coordination support for projects among the budget team that impact all operating departments.
• Support cross-functional projects and functions among the broader finance group.
• Aid in the management and development of data and relevant key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Participate in special studies and projects related to budget, revenue, personnel, and management decisions.
• Aid in the development of analysis, recommendations, and decisions regarding staffing levels, subcontracting, outsourcing, and purchasing.
• Maintain all aspects of the operating budget on the Authority's Financial Information Management Systems (PeopleSoft).
• Edit, revise, and maintain a series of custom reports, charts, tables, and presentations to track and monitor departmental and line-item spending.
• Help identify issues that require further analyses (including cost benefit analysis), providing early notice of problem areas at a high level and at the departmental level.
• Ensure departments conform to their approved budgets and propose efficiencies and cost control measures.
• Aid department staff to develop, monitor, and evaluate management plans and practices.
• Aid with the review of operating budget requests submitted by various departments and provide analysis and recommendations on these requests and policy issues.
• Examine purchase requisitions and journal entries in coordination with the accounting office and assist in the approval process.
• Aid in the development, maintenance, and implementation of methods of analyzing and modeling financial information, responding to requests for both internal and external data.
• Respond to inquiries from various constituencies both internal and external in a courteous and professional manner consistent with the Authority's "Driven by Customer Service" quality standard.
• Act as a liaison to encourage use of technological resources and assisting with the training on new systems.
• Improve various budget related processes and reporting techniques.

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Accounting, Data Analytics, Business, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or related field.
• 0 to 2 years of experience in data analytics, accounting, budgeting and/or financial analysis.
• Demonstrated knowledge of financial modeling, data cleaning, & analysis.
• Effective organizational, analytical, quantitative, multi-tasking and time management skills.
• Proven proficiency with standard office applications (Microsoft applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access).
• The ability to pass the MBTA Advanced Excel test.
• Excellent customer service skills.