Job No. 155652
- Job Title:
- Budget Systems Analyst
- Employer:
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University of North Carolina-Wilmington
- Location:
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Wilmington , NC
- Posting Date:
- 16-Jun-2025
- Description:
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Brief Summary of Work for this Position
The Budget Systems Analyst provides complex comparative analysis of all budget, position control and financial data contained in the University’s ERP – Banner. This position will be responsible for proactively analyzing data for trends, interdependencies, errors, and regulatory compliance to determine best actions.This position provides support to divisional leaders on understanding, using, and correcting financial actions.
This position must maintain a thorough technical knowledge of University systems, the North Carolina Financial System (NCFS), the North Carolina Integrated Budget System (IBIS) and the North Carolina DataMart and how they interrelate to ensure the data integrity of all systems. Additional responsibilities may include complex analysis, reporting and reconciliations between internal and external systems. The Budget Systems Analyst is also responsible for technical support, development assistance, and testing of new systems and upgrades to ERP by providing recommendations on appropriate actions related to these essential systems and our budgetary data within them. This position will be the lead coordinator and manager of all system maintenance and upgrades as they impact the Budget Office. Overall, this position provides assistance in analysis, problem resolution, scenario development, training, presentation of data and recommending course of action based on knowledge of the university systems, state systems, GAAP, and state and/or federal regulations.
This Budget Systems Analyst also assists the Director with data inquiries from Office of State Budget Management and the UNC System Office along with other various projects as needed. This position will also be a responsible lead for the Budget Office year-end processes that include the position budget roll, general funds operating roll, and the unbudgeted trust fund cash roll. This position will work closely with the Director of Budget to assist, as needed, throughout the major budgeting cycles, preparing data needed for requests internally and externally.
This position will be the primary interface with Ellucian to improve year end budget rolls and implementing new Banner functionality. This position will also be the lead for the Anaplan Special Funds and All Funds Budget modules and process and will work with TruEd on designing and implementing enhancements and new functionality for these two modules. Additionally, this position will assist in the training and supervision of a journey level budget analyst.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of relevant professional experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Preferred Education, Knowledge, Skills & Experience
At least 5 years of experience working in a higher education or financially complex organization.
Ability to detect trends in financial data and determine the cause and effect of scenarios.
Ability to identify risks associated with financial transactions.
Maintain presentation of data in understandable ways.
Experience working with Banner, NCFS, IBIS, and Anaplan.
Extensive analytics and reconciliation experience.
Excellent presentation skills and experience working as a project or team lead.
Fundamental knowledge and application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Experience performing detailed financial analysis and interpreting financial data and reports.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate financial data to senior management.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team-oriented environment and independently.
Ability to manage multiple and competing deadlines successfully.
Excellent computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), reporting writing systems and ERP systems.
Experience creating spreadsheets with formulas and functions.
- Contact information:
- University of North Carolina-Wilmington
- Wilmington, NC 28403
- United States
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