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Budget Analyst III *Temporary*

Apply Now Job Number: 501787
Work Type: Temporary
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Department: Health Care Sciences
Categories: Accounting, Finance, Budgeting, Auditing, Risk Management, & Payroll

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Job Title: Budget Analyst III
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Work Type: Temporary
Job Category: Non-Exempt
Hiring Range:  
Pay Basis:

Hourly
Subject to Grant Funding?: No  
Essential Job Functions: 1. Prepares, examines, or analyzes accounting and financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to procedural standards.
2. Analyzes business operations, trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations to project future revenues and expenses provide advice to college leadership.
3. Assists with the preparation of complex spreadsheets College performance measurements and all data, charts, and graphs.
4. Reviews operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs and advise college leadership of corrective action when needed.
5. Compiles and analyzes accounting records and other data to assist college leadership in determining financial resources required to implement a project.
6. Provides advice and/or technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
7. Seeks new ways to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase profits.
8. Completes special projects as assigned.
9. Performs other duties as assigned or required.
Marginal Job Functions:  
Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. Economics and Accounting - Working knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
2. English Language - General knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
3. Administration and Management - General knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, budgeting, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and/or coordination of people and resources.
4. Customer and Personal Service - General knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.

Skills:
1. Active Listening - Proficient skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2. Reading Comprehension - Proficient understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
3. Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
4. Mathematics - Proficient skills in using mathematics to solve problems.
5. Speaking - Proficient skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
6. Judgment and Decision Making - Proficient skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
7. Writing - Basic skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
8. Management of Financial Resources - Advanced skills in determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Abilities:
1. Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
2. Number Facility - The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
3. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
4. Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (including finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
5. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
6. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Physical Requirements:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
3. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
4. May be required to work nights or weekends.
5. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
6. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, mobile devices, and computer keyboards.
Job Requirements:  
Required Certifications/Licensures:  
Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
Major (if required):  
Required Experience: Four (4) to six (6) years of accounting-related experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in an academic setting, preferably higher education.
Is this a safety sensitive position? No  
Background Screening Required? No  
Pre-Employment Conditions:

To ensure a safe learning environment for students and staff, as a condition of employment the selected candidate will need to provide proof of a completed COVID-19 vaccination prior to commencement of employment or an approved exemption and reasonable accommodation for medical or religious reasons.
Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary.
   
   

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