Arizona State University, a beacon of innovation, invites finance professionals to consider their open role as a Budget Specialist. This strategic role offers a hybrid work schedule, blending two days on campus in Tempe, AZ, with three days remote, perfect for those seeking flexibility. You’ll be instrumental in steering ASU’s financial future, engaging in vital budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. Your insights will influence decisions at the highest levels, including the Arizona Board of Regents and the Governor’s Office.

Submit your application for the opportunity to contribute to ASU’s legacy of excellence!

Another Source’s client, Arizona State University, is recruiting two Budget and Operations Specialists to join their Office of Planning and Budget team in Tempe, Arizona. This position offers a hybrid schedule with 3 days on campus and 2 remote. Here is your chance to be a part of defining the future at ASU, number 1 in innovation for the 8th straight year according to US News and World Report. 

Learn more about the Office of Planning and Budget: 

We serve the ASU Public Enterprise by facilitating resource planning and allocation and by delivering comprehensive analysis to support decision making, promote financial health, and advance the values of the ASU Charter. OPB also provides financial information and regular reporting to the Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, and the Arizona Board of Regents. 

Learn more about OPB: https://cfo.asu.edu/budget 

At OPB, we share a common set of values that guide our work and collaboration: 

• We are better together. 
• Embracing different perspectives and strengths; fostering and maintaining positive relationships; collaborating early and often.   
• We proceed with care. 
• Acting with integrity in our interactions and operations; building trust through a strong commitment to transparency, openness, and accountability. 
• We are intellectually curious. 
• Exploring new information and opportunities and creating innovative material and approaches; sharing knowledge and ideas and solicit input at all levels. 
• We translate information into stories. 
• Synthesizing complex data and concepts; zooming in on the critical details and panning out to consider the implications to resource availability. 

About the role: 

As a Budget and Operations Specialist, you are a contributor to critical internal and external budget production and reporting. You serve as budget liaison to assigned administrative/Vice President (“VP”) units, supporting chief business officers through ASU’s internal annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and mid-year CFO financial review processes. You prepare key deliverables for the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC), and Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) throughout the fiscal year. You contribute to development of OPB policies, processes, and best practices. 

Expected hiring range: $70,000-$90,000 depending on experience 

Learn more about the benefits of working at ASU: https://cfo.asu.edu/benefits 

Your primary responsibilities will include: 

Serving as internal budget liaison 

• The primary relationship manager and point of contact in OPB for your assigned administrative/VP area budget units.  
• Perform work to support central resource planning, annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and mid-year CFO financial review processes.  
• Prepare cost and budget unit variance analyses, develop revenue and expense forecasts, analyze trends, and compile commitment analyses.  
• As needed, perform financial account reconciliations, financial statement analysis, and transaction research to support unit planning efforts and executive decision-making. 
• Use Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday Financial Management System (FMS) to develop data-driven solutions to the financial, operational, or strategic issues facing your assigned budget units.  

Supporting external budget reporting 

• Construct financial supporting schedules to facilitate ASU’s annual operating budget and tuition proposal submissions to ABOR as well as ASU’s legislative budget request submission to the State of Arizona.  
• Develop a familiarity with, and understanding of, Board and legislative policies, practices, terminology, and allocation methodologies to ensure financial compliance with University/Board policies and procedures and applicable legal rules and regulations.  
• As needed, draw insight from budget, planning, and financial data from a variety of sources to assist with ad hoc reports, memoranda, and analyses as requested by ABOR, JLBC, and OSPB.  

Other areas of responsibility 

• Represent OPB on institutional-level committees and partner with ASU stakeholders to respond to ad hoc executive and governance requests.  
• Opportunity to materially contribute and provide subject matter expertise to projects owned by FP&A, and vice versa.  

 What we would like to see from you: 

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, public administration, public policy, economics, higher education administration, or related field.  
• Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis (which may be demonstrated through an internship or student employment); OR any equivalent combination of experience and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved. 
• Expertise in using Microsoft Office applications, with advanced use of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Evidence of a Master's degree in related field, such as finance, business, public administration, public policy, economics, higher education administration; OR three (3) years relevant work experience in budgeting, forecasting, or financial analysis in the public or nonprofit sectors (preferably in higher education). 
• Experience using enterprise resource planning applications, including general ledger and budget applications (e.g., Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday FMS, PeopleSoft).  

Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. 

Another Source works with their clients, on a retained project basis.  We are committed to building inclusive candidate pools as we partner with hiring teams. Veterans, women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. As you read through the job posting and review the list of qualifications (required and/or preferred), please do not self-select out if you feel you do not meet every qualification. No one is 100% qualified. We encourage you to apply and share your story with us.     

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