Budget Analyst

State of South Carolina; Rock Hill (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of South Carolina is seeking a Budget Analyst to support position budgeting and budget entry processes. You will work with Banner Finance, HR, and Payroll to ensure accurate funding and reporting across departments.

This role requires a Bachelor's in accounting or related field with accounting coursework, solid Excel skills, and experience in budgeting and financial management within an institution. Excellent organizational and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or similar with at least 15 semester hours in accounting-related courses and at least two years of relevant institution-level business, finance, payroll and/or budget experience.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Working knowledge of the principles and theories of budgeting and financial management.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles and practices.
• Exceptional organizational, customer service, and oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Reviews hiring proposals and salary actions and verifies funding in Banner Finance.
• Manages positions for all assignments: ensures labor distribution coding is accurate; identifies and calculates corrections to labor distribution and loads them in Banner; and establishes and funds new positions as needed.
• Processes encumbrance liquidations.
• Loads budgets and completes budget transfers.
• Calculates and enters course fee, lab fee and carryforward budgets.
• Completes ad hoc budget research and supports resolution of overspent budgets.
• Performs routine and ad hoc budget analysis and creates procedural documentation.
• Collaborates on continuous improvement projects and communicates budget updates.

Skills

Budgeting concepts

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Communication

Data entry speed

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

Tools

Banner Finance Software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Reporting to the Budget Manager, the Budget Analyst is responsible for position budgeting and operational budget entry.

Position Control Management

• Reviews hiring proposals and salary actions and verifies funding in Banner Finance.
• Works closely with Human Resources and the Payroll Office to resolve payroll issues.
• Manages positions for all assignments: Ensures labor distribution coding is accurate; identifies and calculates corrections to labor distribution and loads them in Banner; and establishes and funds new positions as needed.
• Processes encumbrance liquidations.
• Maintains personnel roster and vacancy reports.

Budget Entry

• Loads budgets.
• Completes budget transfers.
• Calculates and enters course fee, lab fee and carryforward budgets.

Budget Research & Documentation

• Completes ad hoc budget research.
• Supports the resolution of overspent budgets.
• Performs routine and ad hoc budget analysis.
• Creates and maintains procedural documentation.

Other

• Collaborates with continuous improvement projects.
• Supports employees with budget functions in Banner.
• Sends communication and Daily Digests with budget updates and information.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or similar with at least 15 semester hours in accounting-related courses and at least two years of relevant institution-level business, finance, payroll and/or budget experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Working knowledge of the principles and theories of budgeting and financial management.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles and practices.
• Exceptional organizational, customer service, and oral and written communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students and the general public.
• Sufficient technical skills to master software required to perform job duties.
• Ability to handle confidential information discretely.
• Ability to perform data entry with speed and accuracy.
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Ability to exercise sound professional judgment and work with attention to detail and accuracy.

• Accounting experience at an institution of higher education.
• Experience with Ellucian Banner Finance Software.

Telecommuting: Employees are not eligible for telecommuting/remote work during their 12-month probationary period. After that time, certain positions may be eligible for telecommuting/remote work at the discretion of the supervisor and in accordance with Winthrop policies.