Budget Analyst

State of South Carolina; South Carolina; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

State of South Carolina Budget Office is seeking a Budget Analyst who reports to the Budget Manager and focuses on position budgeting and operational budget entry.

You will coordinate with HR and Payroll, manage labor distribution, and handle encumbrances, rosters, and budget loads. This role requires strong Excel skills, budgeting knowledge, and precise data handling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field 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 budgeting and financial management principles.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Position budgeting and operational budget entry under the Budget Manager.
• Review hiring proposals and verify funding in Banner Finance.
• Manage positions for all assignments: ensure labor distribution coding is accurate; identify and calculate corrections to labor distribution and load them in Banner; establish and fund new positions as needed.
• Process encumbrance liquidations.
• Maintain personnel roster and vacancy reports.
• Load budgets and complete budget transfers.
• Calculate and enter course fees, lab fees and carryforward budgets.
• Complete ad hoc budget research and budget analyses.
• Create and maintain procedural documentation.
• Collaborate on continuous improvement projects.
• Support employees with budget functions in Banner.
• Send communication and Daily Digests with budget updates and information.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Data entry accuracy

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field (with 15 accounting hours) and 2 years relevant experience

Equivalency by education and experience

Tools

Banner Finance Software

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Responsibilities

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

Job Responsibilities

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.

Minimum And Additional Requirements

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Additional Comments

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.