Budget Analyst I - 991594

Nova Southeastern University; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver

Excellent benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is seeking a finance/accounting-focused professional to contribute to budgeting and financial reporting for a university unit in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The role requires understanding of accounting principles, budgeting, and financial data analysis to support strategic decisions.

Minimum one year of accounting/finance experience, bachelor’s degree, and strong English communication skills. NSU offers comprehensive benefits, tuition waiver, and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• Accounting principles, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Knowledge of English language structure, spelling, grammar, and composition rules.
• Understanding of business and management principles including budgeting, planning, and resource allocation.
• Customer service principles and quality evaluation in service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and analyze accounting records and financial reports for accuracy and compliance.
• Report to management on the finances of the assigned unit.
• Classify and summarize financial data using journals, ledgers, or software.
• Prepare purchase orders, check requests, expense reports, and budget transfers.
• Compile budget data from estimates and prior budgets to support planning.
• Review operating budgets to identify trends and adjust as needed.
• Analyze monthly department budgets and ensure expenditure controls.
• Provide cost analysis and budget preparation guidance to stakeholders.
• Summarize budgets and advise on funds requests approvals.
• Assist in grant and contract accounting, including budget development and invoicing.
• Complete special projects as assigned and perform other duties.

Skills

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Mathematics

Speaking

Judgment & Decision Making

Writing

Management of Financial Resources

Accounting

English Language

Administration & Management

Customer & Personal Service

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Problem Sensitivity

Inductive Reasoning

Information Ordering

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

We are excited that you are considering joining Nova Southeastern University!

Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in 1964, and is a not-for-profit, independent university with a reputation for academic excellence and innovation. Nova Southeastern University offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans and much more. NSU cares about the health and welfare of its students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors and is a tobacco‑free university.

We appreciate your support in making NSU the preeminent place to live, work, study and grow. Thank you for your interest in a career with Nova Southeastern University.

Primary Purpose

Contributes to assigned unit's financial success by examining budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyzes budgeting and account reports.

Job Category

Exempt

Pay Basis

Annually

Subject to Grant Funding?

No

Essential Job Functions

1. Prepares, examines, or analyzes accounting records, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
2. Reports to management regarding the finances of assigned unit(s).
3. Classifies, records, and summarizes numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.
4. Prepares purchase orders, check requests, expense reports, journal entries, and budget transfers.
5. Compiles budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.
6. Reviews operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs, and takes corrective action when needed.
7. Analyzes monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
8. Provides advice and/or technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
9. Summarizes budgets and submits recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests.
10. Performs accounting functions related to grants and contracts, including assisting in the development of budgets, approving expenditures, preparing invoices, and ensuring all accounting activity complies with the sponsor's policies and procedures.
11. Completes special projects as assigned.
12. Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Job Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Knowledge:

1. Accounting - Working knowledge of 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 – Working knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, budgeting, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
4. Customer and Personal Service - Working 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 - Basic 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. Critical Thinking - Proficient skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
3. Mathematics - Basic skills in using mathematics to solve problems.
4. Speaking - Basic skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
5. Judgment and Decision Making - Basic skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
6. Writing - Basic skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
7. Management of Financial Resources - Basic 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).

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

1. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
2. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly so others can understand you.
3. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
4. May be required to work nights or weekends.
5. May be required to transport oneself to other campus offices, conference rooms, and on occasion, to off‑campus sites to attend meetings, conferences, workshops, seminars, etc.
6. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
7. May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies, to include but not limited to pens, pencils, and computer keyboards.

Required Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Experience

Minimum one (1) year of Accounting, Finance, or closely related experience.

Is this a safety sensitive position?

No

Background Screening Required?

No

Pre-Employment Conditions

Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southwestern 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.

NSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status.