Budget Planning Operations Analyst

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, is seeking a Budget Planning Operations Analyst to join the Office of Planning and Budget. The role focuses on financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting to support university planning.

You will work with Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday FMS to produce data-driven insights, manage variance analyses, and assist executive decision-making. Hybrid schedule with 60% in-office and 40% remote.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree and 1 year of experience or equivalent combination.

Responsibilities

• Internal budget liaison for assigned budget units and primary contact in OPB.
• Support annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and mid‑year CFO reviews.
• Prepare cost and budget variance analyses and develop revenue/expense forecasts.
• Use Workday Adaptive Planning and Workday FMS to develop data‑driven budgeting solutions and support planning.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Communication

Education

Associate's degree or equivalent

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Workday FMS

PeopleSoft

Job description

Budget Planning Operations Analyst

Arizona State University

Campus: Tempe

Job ID: JR123344

End Date: August 10, 2026

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate's degree and one (1) year of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Job Profile Summary:

Performs simple financial analysis, reporting, and systems development in support of other financial activities within the institution. Performs commitment analysis, variance analysis (actual vs budget); revenue and expense projections/forecasts. May have interactions outside the department, as functionally required.

Position Salary Range:

$70,000 - $80,000 depending on experience

Applicant must be eligible to work in the United States; ASU Office of Planning and Budget will not be a sponsor for this position.

Hybrid work schedule: 60% in-office and 40% remote.

Responsibilities:

Internal budget liaison

You are the primary relationship manager and point of contact in OPB for your assigned administrative/VP area budget units. In support of both your budget units and the CFO, you perform work to support central resource planning, annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and mid‑year CFO financial review processes. You prepare cost and budget unit variance analyses, develop revenue and expense forecasts, analyze trends, and compile commitment analyses. As needed, you perform financial account reconciliations, financial statement analysis, and transaction research to support unit planning efforts and executive decision‑making. To facilitate the allocation of central university resources to ASU administrative/VP area budget units, you are responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and processing financial transactions from your assigned central university accounts.

You develop a strong understanding of the core functionality of Working Adaptive Planning, ASU’s enterprise‑wide budget and planning software. You demonstrate subject matter expertise through your ability to provide technical guidance to your assigned units, thereby enhancing their use of the system in support of their unit budgeting, forecasting, and reporting needs. You employ technical knowledge of 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. You use effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, including the ability to speak and write with clarity and precision, to obtain and convey information related to your assigned budget units. You demonstrate a degree of comfort and professionalism in regular interactions with mid‑level, and occasionally, senior‑level administrators of the university. You take initiative, demonstrate resourcefulness, and display a sense of urgency in fulfilling commitments. You build trust and effective working relationships by communicating in an open manner and following through on commitments. You handle conflict and difficult situations in a professional way, working toward consensus.

Supporting external budget reporting

You 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. You 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, you 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. You demonstrate knowledge and application of strategic and financial planning/modeling principles, methods, and practices into your work to best support OPB’s external budget reporting and production.

Desired Qualifications:

• Evidence of a Master’s degree in a related field, such as finance, business, public administration, public policy, economics, higher education administration. Three (3) years of 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). Ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.

Working Environment:

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse. Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work. Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds. Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.