Strategic Budget & Financial Analytics Analyst

George Mason University; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, is seeking a Budget & Financial Data Analyst to support the Fiscal Services department. The role focuses on building budget models, forecasting methodologies, and robust reporting to enable strategic decision-making.

You will collaborate on dashboards with KPIs, ensure data integrity, and train teams on budgeting tools. The position is full-time with hybrid flexibility, offering opportunities to impact university financial planning and governance.

Qualifications

• This position requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• At least two years of professional data analysis or finance operations in a large organization.
• Experience with ERP accounting systems and reporting tools is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supports the development of strategic financial modeling for budget development, forecasting, financial analysis, data validation and report creation.
• Performs financial analyses for forecasting, trend analysis and variance analysis; assists in the design and development of financial dashboards that include key performance indicators.
• Ensures the integrity of budget data through continuous monitoring, identifying and proposing changes to business processes and data structure to enhance reporting, performing analysis to troubleshoot and resolve data issues, and maintaining appropriate documentation and version control of key reports/analyses supporting submissions to leadership, board of visitors, and the Commonwealth; and
• Provides training on budgeting/forecasting analytical tools and models as well as underlying data or calculations.
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Skills

Data analysis

Budget/finance operations

Analytical thinking

Oral/written communication

Word processing

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

ERP accounting systems

Ellucian Banner

MicroStrategy

SQL

Reporting tools

Excel

Job description

George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, is seeking a Budget & Financial Data Analyst to support the Fiscal Services department. The role focuses on building budget models, forecasting methodologies, and robust reporting to enable strategic decision-making.

You will collaborate on dashboards with KPIs, ensure data integrity, and train teams on budgeting tools. The position is full-time with hybrid flexibility, offering opportunities to impact university financial planning and governance.