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Job Description
The Center for Student Excellence advances undergraduate achievement. The Budget Analyst manages financial activity across the Center for Student Excellence: monitoring and reconciling program budgets, administering student award, stipend, and payroll processes, processing purchases and reimbursements, and producing monthly budget and expense reports. The position also maintains program records and databases, supports application and selection cycles for select programs within the Center for Student Excellence. The work involves regular conversations and collaboration with faculty, students, and staff.
Education and Experience
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Application Instructions
In addition to completing an online application, please attach a resume and cover letter.
About Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University’s 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.syracuse.edu.
About The Syracuse Area
Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
EEO Statement
Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity institution. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law to the extent prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs, services, and activities.
Commitment to Supporting and Hiring Veterans
Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University’s contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.
Commitment to a Respectful and Welcoming Community
Syracuse University fosters a welcoming learning environment where students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all aspects of campus life reflect a broad range of perspectives and experiences. The University community values the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to engage with and appreciate the richness of backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences that shape our society. To achieve this, we strive to cultivate a community that respects and encourages open dialogue, understanding, and mutual respect.
The Center for Student Excellence advances undergraduate achievement. The Budget Analyst manages financial activity across the Center for Student Excellence: monitoring and reconciling program budgets, administering student award, stipend, and payroll processes, processing purchases and reimbursements, and producing monthly budget and expense reports. The position also maintains program records and databases, supports application and selection cycles for select programs within the Center for Student Excellence. The work involves regular conversations and collaboration with faculty, students, and staff.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of three years of relevant experience in financial and budget management are required.
- Higher education experience required.
- Experience supporting multiple programs, units, or departments simultaneously, preferred.
- High level of problem-solving skills; attention to detail with excellent organizational and analytical skills.
- Initiative to work independently and as part of a team, with the judgment to set priorities across four units that have simultaneous, competing deadlines.
- Experience working with diverse undergraduate student populations; ability to help students successfully navigate and understand fiscal matters by meeting one-on-one or in small groups.
- Strong computer skills and knowledge of university budget and human resources systems, proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, and the ability to train quickly on other systems and databases.
- Ability to be flexible and prioritize a fluctuating workload, manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and generate a range of problem-solving approaches.
- Confidentiality and ability to handle and communicate sensitive student, financial, and personnel information.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to work collegially with faculty, staff, and community partners.
- Manage financial activity for the Center for Student Excellence. Monitor and reconcile unit and program budgets; record and track funding commitments and expenditures; process purchases, procurement card transactions, reimbursements, journal entries, and general ledger transfers; and complete year-end closing activities. Prepare monthly budget and expense reports for unit directors and Center leadership, using consistent reporting formats across the Center. Process contracts, vendor and catering invoices, honoraria, and travel reimbursements associated with unit programming.
- Administer financial processes for student awards, stipends, and student employment across the Center. Meet with SOURCE award and grant recipients individually and in small groups to review project budgets, allowable expenses, spending timelines, and reimbursement procedures. Process award authorization forms, summer stipend forms, and honoraria. Coordinate hiring and payroll for student research assistants, community-engagement and work-study placements, and unit student employees with school, college, and department budget offices. Resolve individual student funding questions and correct transactions in collaboration with those offices.
- Maintain student and program records in unit databases. Track data related to internal award, scholarship, and fellowship selection processes and to community partner placements. Support application intake, reviewer assignment, notification, and closeout reporting cycles for the four units. Compile program participation, funding, and outcome data for annual reporting, assessment, and donor stewardship.
- Provide budgetary and operational support to all departments as needed within the Center for Student Excellence as directed. Respond to department requests for budget reporting, transaction processing, purchasing, and reconciliation assistance; provide backup coverage during peak application and disbursement cycles and during staffing gaps; Maintain written procedure documentation so that practice is consistent across the Center.
- other duties as assigned
Enter Physical Requirements
Tools/Equipment
Enter Tools/Equipment or “Not Applicable”
Application Instructions
In addition to completing an online application, please attach a resume and cover letter.
About Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private, international research university with distinctive academics, diversely unique offerings, and an undeniable spirit. Located in the geographic heart of New York State, with a global footprint, and over 150 years of history, Syracuse University offers a quintessential college experience.
The scope of Syracuse University is a testament to its strengths: a pioneering history dating back to 1870; a choice of more than 200 majors, 100 minors, and 200 advanced degree programs offered across the University’s 13 schools and colleges; over 15,000 undergraduates and over 6,000 graduate students; more than a quarter of a million alumni in 160 countries; and a student population from all 50 U.S. states and 123 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.syracuse.edu.
About The Syracuse Area
Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal.
EEO Statement
Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity institution. The University prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law to the extent prohibited by law. This nondiscrimination policy covers admissions, employment, and access to and treatment in University programs, services, and activities.
Commitment to Supporting and Hiring Veterans
Syracuse University has a long history of engaging veterans and the military-connected community through its educational programs, community outreach, and employment programs. After World War II, Syracuse University welcomed more than 10,000 returning veterans to our campus, and those veterans literally transformed Syracuse University into the national research institution it is today. The University’s contemporary commitment to veterans builds on this historical legacy, and extends to both class-leading initiatives focused on making an SU degree accessible and affordable to the post-9/11 generation of veterans, and also programs designed to position Syracuse University as the employer of choice for military veterans, members of the Guard and Reserve, and military family members.
Commitment to a Respectful and Welcoming Community
Syracuse University fosters a welcoming learning environment where students, faculty, administrators, staff, curriculum, social activities, governance, and all aspects of campus life reflect a broad range of perspectives and experiences. The University community values the many similarities and differences among individuals and groups. At Syracuse, we are committed to preparing students to engage with and appreciate the richness of backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences that shape our society. To achieve this, we strive to cultivate a community that respects and encourages open dialogue, understanding, and mutual respect.