BUDGET ANALYST / COLLEGE OF MEDICINE / UNIVERSITY PEDIATRICS

BUDGET ANALYST / COLLEGE OF MEDICINE / UNIVERSITY PEDIATRICS

Position Number: S-3715

Position Summary:

Develops, monitors, and maintains moderate to large operating accounts for industry and non-industry sponsored studies as a member of the University Pediatricians/ CMU Clinical Research Institute. Develops revenue and invoice tracking spreadsheet for studies and forecast and analyzes expenditures and revenues to maintain financial control and accountability for major budgeting operation and clinical trial revenue.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business administration, accounting, finance, or a related field or a combination of education and experience that equates to four years.
Experience with interpreting and application of granting agency guidelines.
Reasonable knowledge of accounting, finance, or budgeting principles and practices.
Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
Reasonable practical work experience with computer applications, computerized accounting systems, and spreadsheet design.
Ability to communicate effectively with others.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to prepare varied and standard financial statements, reports, and analyses.
Ability to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Sufficient knowledge and skill in financial analysis and budgeting.
Ability to participate in the analysis and development of financial data which includes budget control and forecasting.
Ability to handle financial details for many complex endowments, grants, clinical trials, designated and auxiliary cost centers.
Ability to review and approve a large dollar volume of expenditures, initiate budget transfers and maintain position control.
Comfortability in applying independent judgment in resolving a variety of problems which may arise.
Prior experience in position(s) such as Budget Analyst I, Accounting Specialist, Accounting Assistant/Sr., etc.
Experience with SAP .
Experience with clinical trial financial management.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Reviews and authorizes large dollar volume expenditures and revenue collection to ensure budgetary appropriateness and fund availability.
Monitors and controls expenditures to ensure transactions comply with policies and procedures.
Prepares annual budget requests.
Assists and participates in budget submissions.
Forecasts and monitors expenditures and revenues to project funding requirements needed for efficient allocation of resources.
Performs variance analysis to identify inefficiencies regarding spending and collection practices.
Analyzes monthly accounting reports and project expenses and budget estimates.
Prepares spreadsheets to track invoicing and revenue for industry sponsored clinical trials.
Works closely with study coordinators to confirm subject visits.
Tracks revenue from studies and prepares fund transfer requests and submits them to CMU’s Office of Finance for processing.
Oversees and participates in the maintenance of the position roster.
Initiates, authorizes and monitors budget transfers.
Reviews and grants budgeting approval of personnel actions; determines availability of budget funds necessary to maintain position and budget control.
Conducts deficit monitoring and clearance of endowments, grants, clinical trials, designated and auxiliary cost centers and indirect cost accounts; reviews and interprets financial, commitments.
Compiles statistical data and prepares detailed computerized financial reports and analysis necessary for budgeting and planning needs.
Maintains financial records and internal computerized databases used to generate a variety of ad hoc budget reports and tracking mechanisms.
Serves as resource and liaison to departmental administrators, principal investigators, outside vendors, and other officials to explain budget management procedures, granting agency guidelines, and University policies and procedures.
Reviews budgetary forms and documents to ensure adherence to established budgeting procedures and requirements as well as granting agency guidelines and regulations.
Provides functional supervision to subordinate clerical and technical personnel, including training on appropriate bookkeeping and accounting principles and methods.
Assists with purchasing and credit card reconciliation as needed.
Answers questions and resolves problems as needed.
Oversees and participates in special projects which involve generating management information reports and interfacing with various internal and external administrative offices and departments.
Performs related work as assigned.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

Employee Group: Professional & Administrative -Salary
Staff Pay Level:
Pay Range: $60,500 - $71,500 per year
Division: Academic Affairs
Department: College of Medicine
Position Status: Regular
Position End Date:
Employment Status: Full-Time
FTE: 1.0
Position Type: 12 month
Weekly Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as needed
Location: Detroit, MI
Posting Ends:
Open Until Filled: Yes

About the Department:

About CMU:

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
CMU Leadership Standards:

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.
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