Position Summary

The Budget Analyst is responsible for general ledger access maintenance, financial reporting and analysis, and providing assistance to the Budget and Resource Planning Director on institutional budget management, ad hoc projects and other special analysis. This position supports the college mission by maintaining the general ledger accounts, creating and providing reports to the college community, recommending improved practices and procedures for efficient and effective allocation of resources to achieve initiative outcomes and providing financial analyses to support decision making.

Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) is committed to enriching the educational experience it offers through the diversity of its faculty, administrators, and staff members. The college seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to the college's excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, embrace concepts of equity and inclusiveness, and support the equal rights of all people by advancing the understanding and appreciation of differences including age, race, gender, ability, religious convictions, socio-economic status, ethnic heritage, or sexual orientation.

While we appreciate your interest in employment with Anne Arundel Community College, applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for any position.

In the best interest of the College, only individuals who are residents of Maryland or one of the following states will be eligible for employment at the college: Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or the District of Columbia. The college will annually review this restriction and, if appropriate, expand the list of states of employment eligibility.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting and Compliance
• Monthly review of budget and actual variances, prepare journal entries and account reconciliations as needed.

• Assist with development, and management of the College’s capital budget, to include submitting drawdown requests to governmental agencies.

• Extract information from various data sources and organize data into reports and dashboards to provide summary level data to provide analysis to users for resource allocation decision making.

• General ledger module leader responsibilities to include, but not limited to, assigning users general ledger budgetary access, creation and maintenance of general ledger accounts and general ledger account queries.

Consultation and Analysis
• Perform cost-benefit analysis to compare programs, review financial requests, and explore and advise on alternate funding strategies.

• Provide budgetary support to deans and department heads. Identify solutions for operational and funding challenges.

• Prepare projections for potential new programming to provide fiscal analysis and data validation and analysis for decision-making on resource impact.

Other
• Function as Business & Financial Resources office liaison with college-wide committees and on special projects as needed

• Other duties as assigned

• Ability to engage with non-financial staff and convey insights clearly.

This position is responsible for interacting with all levels of leadership within the college. Requests for information/reporting can come from many different individuals which are time sensitive.

Preparation of financial projections requires development of sound assumptions and analysis of the reasonableness of those assumptions.

The college budget FY2025 budget all funds $188 million

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in accounting or business

Minimum of five years of general accounting/budget experience required

Thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and practical knowledge of financial systems and internal financial controls and procedures required.

Ability to work accurately with large financial data sources. Strong analytical skills and ability to handle sensitive information with complete confidentiality.

Strong technical knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite software, including experience with developing reports and dashboards.

Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication and customer service skills required. Ability to deal effectively and tactfully with various constituents, including all levels of management, faculty, and the general public.

Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail and deadlines

Preferred Qualifications:

CPA or other relevant professional certification

Experience with reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, Informer), integrated database systems, query
writing.

Knowledge of governmental and not-for-profit accounting

Two of the five years of experience in a position at or relevant to an environment of higher education