Job Description
Position Number:
129098
Title:
Analyst
Functional Title:
Analyst, Financial Analyst
Category Status:
33-Exempt Regular
Applicant Search Category:
Staff
University Authorized FTE:
1.00
Unit:
VPA-FM-FBO-Accounting & Financial Support
Campus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.
Background Checks
Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify you from employment.
Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
Senior staff level position is responsible for developing and maintaining Financial agreements, procedures, and policies for FM services with various campus units. Research and analyze costs and customers to ensure accurate cost recovery.
Provide senior-level financial and analytical support for the FM operating budget and accounts. Independently applies appropriate university policies and procedures and generally accepted accounting practices to assignments.
Benefits Summary
Top Benefits and Perks: Exempt Benefits Summary
Minimum Qualifications:
Education:Bachelor’s degree required. Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
Experience:A minimum of six (6) years of progressive experience and responsibility providing technical and/or analytical functions for an accounting, budgetary, or business operation.
Analytical, administrative, and/or technical experience with business operations functions.
Experience and knowledge in accounting, budgeting, financial procedures, and systems.
Extensive experience with Excel spreadsheets and Pivot Tables is required.
Knowledge/Skills & Abilities:
Experience working independently with minimal supervision.
Knowledge of and ability to apply accounting principles.
Knowledge of and ability to apply management principles and practices.
Ability to develop a methodology to cost services.
Ability to prepare financial projections and account analyses.
Ability to develop budgets.
Excellent analytical, accounting, financial management, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
Ability to work with a large volume of financial data and make sound recommendations to facilitate management decision-making.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
Ability to adapt to a wide variety of projects.
Ability to learn and use proprietary software applications.
Knowledge of and experience working with financial systems.
Ability to create ad hoc management reports.
Proficient in software applications, e.g., Microsoft Excel, Word, Internet, and email.
Ability to mentor, motivate and work with a diverse employee population.
Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
Ability to relate with all levels of the campus community as well as State agencies and business officers of colleges.
Preferences:
Experience in governmental accounting, budgeting, and cost accounting.
Experience with Workday, Asset Works, or other work order systems.
Additional Certifications:
N/A
Additional Information:
For full and best consideration, please submit a cover letter, resume and list of three (3) professional references by February 14, 2024.
The hiring range for this position is $77,640 – $97,050.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Facilities Management (FM) supports the University of Maryland in its mission of achieving excellence as the State’s primary center of research and graduate education and the institution of choice for undergraduate students of exceptional ability and promise. We are responsible for the physical campus – its academic, research and administrative spaces, the building infrastructure, and the surrounding landscape. Our workforce of about 800 employees brings a rich diversity of backgrounds, talents, and skills to the management of this complex environment. We serve the campus community twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year.
Job Risks
Not Applicable to This Position
Physical Demands
Incumbent will work in an office environment. This position is telework eligible, up to 2X’s per week, subject to departmental approval.
Posting Date:
01/24/2024
Open Until Filled
No
Best Consideration Date
02/14/2024
Diversity Statement:
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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