Budget Specialist - #Staff

We are seeking a

• _Budget Specialist_
• in the department of Urology. The Budget Specialist is responsible to work with the department or unit administrative staff and/or faculty in the compilation of information related to expenditures and/or revenues for a variety of accounts, e.g., general funds, grants, contracts, endowments, revenues, gift accounts.
• Specific Duties & Responsibilities
• + Provide day-to-day maintenance of budgets based on an awareness of the status of department or unit funding sources, including most of the following: monthly account reconciliation, ongoing monitoring of expenses, processing travel expenses, coordinating procurement processes and vendor payments, coding invoices, initiating cost transfers and/or wire payments.

+ Assist in developing budgets and budget projections, based on a basic knowledge of funding sources, by performing basic calculations and analyses, generating standard reports, and applying approved processes and procedures. + Assemble budgets for grants and contracts in pre-award period and monitor post award budgets based on established processes and procedures. + Process student awards, sub-awards, and budget reallocations for grants managed by exempt-level budget staff. + Track and monitor revenue and expenditures to identify variances and to provide up-to-date expenditure and balance information. + Review and process payroll and accounting transactions and verify expenditures against approved budgets to ensure compliance with university guidelines and/or sponsor requirements and restrictions. + Using templates, review and assess budget patterns and project expenditures. + Prepare routine, standard, and ad-hoc reports for sponsoring agencies based on knowledge of existing data. + Assist in development and maintenance of budget monitoring systems by setting up electronic and paper files, recommending and following workflow, and suggesting process improvements. + Use various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate, and format data and/or reports. + Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum Qualifications
• + High school diploma or graduation equivalent. + Two years of related administrative and/or budget experience. + Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
• + Accounting and Payroll Processing
• Awareness + Analytical Skills
• Awareness + Financial Analysis
• Awareness + Financial Software
• Awareness + Presentations
• Awareness + Process Improvement
• Awareness + Report Writing
• Awareness _The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

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Classified Title:

Budget Specialist Role/Level/Range:

ATO 40/E/02/OE

Starting Salary Range:

• $18.20
• $33.90 HRLY ($26/hour targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
• Employee group:

Full Time Schedule:

M-F, 8:00am

• 4:30pm

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt Location:

School of Medicine Campus Department name: SOM Uro Urology Personnel area: School of MedicineEqual Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.