Financial Analyst, Senior (2025-2026)

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Job Title: Financial Analyst, Senior (2025-2026)  and Requisition ID number: 102905

Close Date: 11:59 PM on 04/28/2025 

Organizational Unit:  General Accounting (10001753) 

Site:  Davis Center (0001) 

FTE:  1.0; this is based on full-time equivalency with 1.0 being full time

Union:  MACA(02) 

Functional Area:  Administrative 

Salary Range:  $99,006  - $123,645  

Benefits:  Dental insurance | Health insurance | Vision insurance | Paid time off | HSA & FSA | Retirement plan

Resume and Cover Letter are mandatory to apply for any position.

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SUMMARY

Under general supervision, performs complex professional-level financial, budgetary, administrative, organizational, systems and related analytical work; provides information to management by assembling and summarizing financial data; prepares reports, and makes presentations of findings, analysis, and recommendations.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS -- Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills.  This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class. Employees are required to be in attendance and prepared to begin work at their assigned work location on the specified days and hours. Factors such as regular attendance at the job are not routinely listed in job descriptions, but are an essential function. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

• Creates budget models as needed to evaluate information and be able to explain the results; performs work within scope of authority and training; duties may vary according to job assignment.
• Determines cost of academic programs and operations by establishing standard cost structures and collecting data in order to allocate appropriate resources during budget planning.
• Compares and analyzes actual costs with budget plans and forecasts and make recommendations for efficiencies.
• Analyzes and interprets data using comparative analyses, studying trends and proposing changes in budget methodology.
• Examines whether current budget proposals can be achieved within revenue constraints and inform management of potential problem areas.
• Assists Budget Director to develop final District consolidated budget of $850 + million and finalize budget allocations to all school and departments for General Fund, Community Education, Food Service, Construction and Debt Service funds.
• Assists Budget Director with development of annual budget document.
• Develops plan to oversee expenditures and identify trends in spending.
• Develops revenue and expense forecasts for future budget needs.
• Ensures compliance with current budget and spending practices and proposed improved practices and systems for spending guidelines, cost savings, cost allocation and annual budget planning.
• Ensures that the MPS budget and business processes are updated, revised and rewritten in order to reflect changes in district, state and Federal requirements.
• Works with Finance team to streamline internal reports and reporting processes to create more efficient, effective and more useful reports and analysis for the Board of Education and other stakeholders.
• Conducts a variety of technical, operational and analytical studies; conducts independent research; eval