Service Support Analyst- Mid Level

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Job Title: Budget Analyst
Location: Raleigh, NC 27607
Duration: 10 Months with Possible Extension
Work Mode: Remote / Contract
Position Summary
The Budget Operations and Contract Monitoring Analyst supports the Budget Unit in managing a high and growing volume of budget transactions, journal vouchers, contract authorizations, and budget revisions across state and federal funding sources. This position is responsible for ensuring that financial activity is accurately recorded, appropriately supported, and aligned with authorized budgets, appropriations, certified funding, and applicable requirements.
The analyst works closely with program and finance staff to monitor contract spending, analyze fund utilization, process budget transactions, support reconciliations, and provide timely financial information to management. The position requires strong attention to detail, sound analytical judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while meeting recurring deadlines.
Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and process journal vouchers to ensure expenditures, corrections, and other financial transactions are accurately recorded against the appropriate funding sources and accounts.
• Monitor contract expenditures against authorized budgets and prepare regular reports on contract utilization, budget variances, spending trends, and projected expenditures.
• Track utilization of state and federal funds and verify that expenditures remain aligned with appropriated, certified, and otherwise authorized funding levels.
• Prepare and process budget revisions to appropriations and certified budgets, ensuring revisions are accurately documented and supported by an appropriate audit trail.
• Review budget and contract activity to identify discrepancies, unusual spending patterns, potential funding issues, and variances requiring follow-up.
• Support periodic financial reconciliations and assist in researching and resolving discrepancies between budget, accounting, contract, and program records.
• Respond to questions from program and finance staff regarding contract balances, budget availability, funding sources, journal vouchers, budget revisions, and related financial matters.
• Develop and maintain spreadsheets, tracking tools, and financial reports that provide accurate and timely information to management and other stakeholders.
• Maintain organized documentation and records to support financial transactions, budget actions, contract monitoring activities, and audit requirements.
• Assist with recurring budget and financial reporting activities and other operational assignments within the Budget Unit as needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve transaction processing, reporting, documentation, and budget monitoring processes.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

• Experience in budget analysis, accounting, financial reporting, or a closely related field.
• Familiarity with journal voucher processing, fund accounting, budget monitoring, and financial reconciliation.
• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to process a high volume of financial transactions accurately.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets and financial systems, including the ability to organize, analyze, and present financial information clearly.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and meet recurring deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain financial and budget information to program and finance staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a government, healthcare, nonprofit, or other highly regulated financial environment.
• Experience working with state and federal funding sources.
• Knowledge of appropriations, certified budgets, budget revisions, and related governmental budget processes.
• Experience monitoring contracts, analyzing expenditures against authorized budgets, and preparing utilization or variance reports.
• Experience supporting audits, financial reconciliations, or compliance reviews.

Core Competencies

• Budget & Financial Analysis: Ability to analyze expenditures, funding availability, budget balances, variances, and spending trends.
• Contract Monitoring: Ability to monitor contract activity against authorized funding and identify potential budget or utilization issues.
• Accuracy & Attention to Detail: Demonstrated ability to maintain accurate financial records and documentation in a high-volume environment.
• Analytical Thinking: Ability to research discrepancies, interpret financial information, and identify issues requiring resolution.
• Organization & Time Management: Ability to manage recurring deadlines and multiple transactions or assignments simultaneously.
• Communication: Ability to communicate financial information clearly and effectively to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Compliance & Documentation: Commitment to maintaining appropriate support, documentation, and audit trails for financial and budget transactions.
• Independence & Accountability: Ability to work independently while exercising appropriate judgment and following established policies and procedures.

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