Budget Analyst

Company: Innova
Location: Plainsboro
Posted on: March 7, 2025

Job Description:

Innova Solutions has a client that is immediately hiring for a Budget Analyst

Making sure you fit the guidelines as an applicant for this role is essential, please read the below carefully.

Position type: Fulltime/Contract
Location: Plainsboro, NJ
Duration: 12 Months
SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday 8:30 - 4:30 pm
Hybrid Role ( 3 Days Onsite, 2 Days Remote)

As a Budget Analyst, you will:


TOP 3 MUST HAVES:
1. ADVANCED Excel skills are a MUST (for example VLOOKUP's, pivot tables, etc)
2. Contracting / Budgeting experience a must
3. Coupa / SAP preferred (for invoicing and contracting)

RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports to the Manager, Budget Planning and interacts with internal stakeholders: LOB, Coupa SES team, Procurement, and Finance Partner. External relationships include those with outside vendors and key customers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
BUDGET, CONTRACTING & COST MANAGEMENT:
--- Collaborates with Finance to ensure alignment regarding spending with internal stakeholders: LOB (Brands)
--- Establishes and maintains relationships with relevant internal stakeholders: LOB, and Finance Partner to guide decision making regarding budget matters, financial compliance risks, and implications of proposed actions.
--- Prepares the creation, implementation, and execution of MSAs, SOWs, and POs to invoices.
--- Provides recommendations and proposals to business and financial management regarding budget status, spending plans and habits and proactively identifies potential risk and opportunity areas.
--- Leads the budget review, planning and tracking process for the mentioned areas within Business Unit.
--- Manage Daily/Monthly/Quarterly Financial review meetings with internal stakeholders: LOB, Finance Partner
--- Manage SAP maintenance: resolve financial variances and reforecast project spend
--- Manage monthly accruals and supporting documentation
--- Establishes Budget Review meeting calendar. Prepares various analyses, schedules, commentary, as required by Finance's Budget reporting document, in a timely and accurate manner.

QUALIFICATIONS:
--- A bachelor's degree required
--- Requires a minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible, relevant experience.
--- At least 2 years within finance function required.
--- Advanced capability in Excel, PowerPoint and Word required. Experience with COUPA, SAP or comparable enterprise systems required.
--- Demonstrated ability to work in a cross-functional, fast-paced environment to lead and drive complex operational initiatives and share best practices with finance counterparts.
--- Able to multi-task, set effective priorities and implement decisions to achieve immediate as well as long-term goals.
--- Proven collaboration across functions or teams in project management and/or team process, strong individual contributor.
--- Must be able to translate problem statements and areas of improvement focus into specific projects and recommendations.
--- Ability to develop and maintain strong internal relationships.
--- Ability to effectively plan, prioritize, execute and follow-up in a timely manner and anticipate problems and roadblocks.
--- Applies analytical methods and tools to translate data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations.
--- Demonstrated ability to drive effective decision-making, planning, and improvements. Demonstrates ability to provide the highest quality services to internal and external customers; demonstrates attention to detail and skill at auditing to ensure accuracy.
--- Works within client's established policies and procedures and ensures alignment of work to client's fundamentals
--- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills required. Knows how to get things done both through formal and informal channels.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.
We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines. ASK ME HOW.

Thank you!
Prakash Bhagat
Lead - Recruitment
prakash.bhagat@innovasolutions.com
(+1) 678-831- 5493

PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range*: $40.00- $47.00 per hour.
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:
Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes 2024
Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications


Website: https://www.innovasolutions.com/

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at hr@innovasolutions.com or (770) 493-5588. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b.
The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).


ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.


Recent Recognitions:
One of Largest IT Consulting Staffing firms in the USA - Recognized as #4 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA 2022)
ClearlyRated - Client Diamond Award Winner (2020)
One of the Largest Certified MBE Companies in the NMSDC Network (2022)
Advanced Tier Services partner with AWS and Gold with MS


Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please call (770) 493-5588. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b.


The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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