ROBERT BUSCH
Financial Analyst
Lehi,UT
Summary
Current Financial Analyst with the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity. Familiar with FINET, Salesforce, GOEO budgets, and Utah financial policies. Proven success in gathering, interpreting, and presenting quantitative and qualitative data.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Analyst
Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity
Salt Lake City, UT
03.2023 - Current
- Prepared, maintained, and analyzed program budgets for multiple departments, ensuring accurate financial planning and resource allocation.
- Collaborated with program managers to analyze and communicate budget details.
- Forecasted and tracked 25 monthly budgets, ensuring accurate expenditure records and accounting
documentation. - Worked daily with FINET to enter and approve financial transactions for the agency, including paying invoices, approving travel requests, and processing purchasing card reimbursements.
- Received training from the State Finance Department on financial activities, including purchasing card management, employee travel coordination, and procurement processes.
- Trained employees across all departments on state financial policies.
- Monitored the allocation of federal and state funds, utilizing the federal reporting system to ensure accurate and timely draw downs.
- Analyzed and optimized the utilization of various grants, pass-throughs, and funding opportunities.
- Used Salesforce to monitor contracts, grants, and pass-through funding.
Budget Analyst
Arizona Governor's Office
Phoenix, AZ
04.2020 - 01.2021
- Managed budget process for four state agencies, including Arizona's $15 billion Medicaid system.
- Recommended financial solutions to governor's senior staff based on detailed financial analysis of agencies' requests for additional funding.
- Generated annual budget forecasting information for executive and legislative leaders.
- Developed, analyzed, and modified budgets to allocate current resources and estimate future financial requirements.
- Submitted recommendations to budgets proposals for approval or disapproval based on analysis.
- Checked key performance indicator choices to ensure agencies' annual budget requests were in line with their long-term strategic plans.
- Created and updated expenditure reports in Excel.
Business Analyst
Arizona Department Of Education
Phoenix, AZ
03.2019 - 04.2020
- Analyzed federal and state education grants for 720 Local Education Agencies totaling over $800 million.
- Responsible for evaluating 106 grants and 94 funding applications around Arizona which led to identifying opportunities for more efficient spending of grant money and offering technical assistance to schools not operating efficiently.
- Presented findings of key aspects of school districts' spending behavior in executive leadership meetings.
- Created live, interactive dashboards for department and agency leadership using SQL Server, Power BI, Access, SharePoint, and MS Automation.
- Analyzed existing SQL queries to identify opportunities for improvements.
- Produced monthly reports using advanced Excel spreadsheet functions.
Consultant
Law Offices of R. Jeff Busch
Elk Grove, CA
01.2018 - 03.2019
- Updated law firm's computer programs to facilitate cloud-based interactions among its three offices, clients, and courts across four counties.
- Educated staff on updated technology that improved efficiency by allowing different offices to work together online with clients and law offices.
- Maintained 8 computer and physical filing systems.
Evaluation and Research Manager
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions Of America
Alexandria, VA
04.2014 - 12.2017
- Measured success of company's mission to create community drug prevention coalitions by conducting research and gathering data through nationwide surveys, interviews, and focus groups.
- Presented in 7 states in training sessions with community leaders and at American Health Association conference about health implications of analysis.
- Presented findings to Board of Directors and CEO.
- Created and led monthly webinar series with interviews of content experts around world.
- Coordinated with IT, marketing, and communications departments to develop user-friendly mobile application for company conferences.
Hearings Manager
Myler Disability Law Office
American Fork, UT
06.2011 - 12.2012
- Managed caseload of over 2,000 clients across three states in their applications for federal disability payments.
- Served as liaison between client, attorneys, and medical offices to prepare for court hearings.
- Provided primary customer support to clients through phone and email communication.
- Responded to client requests for services and legal information.
Education
Master of Arts - Political Science
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA05.2015
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT04.2011
Skills
- Business Analysis
- Data Visualization
- Research And Evaluation
- Financial Analysis
- Data Collection
- SQL and databases
- Power BI/Tableau
- Project Management
Languages
Russian
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Software
FINET
Salesforce
Excel
Power BI
SQL
Affiliations
- Association of Government Accountants
Timeline
Financial Analyst
Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity
03.2023 - Current
Budget Analyst
Arizona Governor's Office
04.2020 - 01.2021
Business Analyst
Arizona Department Of Education
03.2019 - 04.2020
Consultant
Law Offices of R. Jeff Busch
01.2018 - 03.2019
Evaluation and Research Manager
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions Of America
04.2014 - 12.2017
Hearings Manager
Myler Disability Law Office
06.2011 - 12.2012
Master of Arts - Political Science
George Mason University
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Brigham Young University
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