Budget Assistant – Financial Operations

About the role

The Budget Assistant will support the Budget Unit of the Office of Administrative Services in Kingston, Jamaica. Working under the Director of OAS and the Budget Officer, the role focuses on preparing, monitoring and reporting on the Authority’s regular, trust and extra‑budgetary funds.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation and review of monthly budget proposals and consolidate budget reports for regular, trust and extra‑budgetary funds.
• Monitor expenditures, analyse variances and produce performance dashboards for senior management.
• Export data from SAP Business One using query syntax and advanced Excel formulas to generate accurate budget reports.
• Maintain and update ERP records, ensuring all supporting documents are scanned and attached for audit trails.
• Support budget performance analysis in a result‑based budgeting context and suggest resource reallocations as needed.

Required profile

• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with large financial datasets.
• Experience in budget preparation, monitoring and variance analysis.
• Ability to follow delegated authority and work under supervision of senior budget staff.

Required skills

• SAP Business One
• Microsoft Excel (advanced formulas, data queries)