To support LUMS’ departments in the preparation, management, and understanding of their budgets by providing assistance, guidance, and system support throughout the budgeting cycle, while also contributing to financial analysis and the enhancement of processes.

Departmental Support:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for budget owners of respective departments, addressing and resolving budgetary issues during the execution of processes such as raising PRs/POs, editing derivations, and posting or shifting funds.
• Provide ongoing facilitation and guidance to users regarding changes in the SAP budget module and processes.
• Improve user experience in utilising budgets by proactively identifying challenges and recommending process enhancements.  
• Liaise with the SAP team to help resolve user issues and assist with SAP system errors.
• Liaison within the finance team for fixing budget errors arising in posting across multiple modules of SAP.
• Sanctioning society budget in SAP based on actual receipts

Annual Budget Preparation:

• Update OPEX and CAPEX budget numbers in standard templates and circulate them to departments.
• Maintaining grants that are on the current fund budget in SAP when required
• Executing budget adjustments in SAP as and when required during the year.
• Updating the derivation rules.
• Scheduling meetings with department owners and senior management to explain the budget requirements, model and layouts.
• Upload and make the approved annual budget available on SAP in a timely manner to ensure seamless departmental access, along with the monthly split of the budget.

Any Other Responsibilities as assigned by the line manager or HOD.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments concurrently and perform under strict timelines.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to the role requirements.
• Ability to work collectively with other team members for the achievement of departmental goals.

• Integrity
• Accountability
• Commitment
• Team player

• At Least a Bachelor's/Master's degree in Accounting and Finance. Preferably a Master's degree in Accounting and Finance from a reputed university.

• Fresh graduates are eligible to apply.

• Candidates with 1–2 years of experience in a corporate environment will be given preference.

What We Offer:

A Learning Ecosystem

LUMS offers a dynamic work culture that encourages learning and innovation, skills development, and contribution to areas beyond your job role. You will have the opportunity to learn and interact with the best academic minds in Pakistan, as well as to work with highly experienced professionals.

Intellectual Freedom

We believe in the pursuit of knowledge, provide the freedom to explore across different disciplines and value the diverse expression of all community members for mutual learning and advancement.

Benefits

LUMS offers competitive benefits to its academic and professional colleagues including Provident Fund, Group Life Insurance, EOBI for Pension Scheme, Outpatient medical coverage for self and family, and In-patient Health Insurance for self, spouse, and dependent children.

Campus Perks

The LUMS campus offers all the facilities and amenities of a world-class university, including a Sports Complex offering international standard courts for badminton, squash, tennis, basketball and volleyball, a FINA certified 25M swimming pool, and separate gyms for women and men. In addition to the LUMS Dining Center, there is a variety of eateries across campus offering popular cuisines, a breath-taking mosque, a medical centre, the LUMS Library, car parking as well as transport facilities for females, and a professionally run Day Care Center for children of community members.

Discounts

LUMS also provides a wide range of corporate discounts and internal educational discounts to its community as a token of each member’s value to our community. Our internal educational discounts include waiver of undergraduate tuition fees of employees’ children studying at LUMS, scholarships for master’s programs in several schools, and executive development programs offered by the nationally recognized Rausing Executive Development Center (REDC).

LUMS is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all our employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, caste, ethnicity, age, non-disqualifying physical or psychological disability or social status. Candidates belonging to minority groups are encouraged to apply.