Job Summary

We offer exceptional employment benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, generous paid vacations and holidays, excellent retirement savings and investment plans, continuing education, and reduced fee and scholarship programs.

THIS IS NOT AN H1- B OPPORTUNITY

Responsibilities

This position serves as a Financial Analyst (cluster) in the Schools of Health (SOH) Finance Unit, which is a shared service unit responsible for high level administrative financial oversight, budget preparation, account management and post-award administration for multiple School of Medicine departments, including the SOM Dean’s Office/Centers. This position will be part of the Dean’s Office/General Accounting team but serve as the primary resource and administrator for all post-award administration activities pertaining to all guidelines supporting contracts/grants. The incumbent will serve as the local post-award expert conducting in-depth complex analysis, management of grant awards with various School of Medicine departments. They are also required to work collaboratively with a wide variety of faculty and department staff to monitor and provide monthly reports and close-outs on awards.

The Financial Analyst is responsible for the management, structure, and use of all assigned funds and accounts. Account management includes expenditures charged to the accounts ensuring consistency and compliance with federal, state, university-wide, UC Davis, and sponsoring agency policies, terms and conditions following generally accepted accounting principles. Financial analysis and financial reporting are also required on assigned accounts including large complex grants, and accounts with high levels of analytical needs. Accounts include extramural grant accounts, clinical trials, university-sponsored, other sponsored activity, and other award types. The administrator is also responsible for the effort reporting of assigned faculty and staff for analysis, implementation, identification of cost sharing on extramural research. Responsible for providing high-level analytical and problem-solving support to the Department, Chief Administrative Officer, Finance Manager, and Principal Investigators in relation to base- and current-year budget allocations and fiscal matters of significant complexity. This position requires a broad knowledge of University and UCDHS policies, procedures, practices, and organization and requires minimal supervision and direction. This position prepares additional financial summaries, trends, and ad hoc reports as needed.

This position will serve as the liaison with the Office of Research, Accounting and Financial Services, Business Contracts, and School of Medicine Divisions and Departments to perform the fiscal and regulatory administration of extramural and intramural research resources. Knowledge of University and UCDHS policies, procedures, practices and organization, knowledge of Extramural Fund Accounting and funds flow.

Required Qualifications

• Applicants are encouraged to upload license and certification if required of the position.
• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline or field and/or equivalent experience and training.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience using standard accounting principles and practices.
• Extensive knowledge of accounting/financial/grant policies and procedures. Skills and experience to manage multiple funds involving different accounting procedures including analysis, reconciliation, projection, fiscal closing, and grant preparation.
• Demonstrated skills and ability to use and understand computer software and web-based applications. UCD examples include the Kuali Financial System, AggieBudget, Decision Support, Cognos, Effort Reporting System, and other Windows-based programs.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge and expertise in the use of Excel, especially pivot tables.
• Organization skills to set work priorities with pressure of deadlines. Ability to plan, anticipate operational needs, forecast deadlines, set objectives/goals, multitask, and coordinate assignments including follow-ups.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, to understand and appropriately respond to multiple and frequent inquiries, requests, and instructions in a courteous, cooperative, and professional manner. Tact, diplomacy, and flexibility to effectively deal with faculty, staff, agencies, and others. Ability to represent the Unit n a professional manner.
• Skills and experience to work in an independent fashion effectively and efficiently in an organized and self-directed manner. Ability to readily adapt to change. Ability to analyze problems, suggest solutions, make decisions, and initiate resolutions actions for the effective management of the purchasing, accounts payable, and accounts receivable activities in the Department.
• Ability to enhance performance through training and evaluation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in finance related field or at least 10 years in the field.
• Extensive demonstrated knowledge of university accounting/financial/grant policies and procedures.
• Extensive demonstrated knowledge of university policies and procedures on purchasing, travel, entertainment, transfers of expenses, invoicing and collections is mandatory.
• Expertise with university policy and procedures relating to personnel and payroll.

Special Requirements

This position may be subject to a criminal background investigation, drug screen, Live Scan fingerprinting, medical evaluation clearance, and functional capacity assessment.

The University of California has implemented a SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Vaccination Program SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Policy (ucop.edu) covering all employees. To be compliant with the policy, employees must submit proof of vaccination or a University-approved exception or deferral.

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