Senior Financial Analyst - Accounting

Title : Senior Financial Analyst - Accounting

Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location : Hybrid-911 Broxton Ave, 3rd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90024

Duration : 7 Months

Shift Timings : 08 : 00 am to 05 : 00 pm PST

Additional Information :

5 years of experience needed. Requirement : Research administration experience - pre- / post-award for intra / extramurally funded awards.

Preferred Specialty : High level UCPath / Oracle Payroll or graduate student program / fellowship coordination / training grant (T32) knowledge.

Experience : Finance, Excel, Clerical / Administration. Management. Skills : Attention to detail, analytical, organized, interpersonal communication, algebra, multitasking.

Job Duties :

• The Senior Fund Manager will provide comprehensive analysis and manage all of the extramural grant fund functions for the assigned Department of Medicine Division.
• Represent Research Faculty interests in all pre and post award areas.
• Contact funding agencies to clarify and resolve any issues, questions, or concerns of Research Faculty.
• Coordinate research activities, agency reports, and special requests (i.e. re-budgeting; change of investigator effort) on behalf of Research Faculty.
• Compose, edit, and prepare written correspondence as requested by Research Faculty.
• Assist Research Faculty in implementation of new and ongoing activities of research administration including identification of problems and providing operational solutions.
• Assist Research Faculty in meeting timelines required by funding agencies.
• Provide Division Administrator with expertise and management to facilitate completion of research administration assignments.
• Manage the preparation of grant proposals and budgets.
• Manage grant application submission process.
• Serve as divisional representative in all divisional, departmental, and campus contract and grant funding meetings.
• Provide financial analysis and long-range planning for all awards, to include faculty salaries, staff salaries, and related expenses.
• Oversee operations of post-award activation and administration.
• Review and recommend new administrative organizational policies and procedures to improve awards administration and overdraft minimization.
• Develop systemized accounting operations for division.
• Provide pro-active management to maintain accurate financial functioning and avoid overdrafts on Division controlled funds.
• Oversee the prompt resolution of financial management issues within the Division.

Qualifications :

• Demonstrated experience as an effective team leader and supervisor, including staff selection, training, work review, evaluation, and discipline.
• Strong knowledge of financial and accounting concepts.
• High level of ethics, integrity, discretion, and confidentiality.
• Strong interpersonal skills, service orientation, and ability to multi-task effectively in a varied, high volume environment.
• Judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to develop original ideas to meet the programmatic and financial needs of PIs and the department.
• Ability to set priorities and complete ongoing tasks with competing deadlines, complying with University and funding agency policies and regulations.
• Analytical skills to assess financial information, define problems, and formulate logical solutions.
• Close attention to detail to ensure accuracy in a fast-paced, fluctuating workload environment.
• Organizational skills to create and maintain administrative and financial files effectively.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe and Microsoft suite software, especially Excel.
• Mathematical skills for the preparation of complex calculations and forecasts.
• Knowledge of and experience working with a variety of external sponsors : federal and state sponsors, private foundations, industry sponsors, etc.
• Working knowledge of various financial concepts, research administration policies and procedures, and contract and grant funding agency guidelines.

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