Hybrid Senior Extramural Finance & Grants Analyst

University of California, Davis; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-quality medical plans

Pension and retirement plans

Paid holidays

Job summary

University of California, Davis is seeking a Financial Analyst to manage financial governance and oversight of assigned funds and accounts. The role provides high-level analytical support to departments, PIs, and division managers on complex budget matters.

Responsibilities include long-term budget projections, financial oversight, and pre-/post-award grant management for cross-campus collaborations within the Department of Internal Medicine. Hybrid work arrangement is available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or closely related field or equivalent experience or training.
• Several years of previous experience in a substantially similar role required.
• Financial and business management skills and experience to perform extensive in-depth budgetary and financial analyses.
• Analytical skills to anticipate/identify problems, perform research to resolve such problems, and develop creative solutions.
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles with diverse fund restrictions, fund accounting, and research-related accounting.
• Knowledge of budgetary cycles and practices, personnel/payroll practices, business agreements, and organizational policies and procedures.
• Mathematical skills sufficient to accurately calculate, manipulate, and adjust data related to budgetary and financial activities.
• Communication skills to present, orally and in writing, complex administrative and technical issues and proposed solutions, including composing and editing documents and correspondence for accuracy, consistency of format, spelling and grammar, language, and professional appearance and style.
• Knowledge of advanced features of MS Excel to perform detailed analyses, including Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and creating charts and graphs, as well as word processing, presentation, database, e-mail, and web-based software and automated online financial and payroll/personnel systems.
• Ability to learn, understand, and meet the Unit’s professional and financial objectives and activities.

Responsibilities

• 75% - FINANCIAL ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
• 15% - BUDGET AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT
• 5% - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS RESPONSIBILITIES
• 5% - PROFESSIONAL & PERSONAL GROWTH

Skills

Analytical skills

Budget management

Financial analysis

Communication skills

MS Excel advanced

Problem solving

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related field

Master’s degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Kuali

FIS DS

CayuseSP

UCPath

Cognos

AggieBudget

AggieTravel

AggieBuy

Job description

University of California, Davis is seeking a Financial Analyst to manage financial governance and oversight of assigned funds and accounts. The role provides high-level analytical support to departments, PIs, and division managers on complex budget matters.

Responsibilities include long-term budget projections, financial oversight, and pre-/post-award grant management for cross-campus collaborations within the Department of Internal Medicine. Hybrid work arrangement is available.