Senior Extramural Finance Analyst – Grants & Budgets

UC Davis Health; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High quality medical plans

Dental and Vision premiums paid

Paid Holidays

Job summary

UC Davis Health seeks a Financial Analyst 3 CX to oversee financial management and governance of assigned funds, providing high-level analytical support to the Extramural Finance team and PIs on budget allocations and complex fiscal matters.

The role includes managing short- and long-term projections, pre- and post-award grant activities, and ensuring financial compliance across inter-campus and university departments in a hybrid work arrangement.

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

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Excel advanced

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

GAAP knowledge

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Financial systems knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or closely related field

Master’s degree in Finance/Accounting (Preferred)

Tools

Kuali

FIS DS

CayuseSP

UCPath

Cognos

AggieBudget

AggieTravel

AggieBuy

Job description

UC Davis Health seeks a Financial Analyst 3 CX to oversee financial management and governance of assigned funds, providing high-level analytical support to the Extramural Finance team and PIs on budget allocations and complex fiscal matters.

The role includes managing short- and long-term projections, pre- and post-award grant activities, and ensuring financial compliance across inter-campus and university departments in a hybrid work arrangement.