Financial Services Analyst , English

Job

Location:

Main Campus – Berkeley

Full/Part Time:
Full Time

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, Principles of Community and Strategic Plan
.

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The Department of English is the largest department in the Division of Arts & Humanities within the College of Letters & Science at UC Berkeley. Nationally ranked among the top departments in both graduate and undergraduate education, English is home to around 50 permanent faculty, 4‑6 lecturers/visitors, 9 staff full‑time equivalents, 100 graduate students, and 500 undergraduate majors. Annually, the department enrolls roughly 5,000 students in its courses.

The Financial Services Analyst will support an intellectually vibrant community of faculty, students, and staff in the Department of English, and collaborate with Department’s Shared Services Region, as well as the Divisional Finance office. The primary focus of this position is to oversee day‑to‑day financial operations of the Department across multiple functional areas, including operations, temporary academic support, the graduate program, gifts and endowment, faculty research funds, and public programming.

Working closely with and under the direction of the Department Manager, but with a level of independence, the Financial Services Analyst will conduct financial reporting, maintain departmental budgets, audit payroll and payroll expenses, process reimbursements and other payments, oversee expenditures. They will assist various department members with finance‑related needs including maintenance of research funds, programmatic budgets, purchases and reimbursements, and other finance support.

In partnership with the Departmental Manager, they will also maintain compliance with all Division and Campus requirements.

The First Review Date for this job is: 12/29/2025. For full consideration, please apply by 01/05/2026.

• Processes and/or approves financial transactions including Bear Buy requisitions and vouchers; expense reimbursements;
  Position, Funding Entry, and Salary Cost Transfer requests in UCPath; bluCard purchases; SIS department award entries;
  Accounts Receivable invoices.
• Serves as liaison with SHARE Region and coordinate with HR/Payroll Team and relevant department staff on Faculty, Staff, ASE, GSR, and Student Assistant appointments, for faculty summer salary requests, and payroll‑related inquiries and issues;
  Purchasing Team on purchase order requests and invoice payments; RA Team for contracts and grants‑funded faculty research projects.
• Effectively addresses difficult and complex customer inquiries.
• Develops and recommends improvements and modifications to streamline financial services operations.
• Implements quality customer service standards and procedures to affect various constituencies, including faculty, staff, and…