UCPath Organizational Consultant

Overview

Founded in 1965, UC Irvine is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and is ranked among the nation's top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. The campus has produced five Nobel laureates and is known for its academic achievement, premier research, innovation and anteater mascot. Led by Chancellor Howard Gillman, UC Irvine has more than 36,000 students and offers 224 degree programs.

It's located in one of the world's safest and most economically vibrant communities and is Orange County's second-largest employer, contributing $7 billion annually to the local economy and $8 billion statewide.

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The Division of Finance and Administration (DFA) is comprised of approximately 800 staff members of diverse functions providing services and support to over 50,000 students, faculty, and staff with the mission of advancing UCI's brilliant future and the vision of becoming world-class campus partners. DFA serves the university as planning partners, problem solvers, and solution providers-striving to make it as easy as possible for people to get the services they need, when they need them.

Accounting & Fiscal Services at UC Irvine is comprised of several units that support critical campus business operations:
General Accounting, Contracts & Grants Accounting, Cost Accounting, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Financial Services, Financial Management Support, and UCPath. The Accounting & Fiscal Services team ensures the integrity of UCI's financial reporting, enables effective and efficient campus financial processes and controls, manages contracts and grants funding at the post-award stage, and champions compliance with policies, laws, and regulations. Finally, the A&FS team provides support and resources to campus in the areas of billing, collections, payments, disbursements, loan administration, and student tax information.

In all these areas, the A&FS is always dedicated to providing effective and efficient customer service in support of UCI's mission and goals. UCPath at UCI was deployed over 6 years ago. UCI UCPath is supported by a dedicated team who work within UCIs community of UCPath users to support the system. The team is focused on enhancing and optimizing the system and processes across the enterprise and throughout the UC system.

The team is focused on process improvements, optimization and new innovative ways of accomplishing the work of transacting human resources and payroll. We work with the UCPath Center team and other locations to improve the system, test and optimize new functionality and continue to focus on opportunities for system improvements and to maximize efficiencies while we work with the UCI user community to support their needs.

Responsibilities

Independently uses skills as an experienced organizational development and effectiveness professional to resolve a wide variety of organizational issues and situations. Is instrumental in managing UCPath operations at UCI central support teams and campus and UCIH transactor/user community, and supports large-scale, complex initiatives, including UCPath Roadmap projects, and Service Now integrations. Works to reduce institutional risk affecting payroll accuracy, compliance and employee experience.

Proficient in identification and resolution of moderate to complex organizational issues. Supports VC HR, CFO, and Provost priorities by enabling scalable HR operations, improving campus readiness for system and policy changes, and proactively addressing complex organizational issues across academic and administrative units. Normally receives little instruction on planning, researching, and resolving organizational effectiveness issues, with general instructions and guidance provided on new assignments and / or more unique situations.

Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

Qualifications

Required:

* Demonstrates strong analytical, problem solving, project planning and implementation skills to conduct analysis and develop recommendations.

* Skilled in facilitation, consulting and relationship building.

* Posessses effective verbal and written communication skills.

* Demonstrates ability to learn quickly, reason, synthesize and generalize based on informaiton obtained.

* Ability to focus on priorities, strategies, and vision.

* Ability to coach, facilitate, and influence people.

* Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training

* A minimum of 5 years of experience

Problem solving, process analysis, HR,Payroll Systems

Preferred:

* Has thorough knowledge of the organizational development and effectiveness field, theories, models to assess, design and implement customized organizational interventions.

Total Rewards

In addition to the salary range listed below, we offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement…