Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst

University of California Riverside

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Full/Part Time: Full Time

Schedule: 8 AM – 5 PM

Salary: $87,300 – $163,300

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a university employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Under the general direction of the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer (CFAO) and Director of Budget and Operations for Student Affairs, this position is responsible for taking a lead role in providing executive level support of complex fiscal, budgetary, analytical, including contract and grants agency reporting for multiple departments. This position is expected to provide a high‑level of administrative support to the organization.

The analyst independently performs moderate to complex budgetary/financial analysis and reporting such as multi‑year planning, rate sustainability and feasibility, advises on cost containment measures, performs reconciliations and develops/prepares reports on overall resource management. This includes research, monitoring trend and deficit analysis, tracking, generating monthly (inc. ad‑hoc) executive level summaries, and reporting to various constituents (e.g., UCOP, department heads, organization head, and the campus budget office) of multiple core and non‑core funding streams.

This position is also responsible for managing and reviewing annual costing reports which includes funding for range adjustments and merits & promotions. Works in collaboration with and provides backup assistance to the Student Affairs finance team. Assists in preparing PowerPoint presentations and training material for the Student Affairs as well as acts as a resource for policy and process guidance to the Student Affairs departments.

Please Note: This position has multiple openings.

Advanced degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

6 – 10 years of related experience.

Shift work (hours outside standard Mon‑Fri 8 AM‑5 PM). Required travel outside of normal business hours. Required.

• Ability to function as a member of a team.
• Ability to present complex finance related information in a clear and concise manner, both in writing and verbally.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.
• Advanced knowledge of finance policies, practices and systems.
• Advanced interpersonal skills at all levels within the organization; service orientation; advanced critical thinking; attention to detail; ability to multi‑task in a high volume environment, effective organizational skills.
• In depth ability to use multiple spreadsheet and database software tools to gather information for specialized, complex financial analysis, fiscal management and financial reports.
• Ability to identify, collect and analyze information from a variety of sources.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Thorough knowledge and understanding of UCR budget model and Oracle EPM, PPM and Google systems used to extract data in report preparation.

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