Accounting Manager, School of Medicine Integrated Resources - Finance

** Job Description
** The Integrated Resources - Finance team has an exciting opportunity for an
** Accounting Manager**.The School of Medicine (SoM)’s Integrated Resources - Finance team was established in June 2023 with the launch of Workday Finance. The model centralizes finance functions to enhance efficiency, ensure compliance, and streamline operations. The mission of the Integrated Resources - Finance team is to standardize financial processes to ensure compliance, drive efficiency and effectiveness, and deliver high-quality, reliable financial services.

By continuously improving service delivery, data accuracy, and stakeholder responsiveness, Integrated Resources - Finance supports SoM’s mission to improve the health of the public.

The Accounting Manager is responsible for providing operational and technical leadership for the Accounting Team within Integrated Resources - Finance. This position will engage with stakeholders to identify solutions for complex accounting cases while ensuring compliance with University of Washington (UW) and SoM finance policies. In addition, this position will collaborate with team members, central finance teams, SoM Financial Planning & Analysis team, and SoM departments to address time-sensitive requests.

The Accounting Manager will continuously monitor and evaluate Accounting team performance. This position is accountable for leading accounting-specific process improvement initiatives that impact the SoM’s overall financial statement. In collaboration with the other Integrated Resources - Finance team, as well as with other members of the SoM Financial Planning and Analysis Team and UW central office, this position will develop standardized processes.

This role plays a critical part in auditing the SoM accounting record changes, ensuring compliance with UW and SoM financial policies, and communicating updates on accounting processes and finance policies to both the Integrated Resources - Finance team and SoM departments.

The Accounting Manager oversees supervisors who lead day-to-day transactional work, ensuring they have the tools, training, and guidance needed to maintain service quality and compliance. The Accounting Manager reports directly to the Integrated Resources - Finance Director and partners closely with the Integrated Resources - Finance Partnership team and others within the SoM Financial Planning and Analysis team. This role will also serve as a liaison between SoM departments and central UW finance offices.

Success in this position requires strong accounting expertise, in-depth knowledge of Workday and the Foundation Data Model (FDM), excellent problem-solving abilities, and advanced interpersonal skills to effectively engage with senior leadership and departmental finance teams.

This role is essential for ensuring that SoM Integrated Resources - Finance accounting practices comply with UW, state, and funding agency policies and procedures, while also maintaining the accuracy and efficiency of accounting change processes. This position holds accountability for operational efficiency within the Accounting Team while delegating transactional and frontline duties to supervisors and other accounting roles.
** DUTIES AND RESPONSBILITIES
**** Operational Leadership and Management (50%)
*** Lead strategic design, implementation, and monitoring of accounting operations across the team, including developing performance standards (key performance indicators, service level agreements) and aligning workflows with UW, state, and funding agency policies.
* Collaborate with the Director and Partnership Team to create and standardize procedures within the Accounting team, ensuring consistency and compliance.
* Oversee the supervisors on the Accounting team and provide direct support in training and standardization of accounting transactions, ensuring timely and accurate processing of transactions across the SoM.
* Ensure all transactions comply with policies and regulations from the UW, state, funding agencies, and SoM as well as ensure that relevant documentation is complete and accessible.
* Review and standardize the training materials developed and…