Join our team as we navigate the dynamic landscape of UCSF finance, where every number tells a story, and every analysis helps us to create a successful Housing program that supports the UCSF community and its mission. We're seeking a skilled Sr. Financial Analyst to help us decipher complexities and drive strategic decision-making. Housing Services is an auxiliary unit experiencing significant growth, and the department's ability to support its operational expenses (including debt service, facility renewal, and capital investments) in San Francisco's market poses unique challenges.
Reporting to the Associate Director of Systems and Finance, the Sr. Finance Analyst (SFA) will use skills as an experienced professional with an understanding of industry practices and organizational policies and procedures to resolve a wide range of budgetary issues in creative as well as practical ways.
Position responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Budget Development and Management
- Coordinate the annual budget development with managers and directors for each of their business lines
- Ensure Housing's financials are in line with the annual budget and business line accounts.
- Meet regularly with Housing sub-units to review financials for their business lines.
Overseeing all accounting and financial transactions & processes:
- Oversee all Housing accounting and financial services operations including but not limited to billing, accounts receivables, accounts payable, recharges, purchasing, ledger verification, balance sheet reconciliation, cashiering, collections, and P-card management.
Financial Analysis & Problem-solving:
- Identify, analyze, and explain the root causes for overages, shortages, losses, and gains.
- Research multiple factors for discrepancies by working with internal and external partners, pulling large amounts of data from different sources, and using complex formulas to highlight or summarize data in easy-to-understand reports/summaries for different audiences (from frontline staff to campus leadership and beyond).
- Selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions for moderate to complex accounting or financial operations and issues within Housing.
- Pulling data and creating simple to complex financial reports, executive summaries, and presentations as requested by leadership.
- Functioning as a unit liaison with various teams including but not limited to: UCSF IT, the Finance Service Center, the Controller's office, Supply Chain Management, and external vendors.
Project and other duties as assigned.
As part of the Housing Systems & Finance team, the SFA will act as a team lead and will regularly collaborate with other Systems & Finance and Housing Services members. The SFA will act as back-up to the Associate Director of Systems and Finance and the Housing Finance team as needed.
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