Budget Fiscal Analyst Lead

University of Washington Medical Center • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

The Budget Fiscal Analyst Lead role is responsible for account management and customer assistance with federal and non-federal research awards. The prime focus of this role is the performance of complex technical fiscal analysis and reconciliations, along with support of daily process improvements at both the stream and all-office level. This includes analyzing, planning, interpreting, and reviewing fiscal operations involving a variety of components in order to establish new budgets, prepare invoices, generate financial reports, and reconcile related budgets for closing on various grant, contracts, and gift accounts. Additionally, the position will actively support Lean process improvements

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree with major study in accounting, business administration, or related field and two years of experience designing, developing, evaluating and interpreting financial information and budget/fiscal policies
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration
• Specific Position requirements:
• Working knowledge of Grant and Contract Accounting processes
• Experience using advanced spreadsheet, database, and other technology applications for financial and administrative purposes
• Possess sufficient technical and domain knowledge to design and develop applications that improve services and products for GCA customers, with a primary focus on research faculty
• Working knowledge of advanced accounting practices, reconciliations, or experience with other accounting systems
• Demonstrated experience in analyzing online Financial Accounting and presenting financial information originating from various sources, excellent verbal and written communication skills, analytical skills, and ability to make judgments
• Experience leading a team in a quality improvement environment, prioritizing tasks and delegating work is also required

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a Lean process improvement environment

Responsibilities

• Lead responsible for leading specific work processes within a team. These processes include the following:
• Develop, evaluate, and interpret fiscal policies and procedures for work team
• Delegate and prioritize workflow in a process team
• Evaluate unit duties through comparison of actual performance with planned objectives
• Conduct statistical analyses involving budget data to manage the workflow of the team
• Analyze customer compliance questions and issues
• Provide training for staff
• Schedule work in a team environment
• Act as a member of a team that is collaborative, shares information, provides constructive feedback
• Leads efforts to resolve conflict and recognizes other’s work
• Work closely with Grant Managers to support the goals and objectives of the streams by taking an active role in analyzing metrics, workloads, and scheduling
• Develop, evaluate, and interpret financial budget/fiscal policies and procedures for managers and staff
• Recommend changes to fiscal information systems, which have a department wide impact
• Responsible for working with the section manager in the new hire process that includes applicant selection for team interviews, candidate recommendations, support training, assign, and schedule work
• Conduct various statistical analyses to manage department workflow and integrate activities with organizational direction
• Provide management reports in support of strategic initiatives
• Delegate and prioritize work in the section, consulting with manager when appropriate
• Evaluate section duties through comparison of actual performance with planned objectives
• Research and determine factors when goal is not met
• Formulate and recommend corrective action steps.
• Support the ongoing development and training of the GCA staff
• Budget/Fiscal Analyst
• Develop and maintain multiple record keeping and reporting systems; develop procedures for implementation of fiscal operations
• Consult with funding agencies to resolve problems and obtain approval for deviation; advise and assist organization’s staff regarding budgetary policies
• Answer customer inquiries in a timely and professional manner
• Consult with funding agencies to resolve reporting/invoicing problems and/ or consult with team regarding interpretation of regulations
• Support cross-training, advise and assist members of work teams to resolve issues regarding University and sponsor policies and procedures
• Perform duties of a Budget Fiscal Analyst
• Perform other related duties as required
• Process Improvement
• Actively support LEAN process improvements by participating in team discussions, generating ideas with members of the team and related process partners to meet and/or exceed customer needs
• Analyze, modify, and recommend improvements in subsidiary and general fiscal recordkeeping systems
• Apply knowledge of accounts and program relationships, data flow, audit trails, and internal controls to design and implement financial data systems
• Actively participates and frequently leads huddles, step backs, all-office meetings, and improvement hours
• Understands and can explain alignment between team and department goals, as well as the visuals in the streams, escalation indicators, and handoffs
• Generates and implements ideas to improve flow

Benefits

• For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees