Finance, Accounting and Compensation Analyst

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is seeking applications for a Finance, Accounting and Compensation Analyst (Finance and Accounting Principal Professional). This full-time, University Staff (non-classified) position will be responsible for providing accounting and financial activities for the Department of Emergency Medicine. This includes providing advanced accounting, finance, compensation, and analytical support to the Department through complex financial analysis and modeling, trend analysis, financial reporting, and accounts payable and receivable activities. Additionally, the position will provide oversight to the on-going process improvement efforts associated with incentive plan compensation.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, business administration, finance, healthcare administration, public administration, statistics, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
Four (4) years of professional, progressively responsible experience in a finance related role
Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel, sufficient to create, maintain, and update financial spreadsheets, databases, and budgets using complex formulas and functions.
General knowledge of accounting and financial management practices
Accuracy, attention to detail, analytical, time management, problem-solving, and organizational skills are critical.
Must be able to work independently as well as collaboratively in a fast-paced, customer-oriented, team-based work environment. Must be able to effectively organize, plan, and prioritize multiple competing work activities under pressure.
Ability to work with a diverse group and competing interests.
Ability to tolerate a high degree of ambiguity yet work effectively to fulfill the mission, goals and objectives of the department.
Advanced analytical abilities and skills to address significant issues and demonstrate judgment to resolve complex problems.
Strong problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
Ability to represent the University in a professional manner with tact and diplomacy.
Ability to understand complex systems and guide other personnel with regard to their use.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
Demonstrate professionalism, strong work ethic and commitment to high standards.
Strong financial management and ability to manage funds from a variety of sources.
Knowledge of various CU, CU Medicine, UCH and University policies, rules and regulations pertaining to financial matters.

Nice To Haves

A master’s degree in accounting, business, business administration, finance, healthcare administration, public administration, statistics, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.
Higher education accounting or finance experience
Experience with database systems and analysis of data
Advanced experience working with Microsoft Office Products
Experience working systems such as Smartsheet, PowerBI, Human Capital Management, and PeopleSoft Finance

Responsibilities

Incentive Plan Administration
Leverages institutional databases and departmental systems to compile, validate, and analyze compensation data for accurate payment calculations.
Conducts comprehensive audits to ensure data integrity and adherence to University policy.
Designs and implements automated tools to streamline data extraction for incentive metrics, enhancing both accuracy and efficiency in departmental reporting.
Maintains accurate, up-to-date documentation for all departmental incentive plans, supporting transparency and compliance with stakeholders.
Assesses existing workflows and leads process improvement and automation efforts. Identifies and eliminates inefficiencies by optimizing the use of current systems and reducing manual processes.
Other duties as assigned.
Oversee and audit the daily operations of the payroll functions for the department; research, evaluate and ensure that payroll issues and discrepancies are resolved in a proper and timely manner; and manage entries into the HR/Payroll System.
Manage complex payroll functions; calculate, review, verify and post a variety of complex payroll data such as gross pay, retirement, contract adjustments, retroactive payments, hours, and leave.
Conducts monthly reconciliations to validate appropriate payroll allocation in alignment with departmental guidelines.
Create and update payroll procedures with a continuous focus on identifying efficiency and process improvement
Audits, updates, and maintains faculty funding distributions as well as identifies discrepancies and recommends solutions.
Reconciles faculty clinical commitments to determine discrepancies and initiate appropriate corrections as needed.
Calculates and maintains clinical commitment records for fellows, ensuring accurate overage payments and compliance with departmental standards.