Decision Support Specialist

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote


Flexible Hybrid


Work Schedule


Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm


Posted Date


04/30/2026


Employment Type


2 - Staff: Career


Duration


Indefinite


Job #


30477


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Provide coordination and development of financial analysis, short and long-term planning, and project and cost analysis for the UCLA Faculty Practice Group. Analyze financial and operational data to provide insights to support decision-making. Work with various university partners to analyze business to identify and recommend actions which support company objectives and drive financial results. Develop tools for ad hoc reporting, financial models and analysis and dashboards; design and administer key performance metrics; run modeling for financial forecasting. Prepare base period data for use in analytics and projects. Support ad-hoc analytics such as provider contracting, claims analysis and other customized projects.

Salary Range: $111,966 - 184,800/annually

The employer offers hybrid benefit for this position.

Job Qualifications

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Bachelor's degree in data engineering, management and systems or a related field plus five years of experience in job offered, or as a business intelligence analyst, data analyst, data scientist or a related occupational title. Alternatively, the employer will accept a Master's degree plus two years of experience. Demonstrated experience performing job costing or activity-based costing environment analyses and delivering effective solutions that provide tangible benefits. Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP). Experience working in an environment that is rapidly changing, where processes and procedures are in development. Experience resolving complex financial problems utilizing statistical tools or data modeling to support decisions. Experience improving processes and systems. Experience working effectively in a team environment on collaborative projects or cross-functional teams. Demonstrated experience communicating effectively in written and oral communications. Experience working on multiple projects simultaneously with shifting priorities demonstrating effective time management and organizational skills. Demonstrated expertise in Microsoft Excel including pivot tables, complex formulas, data validation, macros, automation, effectively visualizing data through charts and graphs. Demonstrated experience scripting or programming languages to support data analysis and automation. Proficiency in SQL for querying and managing datasets with hundreds of millions of records. Experience creating actionable data visualization dashboards and charts utilizing business intelligence (BI) and data visualization applications such as Tableau or similar platforms. Demonstrated experience meeting project and reporting deadlines.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.