Unit Financial Administrator IV

Department:

Location:
Health Sciences Center
Time Type:
Full time
Worker Type:
Regular
Job Req ID:
R108727
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field and six (6) years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Grade 8 (Salaried)
Position Description:

The Unit Financial Administrator IV provides advanced financial analysis, reporting, and decision support for School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center (SOM/HSC) operations. This role partners with departments, schools and central offices to support effective budget management, accurate financial reporting, and operational compliance. The position serves as the primary point of contact for day-to-day financial analysis, reporting, forecasting, and first-level support to unit financial administrators and HR partners, escalating complex or high-risk matters as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform advanced financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting to support operational and strategic decision-making.
  
• Develop and maintain financial models and management reports to monitor budgets, trends, and variances.
  
• Support annual budget development and ongoing financial planning across HSC units.
  
• Review and assess funding viability for HR and financial requests, ensuring alignment with approved budgets, funding sources, and institutional financial policies.
  
• Prepare and maintain monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc HSC management reports, including variance analysis and executive-level summaries.
  
• Assist with preparation of forecasts and ongoing monitoring of budget performance across departments.
  
• Support year-end deficit tracking and mitigation analysis for leadership review.
  
• Support hiring and hiring pause exception requests by validating funding availability, sustainability, and compliance with institutional budget guidance prior to leadership review.
  
• Support new Foundation program intake processing and assist with setup and coordination activities.
  
• Partner with departments to identify financial risks, operational inefficiencies, and budget challenges; support corrective action planning and monitoring.
  
• Provide guidance and training to financial administrators and business partners on budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
  
• Support financial operations, compliance monitoring, audit readiness, and process improvement initiatives.
  
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve financial, reporting, and data-related issues.
  
• Support documentation and analysis related to compliance, audit readiness, and process improvement initiatives.
  
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), with a strong focus on Supervisory Organization (SUP) creation and maintenance.
  
• Experience in one or more HR functional disciplines, such as classification and compensation and/or training and development.
  
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, data analysis, and reporting.
  
• Experience working with financial and reporting systems, such as Power BI, Workday, and the Microsoft Office suite.
  

Competencies

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, specifically Word and Excel.
  
• Self-directed and very knowledgeable regarding University HR policy and procedures.
  
• Capacity to plan, manage, and execute multiple projects at once.
  
• Proactive - anticipates and plans for problems before they arise.
  
• Analytical- evaluating data and other information with the ability to choose the best solution and make recommendations.
  
• Flexible - ability to change directions as needed for the good of the department or organization.
  
• Service Excellence - responsive, informs constituents of process, pleasant to work with, educates and provides timely, accurate information.
  
• Organized - manages time effectively, keeps tasks appropriately prioritized.
  
• Critical Thinking - ability to think through issues and identify appropriate options.
  
• Work Ethic - motivated, diligent, industrious and persistent in the workplace, stays on tasks to completion, works at a fast pace to ensure optimal efficiency.
  
• Interpersonal - can build effective, strong working relationships with employees, colleagues, management through trust, communication, and credibility.
  
• Teamwork - ability to work with others, serve others, help others, take directions from others in the interest of moving process and programs forward to the desired outcome.
  

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. The University strives to provide equal employment opportunity on the basis of merit and without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, or pregnancy. In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veteran Readjustment Act of 1974, the University prohibits job discrimination of individuals with disabilities, Vietnam era veterans, qualified special disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans. The University acknowledges its obligations to ensure affirmative steps are taken to ensure equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of the University that no employee or applicant for employment be subject to unlawful discrimination in terms of recruitment, hiring, promotion, contract, contract renewal, tenure, compensation, benefits, and/or working conditions. No employee or applicant for employment is required to endorse or condemn a specific ideology, political viewpoint, or social viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, or promotion.

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