Financial Analyst

Job Location:
1500 Owens St
San Francisco, CA 94158

Description:
**Please note that UCSF's policy is that full medicals are required for all onsite or hybrid candidates. **


***ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE W2 EMPLOYEES OF THE SUBMITTING AGENCY***


Working Title: Finance Analyst 2
Schedule: could work either 0800-1700 or 0900-1800 PST
Location: Hybrid-onsite 1 day per month at 490 Illinois St, SF, CA


**Manager update**
This is an entry-level, temp-to-hire position. Please prioritize candidates who are likely to view this as a long-term opportunity.
Target experience: 0-3 years in finance or accounting. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related business field.
The role is primarily transactional and operational, rather than strategic or advanced FP&A.
Relevant experience may include:
- Accounts payable or accounts receivable
- Invoice and expense processing
- Purchase orders and expense tracking
- Account or bank reconciliations
- Journal entries and month-end close support
- Basic financial reporting
- Budget tracking and expense monitoring
- Intermediate Excel, including formulas, filters, pivot tables, and basic reporting
Please prioritize candidates who are:
- Early in their finance or accounting career
- Detail-oriented and comfortable with repetitive, accurate work
- Able to manage multiple priorities independently
- Interested in developing within a university finance environment
- Genuinely interested in a temp-to-hire opportunity
Please do not prioritize candidates with extensive FP&A, financial modeling, management, supervisory, or senior-level experience. Candidates with 10+ years of experience or titles such as Senior Financial Analyst, Finance Manager, Accounting Supervisor, or Controller are generally too experienced for this opening. ***


This role requires someone who is a self-starter and who demonstrates very strong attention to detail.


Experience, background, and/or qualifications necessary: Accounting- or finance-related, with intermediate-level Excel skills.

Job Summary:
Involves developing, interpreting and implementing financial concepts for financial planning, resource planning (dollars), and control of organizational budget. May analyze and prepare recommendations for financial plans, including annual resource allocations, future requirements, and operating forecasts.

Department Overview (please write a brief description of your department/unit that you would like to be included in the job posting/advertisement)


The Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost Business Service Center was formed to provide centralized financial transactional processing, purchasing, reconciliations, reporting, and budget development and management to the direct offices of the Chancellor (CO, Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Outreach (VCDO) and Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost (EVCP). These services are also provided to the subunits of the VCDO and EVCP. These units include the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity and Diversity Office, the direct offices of the Vice Chancellor of Research, Associate Vice Chancellor Research, Associate Vice Chancellor Ethics and Compliance and their subunits, Research Cores, Laboratory Animal Research Center (LARC), Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), Institutional Animal Care and Use Program (IACUP), the Office of Sponsored Research (OSR), CoLabs, International Research Support Operations (IRSO) and the Office of Innovation Ventures which includes the subunits: Office of Technology Management, Center for Digital Health, Strategic Alliances, and Center of Entrepreneurship, as well as Academic Affairs, Student Academic Affairs, Academic Senate, Graduate Division, and the Campus Library.


Required qualifications:


Working knowledge of finance policies, practices, and systems.
Ability to gather reasonably retrievable information to organize, and perform basic financial analysis assignments.
Demonstrated ability to effectively present information verbally and in writing clearly and concisely.
Demonstrated ability using spreadsheet and database software for moderately complex financial analysis, fiscal management, and financial reports.
Demonstrated interpersonal skills at all levels within the unit; excellent service orientation and critical thinking skills; and attention to detail. Demonstrated ability using organizational skills to multi-task in a high volume environment.
Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
Ability to function as a member of a team.
Intermediate knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.


Education, Licenses and Certifications:
Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
One (1) year of related experience.