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Posted: 17-Aug-23

Location: Berkeley, California

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Academic/Faculty
Business/Finance

Internal Number: 4495540

Senior Financial Analyst (7710U), College of Chemistry - 57644 About Berkeley
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Departmental Overview
The Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) and the Department of Chemistry are instructional and research Departments in the College of Chemistry. Teaching and research facilities for both departments are located within the College of Chemistry's complex, Stanley Hall and Melvin Calvin Lab, with many faculty having appointments and laboratories at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) has 19 ladder-ranked faculty, three regularly appointed non-Senate faculty, and seven temporary lecturers each year. CBE is home to about 400 undergraduates and 60 Masters and 100 Doctoral students. CBE has two professional Masters degree programs in Product Development and Bioprocess Engineering. Approximately 60 graduate and undergraduate students are hired annually as GSIs and Readers in support of the teaching program in CBE. In addition, CBE is host to approximately 50 visiting postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars and researchers.
The Department of Chemistry has over 400 graduate students enrolled in the Ph.D. program at any one time, with around 235 graduate student instructor appointments each year along with approximately 248 visiting scholars. The Department has65 Faculty members serving as regular ladder rank faculty, professors in the Graduate School, active emeritus faculty, adjunct professors, and full-time lecturers. The Department teaches over 10,000 students each year from departments all over the campus, UC Extension, and Summer Sessions.
Application Review Date
The First Review Date for this job is: August 29, 2023
Responsibilities

• Provides analytical support for highly complex budget, financial, and resource projects dealing directly with major department managers.
• Recognized as the financial leader and expert for all Chemistry/CBE funds.
• Working with department management, oversees the financial functions for departmental fund types, including permanent budget, state, central campus, discretionary funds - gifts and endowments, recharge, income, and oversight of extramural contracts grants.
• Monitors all budgetary allocations and expenditures, ensuring all funds are in balance.
• Regularly analyzes a variety of financial systems, procedures, and reports in response to changes in program, policy, or funding.
• Analyzes annual and multi-year budget reports for departmental operating budgets and assists in making projections and enabling sound financial decisions.
• Identifies current and anticipated problems, develops solutions, recommends actions, and implements decisions.
• Fully ensures departments are in alignment with all applicable financial policies and in compliance with SAS 115 standards.
• Makes recommendations on maintaining and strengthening internal controls to protect University resources.
• Applies advanced professional concepts to perform complex technical analysis to understand past performance and determine present and future performance and / or resource allocations.
• Develops complex financial models for all major cost centers that assess the financial health of all programs.
• Develops and produces financial statements that articulate our financial position for in-year and future-year planning.
• Enables strategic decision-making ability.
• Formulates strategic plans to fully utilize current resources, obtain new resources when appropriate, and respond to either budget reductions or allocation of new funds.
• Works with Chair and Director and major stakeholders to anticipate short-term and long-range planning for the departments, including budgeting for the academic programs, major equipment, and facility needs.
• Plans and responds to changes in federal, state, and UC policies, procedures and systems and to campus and department priorities.
• Develops a suite of financial reports on a monthly basis for all cost centers that enable departmental leadership to understand our position.
• Analyzes annual and multi-year budget reports for departmental operating budgets and makes projections.
• Identifies current and anticipated problems, develops solutions, recommends actions, and implements decisions.
• Develops, identifies, and leverages university resources to help prepare long-range facilities strategy for Department.
• Leads process improvement opportunities initiatives for the department.
• Uses advanced understanding of industry practices to direct, initiate, design, and provide in-depth analytical studies, summary reports, and background materials for campus or department administrative officers and managers for financial and/or resource plans, including annual resource allocation approaches, trended future requirements, operating forecasts, sources and uses, et cetera, that have a significant impact on individual or multiple departments.
• Develops Annual Budget via Cal Planning, Capital Budgets, and TAS Budgets. Prepares and delivers presentations for external audiences to support our budget process.
• Trains and mentors staff and creates an inclusive work environment.
• Performs highly complex financial or resource research and studies for both internal department and external campus constituents.
• Drives integration, service delivery and ensures successful partnership.
• Ensures processes and procedures are clear and all customers are satisfied.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of finance policies, practices, and systems.
• Ability to identify, collect, and analyze information from multiple sources.
• Expert financial analysis and reporting capabilities.
• Advanced ability to effectively present complex finance related information both verbally and in writing in a clear and concise manner.
• Proven skills to quickly evaluate complex financial issues and identify multiple options for resolution.
• In depth ability to use multiple spreadsheet and database software tools to gather information for specialized, complex financial analysis, fiscal management, and financial reports.
• Broad knowledge of financial processes, systems, protocols and procedures with a focus on budget, account, and fund management.
• Experience in financial modeling and ability to analyze complicated financial data to drive key decision making.
• High-level strategic planning experience in an academic department or a large, complex organization.
• Excellent critical thinking and strategic mindset.
• Collaborative and client serviced focused.
• Comfortable interacting with all levels of staff and management.
• In depth knowledge of, or ability to obtain and understand University budget and financial policies, procedures and systems, and financial control methodologies.
• Ability to problem solve, multitask, set and meet deadlines, adapt to changing priorities, and function as a member of a team.
• Superior communication, organizational and interpersonal skills; political acumen and ability to maintain strict confidentiality as well as appropriate use of good judgment, tact, diplomacy and discretion.
• Demonstrated advanced computer skills with MS Office, and financial and data systems.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.

Education/Training:

• Advanced Degree (Preference in Business or Finance/Accounting) and/or equivalent experience/training.
• MBA preferably in Business or Finance or 5-8 years of experience performing financial planning and analysis and/or equivalent experience/training.

Salary & Benefits
For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.
Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.
The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $95,300.00 - $136,700.00 (at 100% FTE). At 60% FTE, this budgeted salary or hourly range is $57,180.00 - $82,020.00.

• This is a 60% full-time (40 hours per week), career position that is eligible for full UC benefits.
• This position is exempt and paid monthly.

How to Apply
To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.
Conviction History Background
This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. For more information about your rights as an applicant, please see the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission poster.
For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, please see the University of California Discrimination, Harassment, and Affirmative Action in the Workplace policy.
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