Financial Analyst 3 - 140880

Payroll Title: FINANCIAL ANL 3 CX | Department: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SVCS | Hiring Pay Scale: $79,200 - $92,000 / Year | Worksite: Hybrid | Appointment Type: Career | Appointment Percent: 100% | Union: CX Contract | Filing Deadline: Fri 8/28/2026

About the role

UC San Diego is ranked the 9th best public university in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and is the largest employer based in San Diego County. Reporting to the VC-CFO, Information Technology Services (ITS) delivers Enterprise information technology services to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the leadership of the campus Chief Information Officer (CIO). Information Technology Services (IT Services) uses world-class services and technologies to empower UC San Diego's mission to transform California and the world as a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university.

The IT Business Office provides administration and financial support to ITS staff and management as well as billing customer service and software distribution to the campus community. It consists of several units - Administration, Finance & Business Operations, Human Resources, IT Procurement, and Inventory Management.

This position is responsible for complex budgeting, financial and analytical functions, including the tracking and allocation of complex funding sources and providing crucial resource, operating, and forecasting analyses. Responsible for the annual budgeting process, rate recharge analyses, providing recommendations to leadership for strategic planning of self-supporting activities, and submitting rate recharge proposals to the campus Rate Recharge Review Committee for approval. Must be able to perform special high-level analytical and forecasting projects with minimal oversight with a high degree of creativity and accuracy. Must co-lead and coordinate the annual storeroom inventory. Must be able to think creatively to solve unique and ad-hoc problems with a focus on reviewing and improving processes to enhance team efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Independently responsible for the tracking and allocation of complex funding sources and providing crucial resource, operating, and forecasting analyses.
• Responsible for the annual budgeting process.
• Responsible for rate recharge analyses, providing expert recommendations to leadership for the short and long-range strategic planning of self-supporting activities, and submitting rate recharge proposals to the campus Rate Recharge Review Committee for approval.
• Independently perform special high-level analytical and forecasting projects.
• Co-lead and coordinate the annual storeroom inventory.
• Think creatively to solve unique and ad-hoc problems with a focus on reviewing and improving processes to improve team efficiency.
• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
• Thorough knowledge of finance policies, practices, and systems.
• Proven ability using spreadsheet and database software for complex financial analysis, fiscal management, and financial reports.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work in pressure situations while accommodating interruptions.
• Proven ability to effectively present information verbally and in writing in a clear and concise manner.
• Strong ability to maintain status information and reporting to supervisor in a regular manner.
• Ability to independently gather required information to organize and perform financial analysis assignments.
• Proven skills and knowledge to perform complex financial modeling, resource planning, and budgetary oversight of a diverse population of resource collection programs.
• Ability to understand and create resource collection and costing programs and create associated complex analysis and financial models.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of campus recharge and rate policies and ability to review, collect, and compile information necessary to establish and update recharge rates.
• Working knowledge of UC and UCSD policies and procedures for fund accounting, contract and grant accounting, purchasing, rate recharge, inventory, and asset tracking.

Special Conditions

• Employee must be available to work evenings and weekends.
• Employee must be available to travel as required.
• Employee must attend in-person meetings and inventory as required.
• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on Background Check results.

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance (effective first day of hire).
• Vacation/holidays: 15 vacation days & 13 paid holidays a year.
• Work/Life Balance programs.
• UC Retirement Plan.
• Pet insurance.

For more information about UCSD Benefits and Work/Life, visit UC Total Compensation Calculator.

Pay

Hiring Pay Scale: $79,200 - $92,000 / Year

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Schedule

• 8 hours/day, Hybrid.
• One week onsite in June.