Financial Analyst 3

About the role

The Financial Analyst is responsible for the management, structure, and use of all assigned funds and accounts. Account management includes expenditures charged to the accounts ensuring consistency and compliance with federal, state, university-wide, UC Davis, and sponsoring agency policies, terms and conditions following generally accepted accounting principles. Financial analysis and financial reporting are also required on assigned accounts including large complex grants, and accounts with high levels of analytical needs. Accounts include extramural grant accounts, clinical trials, university-sponsored, other sponsored activity, and other award types.

Responsibilities

• Post-Award Administration (Cluster)
  • Manage the financial aspects of research grants and contracts within the School of Medicine.
  • Conduct in-depth complex analysis, manage grant awards with various School of Medicine departments.
  • Collaborate with a wide variety of faculty and department staff to monitor and provide monthly reports and close-outs on awards.
• Effort Reporting
  • Provide high-level analytical and problem-solving support to the Department, Chief Administrative Officer, Finance Manager, and Principal Investigators in relation to base- and current-year budget allocations and fiscal matters of significant complexity.
• Miscellaneous Projects
  • Support the Department with other administrative tasks as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
• Several years of demonstrated administrative and cost accounting experience with all types of award mechanisms, including grants, contracts, subcontracts, and cooperative agreements.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of generally accepted accounting, fiscal and reporting principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with post-award administration, reporting, close-outs.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with compliance and sponsor policies related to research administration.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills to interpret and apply sponsor, institutional and departmental policies.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Code of Federal Regulations, sponsor-specific policies, intellectual property policy, conflict of interest requirements, publication rights, application of indirect cost rates and other complex concepts in research administration.
• Knowledge of UC Davis contract and grant procedures.
• Knowledge of AggieEnterprise (Oracle), Cognos (IBM Analytics), effort reporting, cost-share tracking.

Skills

• Broad knowledge of University and UCDHS policies, procedures, practices, and organization.
• Advanced knowledge of generally accepted accounting, fiscal and reporting principles.
• Knowledge of Extramural Fund Accounting and funds flow.

Benefits

Apply By Date: 7/12/2026 by 11:59pm

Salary or Pay Range: $2,954.40 - $5,360.00

Salary Frequency: Bi-Weekly

Salary Grade: 163

UC Job Title: FINANCIAL ANL 3 CX

UC Job Code: 005183

Number of Positions: 1

Appointment Type: Staff: Career

Percentage of Time: 100%

Shift (Work Schedule): Day, 8am-5pm

Location: Education Building (HSP033)

Union Representation: CX-Clerical/Admin

Benefits Eligible: Yes