"Financial Analyst 4"

Financial Analyst 4

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Location: Main Campus - UCR

Schedule: 8AM - 5PM

Category: Accounting and Finance

Salary: $93,200 - $174,200

Full/Part Time: Full-time(100%)

Organization: College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

Department: Peter Atkinson

Application Deadline: January 23, 2026

Position Information:

The Financial Analyst 4 is responsible for providing high level data analysis and reporting for the CNAS Dean's Office. The incumbent is responsible for complex financial forecasting and analytics. The position is also working closely with departments FAOs and FOMs and central campus offices to allocate college resources and to resolve financial issues.

The full salary range for the Financial Analyst 4 is $93,200 - $174,200 annually. However, the expected pay scale for this position is $93,200 - $113,450 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

Requirements:

Educational Requirements

• Advanced degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training. Required

Experience Requirements

• 6 - 10 years of related experience. Required

Minimum Requirements

• Ability to identify, collect and analyze information from a variety of sources.
• Advanced knowledge of finance policies, practices and systems.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Advanced interpersonal skills at all levels within the organization; service orientation; advanced critical thinking; attention to detail; ability to multi-task in a high volume environment, effective organizational skills.
• Ability to function as a member of a team.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.
• Ability to present complex finance related information in a clear and concise manner, both in writing and verbally.
• In depth ability to use multiple spreadsheet and database software tools to gather information for specialized, complex financial analysis, fiscal management and financial reports.

Preferred Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge and understanding of internal control practices and their impact on protecting University resources.

Key Responsibilities:

• 40% Performs complex financial and budgetary analysis including forecasting to produce financial reports. Extracts data from multiple sources and systems and produce synthesized reports. Analysis include development of quantitative models, fluctuation/variance analysis, operating models, budget models, impact analysis, and testing data for accuracy and reasonableness. Assembles and analyzes requests for resources including ad-hoc requests for funding. Develops recommendations regarding reasonableness of request, resource availability and effective uses of resources to achieve college goals and objectives. Records approved commitments and manages transfer of funds process. Administers the college's critical financial resources such as temporary teaching/graduate student researchers, faculty start up packages and benefits. Participates in fiscal closing process to ensure processing of year-end financial entries in a timely and accurate manner.
• 10% Applies advanced professional concepts to perform complex technical analysis to understand past performance and determine present and future performance and/or resource allocations.
• 10% Gathers information, analyzes, prepares and summarizes recommendations for financial and/or resource plans, including annual resource allocation approaches, trended future requirements, operating forecasts, sources and uses, etc. Examples include generating, modifying, and conceiving of new financial or other resource reports, strategic planning and modeling, analyzing and forecasting staff/faculty salary budgets, contracts, grants, F&A, initial complement/start-up, gifts, endowments, or user fees, and making recommendations for maximizing financial or other resource outcomes. Responsible for providing analytical support for highly complex budget, financial, and resource projects dealing directly with major department managers and/or outside constituents.
• 10% Performs complex financial or resource research and studies for both internal department and external constituents. Examples include periodic financial reports, staff/faculty salary budgets, contracts, grants, gifts, endowments, or user fees. Financial and/or resource analysis could include budgetary analysis, financial analysis, forecasts, projections, staff or faculty salary or FTE analysis, student enrollment analysis, recharge or general rate analysis (parking rates, copier rates, capital project rates, student health charges), student fees (self-supporting programs, professional school fees, course material fees, etc.) contracts and grants analysis, endowment income, fungibility of funds, working capital, depreciation, new building funds, etc.
• 10% Reviews and approves advanced financial transactions. Assists with audits.
• 5% Coordinates the gathering of budgetary and resource requirements information during planning stages, such as the annual budget process.
• 5% Trains staff and maintains an effective team environment. Other duties as assigned.
• 5% Develops and makes recommendations on internal policy/procedural changes that affect functional area.
• 5% Makes recommendations on maintaining and strengthening internal controls to protect University resources. Performs ledger reconciliations and reviews financial and payroll data for accuracy.

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