"Research Financial Analyst Lead"

Posted: 06-Dec-25

Location: San Francisco, California

Type: Full-time

Categories: Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 87068BR

Reporting directly to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) in the department of Neurological Surgery, the Research Financial Analyst (RFA) Lead provides functional team training and supervisory support to ensure adherence to UC and sponsor policies and processes for post-award management. The RFA Lead, an expert in research administration, is responsible for implementation of policies and processes, reporting, training and compliance specific to post-award management at UCSF in collaboration with Contracts and Grants Accounting (CGA), Office of Sponsored Research (OSR), and other business units. Through leadership and mentorship, the RFA Lead ensures consistent high quality financial management of grant, gifts, and endowment funding and exceptional support to the department's research faculty and labs to assure continued research funding to the department, in addition to compliance with institutional policy and regulatory requirements for post-award management.

The RFA Lead provides support to the CFO in the development, training and implementation of departmental policy, processes, performance measures and in managing compliance and audit issues specific to post-award management. The RFA Lead will be responsible for post-award management training and quality monitoring, data management and reporting, and will be assigned responsibility for certain complex and challenging research portfolios. The RFA Lead ensures consistent application of contracts and grants accounting policy and processes, works closely with the CFO to report and interpret performance and metric data, and works with OSR, CGA, and the School of Medicine Dean's office to assure coordination of additional training needs.

The RFA Lead has requisite knowledge and expertise and meets the rigorous standards of contract and award management, including interpretation of government, non-profit and University policies for the administration of research, training and public service awards. This position provides leadership and coverage in the event of the CFO's absence in the department, identifies issues, collects relevant information and works closely with the CFO to enact a plan for resolution, and then manages the positive outcome through to the conclusion.

Additionally, the RFA Lead will support the CFO with managing the financial portfolios of the divisions within the department to ensure the divisions meet their financial and strategic objectives and goals. This role assures accountability and stewardship of division resources (operational, financial, and human) in compliance with the divisions' goals and objectives.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $110,400 - $235,400 (Annual Rate).

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