Req #: 236551

Department: SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Job Location Detail: Hybrid Eligible

Posting Date: 07/11/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $8,080 - $12,119 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf )

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The UW School of Medicine has an outstanding opportunity for a SoM Accounting and Reporting Analyst to join their team.

The University of Washington School of Medicine (SoM) is nationally and internationally recognized for excellent programs in clinical care, teaching, and research activities. The SoM has 32 academic departments with over 3,700+ teaching and research faculty, 5,000+ clinical faculty, 4,800 students and trainees, and 3,700+ staff with annual UW based activity of over $2.2B.

The SoM is part of UW Medicine which operates or manages the following organizations dedicated to patient care, medical education, and research: Airlift Northwest, Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center – Montlake, UW Medical Center – Northwest, UW Neighborhood Clinics, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Valley Medical Center. UW Medicine shares in the ownership and governance of the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and in the ownership of Children’s University Medical Group. UW Medicine also has strong affiliations with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children’s, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Boise VA Medical Center. UW Medicine also partners with multiple other healthcare organizations joined with us in contracts with payers related to provision of value-based healthcare.

The SoM medical school program serves the five-state WWAMI region: Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. For a comprehensive overview of UW Medicine, including the School of Medicine, refer to the factbook: www.uwmedicine.org/factbook.

UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public. UW Medicine supports equity, diversity, and inclusion in our classrooms, clinics, workplace, and community. Our faculty and staff are passionate about finding solutions to the social issues that create barriers and disparities in access to healthcare. In 2017, UW Medicine adopted a multi-year Healthcare Equity Blueprint: http://cedi-web01.s.uw.edu/about-us/uw-medicine-healthcare-equity-blueprint/.

POSITION PURPOSE Under limited direction, The SoM Accounting and Reporting Analyst (SoM ARA) is responsible for ensuring the accurate preparation and analysis of the School of Medicine’s financial statements (balance sheet and income statement) according to Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The SoM ARA will provide assurance SoM transactions are properly monitored, recorded, analyzed and reconciled. This includes the preparation and reconciliation of complex intercompany transfers between SoM, UW Medicine, and the Academy. The SoM ARA is also responsible for working with appropriate SoM departmental finance staff in guiding them during the monthly/yearly closing process.

The Sr Director of Finance will rely on this position to be the subject matter expert on all accounting issues and as such must exhibit superior accounting, and analytical skills as well as the ability to function both independently and in a team environment. They are required to communicate effectively in order to explain complex transactions and accounting issues, often in ways that can be understood by nonaccountants. The position also communicates with departments across the University regarding accounting issues and guidance, and regarding updates and changes to the accounting processes.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Representative elements of the SoM ARA’s duties and responsibilities include the following: Accounting, Analysis, & Fiscal Oversight (75%): • The SoM ARA is responsible for supporting the accurate and timely preparation SoM financial reports according to GASB standards. This includes gathering, analyzing, and reporting financial data and results where underlying data often originates from Workday and multiple sources. Findings derived from this data will play a crucial role in executive-level decision making. • Timely reconciliation, research, and resolution of assigned balance sheet accounts. • Preparation of well supported transactions in the form of journal entries and journal vouchers. • Record allocations and transfers of costs to other UW and UW Medicine entities; ensure inter-affiliate and funding transactions remain in balance. • Monitor accounting activities with a focus on consistency in accounting treatment used across SoM departments, internal controls, process improvement, service enhancement and workflow efficiencies. • Use UW administrative system tools including, for example, Workday, and the Enterprise Data Warehouse to extract and download system data for analysis. • Support and continually improve SoM accounting processes. • Performs other duties as assigned.

SoM Departmental Support (25%): • Serve as a subject matter expert to the departments within the SoM to support Workday accounting processes, research and analyze data and trends, explain accounting treatments and results, interpret, and implement new accounting requirements, etc. • Work with a diverse group of individuals; placing a value on diversity, equity, and inclusiveness. • Create ad-hoc reports that help departments address their Workday financial questions and/or root-cause problem-solving. • Outreach, collaboration, and support to SoM department financial leaders across campus. • Responsibilities include understanding the business purpose, strategy, and drivers behind financial results, and creating and analyzing variance reports. • Assist Sr Director of Finance in developing and implementing dashboards, key business and financial metrics, and/or productivity platforms. • Assist Sr Director of Finance in the development of departmental policies and procedures to maintain and improve adherence to university, state, and federal rules and regulations. • Heavy involvement in SoM-wide process and policy changes. This may include developing reports and analysis which are provided to leaders to inform of changes and/or impact SoM finances.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field and at least 5 years of experience in full scope accounting, including use of data analysis tools. • Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Excel including the ability to design, build, document and maintain complex workbooks in a user-friendly, intuitive, and logical manner.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. Additional Requirements: • Demonstrated ability to analyze, interpret and explain financial results, and to formulate and implement process improvements. • Demonstrate collaborative, customer service attitude. • Excellent communication skills. • Demonstrated experience in working on diverse groups and teams; respects, values, and contributes to UW Finance, Planning & Budget and UW’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Experience in public accounting. • CPA license or demonstrated progress toward CPA designation.

Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.