Senior Financial Analyst

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#138098 Senior Financial Analyst
Filing Deadline:
Wed 2/18/2026

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This is a UC San Diego Internal Recruitment open to UC San Diego Employees Only

UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment:
Apply by 2/9/2026 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.

Reassignment Applicants:
Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.

The Senior Financial Analyst reports to the Assistant Director of Finance and Accounting and works in close partnership with the Assistant Dean and the Chief Financial Officer. This senior-level analyst brings a seasoned, professional perspective and a full mastery of UC San Diego s accounting policies, industry best practices, and organizational procedures. The role solves a wide variety of moderate to complex financial challenges—ranging from core-fund accounting to multi-source grant administration—by applying sound judgment, imaginative problem-solving, and rigorous data analysis.

This position is heavily involved in the School of Biological Sciences accounting, audit, and transaction support for core and operations funds within the School Dean s Office and departments. This position is responsible for a wide variety of financial analysis, including: providing accounting, audit, and transaction support; policy development and implementation; automation and process improvement; strategic fiscal planning; grant and program finance;

faculty salary administration; recharge and self-supporting facilities oversight; leadership and training; reporting and communication. The Financial Analyst 3 is a pivotal bridge between finance, academic leadership, and research administration. By ensuring accurate accounting, robust policy frameworks, and proactive fiscal planning, the analyst safeguards the School s financial health while enabling faculty and program directors to focus on their core missions.

After thorough research and analysis, the incumbent is responsible for developing, reviewing, presenting, and implementing internal administrative policies and procedures with regard to personnel, programs, financial, and recharge facilities within the scope of accounting, accounting structure, and transactions. This position participates in the automation processes of internal financial accounts payable, AR, and payroll processes. Participates in strategic fiscal planning, analysis, budgeting to provide expert guidance around accounting transactions, structure and functionality.

Works with Principal Investigators (PI) and program directors with multiple, complex sources of funding to ensure program goals match available resources to accounting structure and functionality for core and operations funds. Audits and ensures faculty have adequate resources for salary support. This includes continuous assessment of resource requests for personnel, budget, and monetary needs and presenting the recommendations.

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for auditing and faculty salary analysis to ensure all faculty salary support, including GCCP plans, are correct for payroll entry. Acts as primary department contact on faculty salary construction utilizing knowledge expertise of the FTE, NSP, FSEP, and NIH cap gap to gain optimal results. Partners with Academic Personnel as appropriate to obtain/confirm approvals, verify faculty eligibility for different programs, and process actions in payroll.

In addition, this position monitors and updates salary profiles to reflect the constant changes of funding sources and levels to avoid retro pay activity as much as possible. Conducts complex fiscal analysis involving multiple sources (Federal, State, Unrestricted, etc.) with different salary caps, other research funds and recommend funding distributions in partnership with the Contracts and Grants Manager and fund managers to maximize the use of available funds.

Reviews changes for accuracy, and audit pay distributions for correct pay and negotiated pay where applicable, including contingency funds. Provides consultative services and trains department personnel on faculty compensation construction as necessary to ensure availability of funding for all school faculty and staff. Maintain strong knowledge of and comprehension of Negotiated Salary Program (NSP) and serve as the expert in faculty salary issues providing advice, instruction and policy interpretation to Assistant Dean, Faculty, COO, Director and Contracts & Grants Manager and staff.

The Senior Financial Analyst identifies problems early and works with the Assistant Director to resolve. May act in place of the Assistant Director in their absence for…