Associate Director of Finance

** Job Description
** The University of Washington (UW) is proud to be one of the nation’s premier educational and research institutions. Our people are the most important asset in our pursuit of achieving excellence in education, research, and community service. Our staff not only enjoys outstanding benefits and professional growth opportunities, but also an environment noted for diversity, community involvement, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The Department of Radiation Oncology at UW Medicine is an academic department specializing in the research, teaching, and providing of professional services for the management of cancer patients undergoing treatment using radiation therapy as the main modality of treatment.  The department is an integral part of the Cancer Program at the University of Washington and a major contributor to the contribution margin of each of the six centers at which we provide professional services:
University of Washington Medical Center-Montlake (UWMC-ML);
Gamma Knife Center at UWMC-Northwest (UWMC-NW);
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Care-Sloan (FHCC-Sloan); FHCC at UWMC-Northwest (FHCC@ UWMC-NW); the Fred Hutch Proton Therapy Center (FHCC-PTC); FHCC-Peninsula in Poulsbo;
Seattle Children’s Hospital (SCH); and the Puget Sound VA Medical Center.

This position will serve as a critical part of the administrative leadership group in the Department of Radiation Oncology within the School of Medicine. The position will primarily serve as a technical expert for university finances, department budgeting, practice plan finances, institutional funding arrangements, and grants and contracts. They will direct the activities of managers within the finance and grants and contracts/research work groups.

The Associate Director will direct all aspects of the department financial reporting, , including oversight of the grants and contracts finance management, liaison with OSP, and will act as the primary contact for external organizations regarding contracting, has shared oversight of clinical research finance. The AD manage the clinical budgeting process and be a key contact for leaders within the School of Medicine and University of Washington Physicians regarding budgets and UWP compensation.

Additionally, the position will serve as the second-in-command to the Vice Chair of Finance and Administration (SOM Director), and represent the Vice Chair in interpreting and upholding university policies across the department in the absence of the Vice Chair of Finance and Administration, as the Vice Chair is required to engage in more strategic and operational planning with external partners, particularly Fred Hutch Cancer Center.

Responsibilities in that role will include direction for administrative operations, academic and staff human resources, and research program concerns when the Vice Chair is absent or otherwise unavailable. The Associate Director will be knowledgeable in university human resources polices and Workday practices so as to serve as an advisor to managers across the department in the absence of the Vice Chair of Finance and Administration.

The Associate Director of Finance and Research will be working within a complex environment because of the structure of the department within the School of Medicine, its external partner for adult oncology programs, and the greater UW. This department has a significant partnership with the Fred Hutch Cancer Center (FHCC) for its clinical sites, resident training and medical student education courses, and multi-disciplinary research efforts, which requires knowledge of policies and procedures within the University and FHCC.

The department has external research funding including federal and foundation awards. The Associate Director will be required to have and in-depth knowledge of the department finance and operations, as well as those of our partner institutions. The Associate Director will be expected to have the diplomacy to act on behalf of the Vice Chair of Finance and Administration and to advise the Department Vice Chair of Finance and Administration and the Department Chair the financial and operational…