Financial Analyst - Social Sciences 2

Position Overview

Be part of something extraordinary at the University of Washington’s College of Arts & Sciences, where groundbreaking research meets artistic expression. Join our College Business Office as a Financial Analyst and play a key role in supporting Social Sciences units. You will work with cutting-edge financial systems including Workday, Adaptive Planning, and Financial Cubes while supporting departments such as Geography, History, Law, Political Science, Disability Studies, and the Center for Labor Studies.

Key Responsibilities

• Run and analyze Workday-based reports, review revenue portfolios, perform variance analysis, and initiate corrections through journal entries as needed.
• Submit, update, and revise Adaptive Planning budgets for multiple departments; create spend plans, recasts, and ad-hoc forecasts in collaboration with department leaders.
• Ensure HR managers, departmental staff, and faculty have appropriate FDM values for costing allocations, travel reimbursements, and other expenditures.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Experience Required: Minimum of four years in finance, accounting, and yearly financial planning.
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V-Lookup.
• Experience with data cubes and proven attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex ideas to non-finance audiences and strong problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Curiosity and imagination.
• Enjoys puzzles and thrives in ambiguous situations.

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: $75,600.00 - $84,000.00 annual.
• Benefits: Outstanding benefits and work-life balance. For details, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-uw-staff/
• Schedule: First Shift (United States of America).
• Location: UW Seattle, College of Arts & Sciences.