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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 Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research organization at the University of Washington (UW). Its mission is to deliver to the world timely, relevant, and scientifically valid evidence to improve health policy and practice. IHME carries out its mission through a range of projects within different research areas including the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Cost Effectiveness and Efficiency; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations.

IHME is committed to providing the evidence base necessary to help solve the world’s most important health problems. This requires creativity and innovation, which are cultivated by an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment that respects and appreciates differences, embraces collaboration, and invites the voices of all IHME team members.

IHME has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time Financial Analyst to join the IHME Financial Planning and Operations team. The Financial Analyst must work effectively in many roles – analyst, advisor to leadership, and business intelligence tool administrator. The individual in this position will be responsible for assisting in ramping up IHME’s financial activities and processes, which requires strategic and creative thinking. This position is contingent on project funding availability.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Decision support and strategic planning
 

  • Maintain reporting tools and track financial metrics for presenting strategic planning information required by the IHME Executive Team. This includes budgets, projections, revenue forecasts, and strategic plans.
     
  • Understand how to manage and shape financial data.
     
  • Perform analysis, including developing and assessing financial projections, being responsible for the production of standard monthly, quarterly and annual reports, ensuring the quality and timeliness of the data and presentation. Provide ad-hoc reports as required.
     
  • Use data to create novel presentations and model different scenarios outside of the business intelligence tool to inform strategic planning and Executive and Board-level decision-making.
     
  • Work collaboratively with the Senior Financial Reporting Manager to support the annual IHME budget process.
     
  • Support the FTE review process to make personnel allocation changes.
     
  • Train and support staff on using the business intelligence tool and other tools to better understand status of different funding sources and how to make meaningful projections.
     
  • Prepare and submit required financial reports for donors.
     
  • Liaise directly with Office of Sponsored Programs and with Donors to address administrative and financial needs.
     
  • Verify and track revenue and invoicing for individual budgets.

     

Business Intelligence Tool and Database Administration
 

  • Routinize budget and financial management and analysis.
     
  • Use business intelligence tool and related financial database administration, support, and security as needed.
     
  • Develop ability to think creatively and flexibly about how information can be presented for strategic planning purposes and answer questions posed by FPO Leadership, budget owners, and the Board which might not be supported as part of routine reporting processes.
     
  • Work regularly with key staff (Directors, Project Officers, Managers) to review reports, assess analyses for both risks and opportunities, and identify aspects of budgets or forecasts that require modifications.
     
  • Understand university business processes, rules, data structures, and available data sources to determine the data appropriate for the solution.

     

Proposal Development
 

  • Translate internal budgets to sponsor forms.
     
  • Interpret donor and UW requirements in order to submit accurate, timely proposals for new funding.
     
  • Review and verify the accuracy of financial components of proposals, including budget narratives.
     
  • Facilitate the egc1 process.

     

General
 

  • Stand-alone tasks to facilitate accurate data quality, transfer, transformation, and management.
     
  • Meeting briefings and information gathering for specific leadership or FPO team needs.
     
  • Creating and updating standard operating procedures, instructions, and related documentation.
     
  • Keep accurate records of decisions and processes so that work can be shared amongst a team of staff with ease.
     
  • Provide guidance and hands-on help in aligning contract stipulations with reasonable budget assumptions and desired flexibility to accomplish the work in efficient and effective ways.
     
  • Other duties as assigned.

     

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
 

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, computer science, or related field and three years’ relevant experience.
     
  • Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

     

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
 

  • Advanced knowledge of Excel/financial modeling.
     
  • Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
     
  • Strong communication skills, both written and oral; ability to build and deliver presentations to all levels of the organization and effectively explain complex issues and concepts in simple, understandable language.
     
  • Ability to innovate and work independently and successfully in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
     
  • A commitment to working to alongside others at IHME to illuminate the health impacts of systemic racism and to work within IHME to make our organization more diverse and inclusive.  See IHME’s DEI statement here: www.healthdata.org/about/dei.

     

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
 

  • Experience with University of Washington systems such as Enterprise Data Warehouse, My Financial Desktop, UW Financial Transformation.
     
  • Familiarly with a major research university setting or non-profit research organizations
     
  • Experience with data integration.
     
  • Advanced level of Microsoft Access and PowerPoint.
     
  • Familiarity with enterprise-wide relational databases, multi-dimensional cubes, scripting languages, SQL server (including SQL Server Analysis Services), and Business Intelligence reporting tools.

     

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
 

  • Weekend and evening work sometimes required.
     
  • This position is open to anyone authorized to work in the U.S. The UW is not able to sponsor visas for staff positions.
     
  • Office is located in Seattle, Washington. This position is eligible to work fully remote in the US.
     

The University of Washington is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 / 206-543-6452 (TTY) or dso@uw.edu.