Colleagues,

The University of California at Davis, Department of Vet Med Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology is seeking a Contracts and Grants Analyst.

Visit www.employment.ucdavis.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=68603 for details and to apply.

Final Filing Date: 7/21/14
Salary: $19.06 - $34.30/hour
Work Schedule: 8:00 am-5:00 pm, Monday-Friday
This is a Full-Time, Career, non-Exempt position eligible for full benefits.

Job Summary: Under general supervision of the CAO, provide financial analyses and effort reporting, and participate in financial planning and reporting for a complex academic teaching and research department, with a variety of state, private and federal projects. Independently gather, manage, and analyze financial data from a variety of revenue streams, including state general funds, state and federal grants, private grants, gifts, and other funding sources. Monitor and maintain departmental, teaching and research accounts. Serve as departmental compliance expert in University Policy & Procedure for all departmental business processes including financial and personnel procedures as they relate to intramural and extramural funding. Work in a highly independent capacity. Independently prepare meaningful financial summaries and reports. Manage pre- and post-award processes, budget preparation, analysis and forecasting, and control of complex budgets. Manage other projects as assigned. Provide back-up to PHR Contract and Grant Analyst in all similar areas.

Work Environment: Work in shared office space with some surrounding noise. Accommodate department needs in backing up other staff. Occasional overtime. Restricted vacations during fiscal close and grant deadlines. Environment where animals are used for research.

Minimum Qualifications: -Experience in financial analysis, forecasting and strategic planning to analyze and compile financial data and reports.
-Experience recognizing and responding to problems with cost recovery, invoices, accounts and payroll.
-Experience controlling complex budgets, accounting and personnel functions including detailed budget preparation, contract and grant budget proposals, purchasing, payroll, ledger reconciliation, and fiscal close.
-Experience with federal and private compliance regulations governing grant budgeting, financial reporting, cost-sharing standards, cost allocation, and policies regarding use of grant funds.
-Experience using automated financial and payroll/personnel systems.
-Computer skills to utilize various programs and software for word processing, spreadsheets, and website applications.
-Experience writing and proofreading clear, grammatically accurate documents and email.

Preferred Qualifications: -Experience with PPS Decision Support.
-Experience with DaFIS and DaFIS Decision Support.
-Experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.
-Experience with budget preparation based on narrative methodological research plans and designs, analysis, and forecasting.
-Experience analyzing the quantitative aspects of fiscal and budgetary issues.
-Knowledge of cost allocation methods.
-Analytical skills to assume responsibility for coordination and completion of complex projects requiring interactions with many internal parties in a large organizational structure.
-Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze complex data and develop meaningful solutions to specific problems.
-Organizational skills to work with changing priorities and demanding workload and to use independent judgment to make logical decisions.
-Interpersonal communication skills to effectively interact with a diverse population and to research, secure, and/or provide information to clarify situations, and resolve problems.

Gwendolyn Caramanica, CRA | Financial Analyst
Dept of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
University of California at Davis
1 Shields Ave | Davis, CA 95616

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