University of Washington · 5 hours ago
Financial Analyst - Humanities 2
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$76K/yr - $84K/yr
4+ years expThe University of Washington is a prestigious institution known for its impactful research and diverse community. They are seeking a Financial Analyst to support the College of Arts & Sciences by transforming financial data into actionable insights, managing budgets, and ensuring seamless payroll operations for Humanities departments.
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Responsibilities
(40%) Run and analyze a variety of Workday-based reports and review with department and their unique revenue portfolios on a regular basis. Run earnings and actuals twice a month for each unit to ensure salary, wages and related tuition charges are posting to the correct FDM values for the units. Run R1300.5 monthly and use as a ‘jumping off point’ to search for variance and run additional reports as necessary. Run reports for grants, gifts, programs and stand-alone grant tags on a cadence requested by the chair or other faculty members. As necessary initiate the process for correcting journal entries via the College’s Shared Environment . Serve as Cost Center manager for a portfolio of eight departments. Ensure that requests for reimbursements, purchases and other expenditures are using correct FDM values
(40%) Submit, update and revised the Adaptive plan for cohort departments. Work with department leaders to create spend plans for various revenue streams. Enter and update five year plan in Adaptive each Autumn. Create recasts each new fiscal year. Use reports in Adaptive to ensure actual spend matches plan and identify variances. Create ad-hoc forecasts for department leaders, supervisor or Divisional Deans as requested
(20%) Ensure that HR Manager, department front line staff and faculty have appropriate FDM values for costing allocations, travel reimbursements, etc
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics or related field
Minimum of four years of experience in finance, accounting and yearly financial planning
Advanced excel skills including pivot table, V-Lookup
Experience with data cubes
Demonstrated attention to detail
Demonstrate ability to communicate complex ideas to audiences that are not finance experts
Demonstrated problem solving skills
Preferred
Curiosity and imagination
Enjoys puzzles
Able to deal with ambiguity
Benefits
Outstanding benefits and work-life balance
Professional growth opportunities in a prestigious institution
Company
University of Washington
University of Washington is an educational institution that provides undergraduate, graduate, and research programs.
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$215.35MKey Investors
Avista foundationNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesAdvanced Research Projects Agency for Health
2026-01-18Grant· $10M
2025-04-21Grant· $0.01M
2024-09-13Grant
Leadership Team
Andrew S Allen
Adjunct Professor
Arthur Denny
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