Finance/Accounting Senior Professional

University Staff Description

University of Colorado | CU Anschutz Medical Campus

School of Medicine | Emergency Medicine

Job Title: Finance/Accounting Senior Professional

Position #00804041 - Requisition #28050

* Applications are accepted electronically ONLY at cu. edu/cu-careers *

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• Anschutz Campus - Exemptions are allowed for medical or religious reasons.
• Denver Campus - Exemptions are allowed for medical, religious, or personal reasons.
• Consolidated/Central Services Administration - Will follow Anschutz policy on exemptions.

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus seeks individuals with demonstrated commitment to creating an inclusive learning and working environment. We value the ability to engage effectively with students, faculty and staff of diverse backgrounds.

The Department of Emergency Medicinehas an opening for a full-timeUniversity Staff (unclassified)Finance/Accounting Senior Professional position.

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine, education and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked independent hospitals - UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado - that treat more than two million adult and pediatric patients each year. Innovative, interconnected and highly collaborative, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus delivers life-changing treatments, patient care and professional training and conducts world-renowned research fueled by over $650 million in research grants. For more information, visit cuanschutz. edu.

Nature of Work

The Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking applications for a Finance/Accounting Senior Professional. This is a full-time, University Staff (non-classified) position will be responsible for providing procurement and contract support to with the Department of Emergency Medicine, in the School of Medicine. In addition, this role is responsible for navigating financial systems and administrative activities, as well as supporting decisions made by the Chair, Vice Chair of Finance & Administration and Asst. Director of Finance & Administration by performing a variety of business and procurement operations. The Finance/Accounting Sr. Professional will provide high quality and creative solutions and support at operational levels.

Supervision Received

This position reports directly to the Department's Director of Finance or another designee.

Supervision Provided

None.

Examples of Work Performed

Payroll:

• Independently manages the monthly additional pay process for clinical faculty.
• Processes the monthly contract additional pay for faculty.
• Reviews and updates funding distributions for faculty on a monthly basis.
• Completes monthly Payroll Expense Transfers to ensure salary is charged to the correct Speedtype.
• Responsible for entering provider incentives into HR Management system.
• Complete monthly payroll process including:
  
  • Monthly timecard process for University staff.
  • Entering and approving monthly leave for staff and faculty.
  • Completing clinical faculty vacation upload.
  • Manually enter bi-weekly and monthly timecards for hourly staff and PRN providers.
  • Process monthly hours for PRN providers for monthly salary.
  • Management of FML and other leave hours, inputting in system and coordination with Emergency Medicine Human Resources to ensure record is properly updated.
• Reviews personnel roster on a monthly basis to ensure accurate system updates.
• Updates the funding distributions for community practice providers and administrative and research staff funding distributions as required.

Contracts:

• Assists with the monthly review of activity on contract accounts ensuring compliance with internal and external policies.
• Provides back up support with reconciling account discrepancies.
• Supports the contract-specific invoicing, billing and payment process
• Ensures propriety of transactions involving payroll transfers and journal entries.

Procurement:

• Provides assistance to the procurement management process, including travel and procurement cards; purchase orders; and associated budget management (ex. Speedtype audits/reports, allowable expenditures, etc. ) for Emergency Medicine
• Purchasing support for Emergency Medicine including supplies, equipment, subscriptions, and process documents in order to establish contracts for vendors for services.
• Assists with placing orders and oversees the supply-purchasing process, seeking input and authorization for advanced or critical decisions.
• Coordinates workflow processes and audits and maintains maximum efficiency.
• Maintains budgetary related records in accordance with University standards.
• Assist with accounting and financial transactions, including but not limited to Purchase Orders, Payment Vouchers, IN's and reimbursement requests for Highlands Ranch Hospital.
• Supports the department in other financial duties, including: cash handling, deposits, billing, accounts payable, and account management.

This description is a summary only and is describing the general level of work being performed, it is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties of this position may change from time to time and/or based on business need. We reserve the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the supervisor and/or hiring authority.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, business administration, finance, or other closely related field.
• At least two (2) years of professional, progressively responsible experience in finance and/or contract management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university.
• Higher education accounting experience.
• Experience with contract administration.
• Experience working with Microsoft Office Products, especially Excel.

Competencies/Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work with a diverse group and competing interests.
• Ability to tolerate a high degree of ambiguity yet work effectively to fulfill the mission, goals and objectives of the department.
• Strong problem-solving sk.