Northern California HERC

Do you want to contribute your financial skills to support the mission of one of the best medical schools in the world? The Stanford University School of Medicine, will give you the opportunity to grow your skills, lead key financial processes and engage in continuous improvement.

We are seeking a Reporting Financial Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will have an interest in financial analysis, in leveraging financial systems, and conceptualizing new reports and presentations to explain trends and results. Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:

Duties include:

• Lead quarterly reporting process, including report generation and financial analysis of trends and variances vs. projections and prior periods.
• Serve as key liaison between Palo Alto Veterans Affairs, General Counsel, and SOM departments for clinical contract agreements
• Collaborate with Facilities and Capital Accounting to coordinate funding for capital projects
• Build ad-hoc analysis and reports to understand various revenue and expenditure streams trends based on clinical activities, expendable surpluses, research expenditures, etc. as well as consideration of income, reserve reporting, and reserves analysis based on days cash on hand.
• Partner with University Controller's team for required analyses on financial trends and results
• Perform highly analytical, complex finance and control functions; multi-dimensional and complex reconciliations and related analysis; prepare or review and approve complex transactions and higher level dollar value transactions.
• Research, and synthesize data for broad areas; develop complex financial analyses, budget and forecasting scenarios, long-range planning, and analyses. Perform root-cause analysis and synthesis, draw conclusions, and propose solutions.
• Develop complex financial reports and presentations, design and run ad hoc reports, and prepare or review complex transactions to support the stewardship of university resources. Provide consultation to senior leadership to interpret results
• Prioritize, identify, and resolve strategic and unit/department issues; recognize exceptions, recommend and develop resolutions and implement solution. Ensure effective and efficient delivery and integration of all financial services for area of responsibility.
• Design an effective system of internal controls for area of responsibility utilizing strategic analysis of interrelationships of financial processes, policies, and procedures; implement and ensure compliance programs.
• Lead multiple complex, high-visibility process innovation projects. Develop, champion and implement strategic initiatives with significant impact. Empower action, remove obstacles, enable constructive feedback and support from leaders, and reward and recognize progress and achievements.
• Develop, assess, and continuously improve systems and processes to achieve greater efficiencies and improve internal controls. Design and provide training on new financial systems.
• Analyze problems in business critical systems, and identify risks, solutions, and strategies; act as business owner of project.
• Represent organization to client group(s) and leaders: serve as subject matter expert on matters that involve complex technical, financial, or subject matter expertise.
• Assess client and business needs, and formulate recommendations to determine approach to managing and completing processes.
• May supervise, train, coach, and review the work of other staff, as needed. Contribute primarily through applying individual expertise.

* - Other duties may also be assigned.