Financial Specialist Senior

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What You'll Do

General Duties:

  • Assists the finance intermediate manager in analyzing and monitoring accounting and budget activity and other associated duties as assigned. 
  • Recommends alternatives to solve financial problems. Provides workflow coordination and direction to CHS staff. 
  • Provides analysis of special projects.
  • Employees in this classification typically analyze, compare, and evaluate various courses of action and have the authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance, free from immediate direction, within the scope of their responsibilities. Primary activities and decision-making authority are predominantly performed independently affecting business operations to a substantial degree. 
  • Supervision is provided by the Financial Intermediate Manager and the CHS Associate Director. This position has no supervision responsibilities. 
  • Under FLSA, incumbents in this position meet the criteria for exempt status.

Mission Statement

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally.  Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Who We Are

This position is the Financial Specialist Senior for Community Health Services. This department is responsible for programs and services that support patients and the external community. The programs include: Adolescent Health Initiative, Ann Arbor Meals on Wheels, Community Benefit/Community Health Needs Assessment, Friends Gift Shops, Housing Bureau for Seniors, Michigan Medicine Lodging, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), Program for Multicultural Health, Regional Alliance for Healthy Schools, Silver Club Memory Care Program, Turner African American Services Council (TAASC) Turner Senior Wellness Programs, and Volunteer Services.

Why Join Michigan Medicine?

Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world’s most distinguished academic health systems.  In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.

What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

  • Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
  • 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Responsibilities*

  • Prepare p-card reports and employee reimbursement reports in CONCUR.
  • Prepare quarterly financial forecasts for all hospital, grant, and discretionary funds.
  • Process vendor invoice payments, purchase orders, travel/business hosting expenses reports and PeoplePay reports.
  • Coordinate efforts with the UM Treasury Office to investigate payment issues and ensure that all payments go the appropriate discretionary fund.
  • Conduct annual GAP Analysis and Hyperion quarterly reporting.
  • Work with the Grant Administrator for developing grant proposal budgets.
  • Prepare and submit DBEs on behalf of sponsored project staff.
  • Provide monthly/quarterly updates and projections on financial status of projects to Director and other managers.
  • Provide back-up support for other CHS financial staff as needed and other special projects as assigned.
  • Any additional projects and tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications*

  • Ability to independently work with program managers and multiple university departments to ensure that all deadlines for submission, reporting and project closeouts are met. 
  • Strong communication, attention to detail and analytical skills necessary. 
  • 3-5 years of experience with UM accounting funds, policies, and procedures. 
  • Experience with eResearch and eRPM required. 
  • Experience with UM business processes including Wolverine Access: FinODS (including the Data Warehouse), FinPROD (eProcurement, Accounts Payable, General Ledger), HR Management System and Travel and Expense (CONCUR) and the Hospital Datamart.
  • Bachelor's degree in related field.

Desired Qualifications*

  • Master's degree preferred.

Background Screening

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings.  Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.