Job Details

Finance Planning & Analysis Management

Position Number: 6873000
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Business - Finance

Finance Planning & Analysis Management

Job Summary

The University of Utah Health Research Office is a dynamic and high-functioning team environment seeking a high-level professional to provide strategic financial and business intelligence analysis, in-depth reporting, and budget development oversight for the Executive Director, Administrative Director, and other leaders in the Health Sciences Center to improve mission decision-making. Under minimal supervision, this position supports the Health Research Office, the System Chief Research Officer and the mission broadly.

The position requires strong interpersonal, strategic thinking, technical, and communication skills; a deep knowledge of BI tool architectures, functions, and features; SQL and relational and multidimensional database designs. Further, a strong understanding of what data is used by business processes and what the data means in the context of specific processes, and the ability to apply creativity to analytics, are key skills for the position.

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The department may choose to hire at any of the below job levels and associated pay rates based on their business need, budget, and qualifications of the applicant.

Responsibilities

Work closely with research leadership to translate business needs into technical solutions using research financial data and other performance data.
Act as the Health Research Office resident expert and liaison for research data and data analysis, including development of mission data dashboards, strategic models, and Business Intelligence reporting with partners in Health Sciences. Deeply understand BI tool architecture, functions and features, and customize BI tools to meet user needs.
Prepare and present information for decision-making to leadership.
Plan and conduct projects and adhere to timelines to meet milestones.
Perform technical tasks to advance projects: Work and effectively communicate with technical colleagues; collect and coordinate business requirements for analytics and reporting; interview end users to determine requirements for data, reports, analyses, metadata, training, data quality and performance; determine statistical methods used to analyze data.
Track and summarize information related to institutional performance against established research benchmarks and metrics.
Establish and refine business processes for mission reporting and evaluation.
Provide financial oversight for research-related units, as requested.
Leads the preparation and evaluation of special projects.

Grade Specific Descriptions:

Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis Management Direct/Manage/Supervise the organization's short and long-term financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. Enhance the finance department's ability to manage performance by linking corporate strategy to execution. Gauge overall financial health by using key financial ratios (e.g., debt to equity ratio, profit and loss, variance reports, financial statements) and determine which of the company's products or product lines generate the largest portion of its profit. Create, update, and maintain financial models and detailed forecasts, measuring potential impacts to financial growth. Evaluate whether the organization's current assets and investments are the best use of capital. Prepare internal reports for executive leadership. Compare historical results against budgets and forecasts, and perform variance analysis to explain differences in performance, making improvements as necessary. First-level manager. Manages the activities of supervisors and/or individual contributors. Responsible for hiring, firing, performance appraisals, and pay reviews. Broad knowledge of the field with demonstrated leadership skills.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.This is a Manager-Level position in the Management track.Job Code: M21193Grade: M19Expected Pay Range: $70,000 to $115,000
Senior Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis ManagementDirect/Manage/Supervise the organization's short and long-term financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. Enhance the finance department's ability to manage performance by linking corporate strategy to execution. Gauge overall financial health by using key financial ratios (e.g., debt to equity ratio, profit and loss, variance reports, financial statements) and determine which of the company's products or product lines generate the largest portion of its profit. Create, update, and maintain financial models and detailed forecasts, measuring potential impacts to financial growth. Evaluate whether the organization's current assets and investments are the best use of capital. Prepare internal reports for executive leadership. Compare historical results against budgets and forecasts, and perform variance analysis to explain differences in performance, making improvements as necessary. Second-level manager. Manages the activities of first-level managers and/or supervisors. Responsible for hiring, firing, performance appraisals, and pay reviews. Broad knowledge of the field with proven leadership skills.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.This is a Senior Manager-Level position in the Management track.Job Code: M21194Grade: M21Expected Pay Range: $75,000 to $115,000
Associate Director, Finance Planning & Analysis ManagementDirect/Manage/Supervise the organization's short and long-term financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes. Enhance the finance department's ability to manage performance by linking corporate strategy to execution. Gauge overall financial health by using key financial ratios (e.g., debt to equity ratio, profit and loss, variance reports, financial statements) and determine which of the company's products or product lines generate the largest portion of its profit. Create, update, and maintain financial models and detailed forecasts, measuring potential impacts to financial growth. Evaluate whether the organization's current assets and investments are the best use of capital. Prepare internal reports for executive leadership. Compare historical results against budgets and forecasts, and perform variance analysis to explain differences in performance, making improvements as necessary. Third-level manager. Manages the activities of first-level and second-level managers and/or supervisors. Responsible for hiring, firing, performance appraisals, and pay reviews. Broad knowledge of the field with proven leadership skills.Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.This is an Associate Director-Level position in the Management track.Job Code: M21195Grade: M23Expected Pay Range: $82,939 to $115,000

Minimum Qualifications
EQUIVALENCY STATEMENT: 1 year of higher education can be substituted for 1 year of directly related work experience (Example: bachelor's degree = 4 years of directly related work experience).

Department may hire employee at one of the following job levels:
Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis Management: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 6 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 4 years of directly related work experience.
Senior Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis Management: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 8 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 6 years of directly related work experience.
Associate Director, Finance Planning & Analysis Management: Requires a bachelor's (or equivalency) + 10 years or a master's (or equivalency) + 8 years of directly related work experience.

Preferences

Masters degree in related field is preferred.
Prior grants and contracts or research experience at the University of Utah or other academic institution is preferred.
Experience with Excel, Tableau, Statistical Software, BI Applications, and SQL. Knowledge of SQL and relational and multidimensional database designs.
Experience with Salesforce.

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN44080B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary:
Department: 01488 - Health Research Admin Office
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: $70,000-$115,000
Close Date: 3/22/2026
Open Until Filled:

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