Job Description

General Information

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Work Location: Arleta, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Flexible Hybrid
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm, may include some weekends
Posted Date
03/30/2026
Salary Range $36.79 - 55.78 Hourly
Employment Type
4 - Staff: Limited
Duration
18 months
Job #
26009

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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Under the guidance of the UCLA Head Start and Early Head Start Executive Director, the Finance Analyst provides both specific and broad financial, accounting, and analytical support to advance the program’s mission. The analyst is responsible for developing administrative structures and business office systems to ensure compliance with University policies, procedures, standards, and regulations. They participate in the development of long-range goals, action plans, and budgets. The role includes preparing monthly and/or quarterly financial statements for all applicable funds, covering both department-level and faculty financial reporting.

The Financial Analyst assists in preparing the department’s annual budget for submission to the School of Medicine and develops both detailed and comprehensive financial projections, offering insights into the department’s overall financial health. This position analyzes, reviews, and audits data and expenditures to generate budget and variance analyses for the department. Financial activity is reconciled against the general ledger, with errors identified and corrected as necessary. The analyst also supports the maintenance of capital equipment asset records and ensures the reconciliation of departmental asset records with campus records.

This is a limited position, may convert to career.

Salary Range: $36.79 - $55.78 Hourly

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1‐ 3 years of experience in financial management.
• Ability to recognize implications, propose alternatives and recommendations, and implement solutions, analyze information to determine programmatic needs.
• Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely manner when there are changes in workload, changes in assignments, and a heavy workload.
• Skill in using Excel or other spreadsheet programs and database systems.
• Demonstrated writing skills to compose logical, comprehensive, and grammatically correct correspondence, procedures, and reports.
• Knowledge of university financial ledgers and accounting procedures.

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of principles of accounting and financial management. Demonstrated skill in financial analysis, planning, preparation, and administration of budget with multiple funding sources
• Skill in budget preparation and management, preparation of financial reports.

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.