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Posted: 17-Aug-23
Location: La Jolla, California
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 124696
UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 08/17/2023 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.
Special Selection Applicants: Apply by 08/29/2023. Eligible Special Selection clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.
Current UC San Diego Health employees who apply by 08/22/2023 will have priority consideration for this position. Recruiters will refer qualified internal candidates after the first 7 days of the job posting. All qualified external applicants and additional internal applicants who apply after the priority date may have further consideration pending the results of the initial review.
Depending on experience of the selected candidate, this position will be hired at the Project Policy Analyst 3 or Project Policy Analyst 4 level.
DESCRIPTION
UC San Diego Health Sciences is a Vice Chancellor area within the University of California San Diego (UCSD). The Health Sciences academic enterprise is comprised of the School of Medicine, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health. These three professional schools, with a combined operating budget of $2 billion, are responsible for fulfilling the teaching, research and clinical missions of UCSD.
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) was established as a centralized business service center to provide Health Sciences departments with efficient standardized transactional support services for faculty, academics, scholars, and department liaisons in the areas of recruitment, appointment, academic reviews, personnel administration, and compensation. ARC's goal is to provide expert, timely, and accurate service and advice in support of the UC San Diego Health Science's mission of groundbreaking research, inspired teaching, and outstanding clinical care. Our Quality Standards are the operating priorities that guide the consistency of our staff and customer service experience.
Under the general direction of the HS Faculty Compensation Director/ARC Director, the analyst will provide timely, accurate and expert advice on payroll, compensation, and timekeeping issues. The analyst will create and document payroll and compensation audits to ensure activities processed by the Academic Resource Center align to policy and system requirements (UCPath, Z-payment module, ServiceNow, timekeeping tool, etc.). This will require the analyst to develop timelines, manage workflow, and deadlines to ensure the accurate implementation of salary, appointment, visa, job code, compensation, etc. In addition, the analyst will perform complex ad hoc reporting and conduct audit, analysis, and resolution of the faculty, academic, MSP staff physician and clinical trainee payroll and timekeeping actions for the organization, and is expected to use existing resources to streamline and consolidate the process where possible, or create new resources and processes if needed, and in light of enterprise-level initiatives impacting our operations
The analyst will serve on UCPath system initiatives, using internal operational knowledge to forecast impact of changes to current operations. Will work closely with leaders in the Academic Resource Center and VCHS to prepare for changes, including operational redesign and system mitigation. Analyst will provide leadership with impact analysis, mitigation plan and keep all informed of potential impact to clients.
The analyst will perform analysis for special assignments, including but not limited to, faculty compensation impact, UCPath errors + response rate, over/under payment prevalence, and fund entry errors resulting in default funding.
Uses skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of analytical practices, policies and procedures; researches, analyzes and develops solutions to a wide range of issues. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Primarily deals with policies, programs and proposals which are complex in nature and diverse in scope. Develops new programs, policies or procedures for possible implementation.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Seven years of related experience, education/training, OR an Bachelor's degree in related area plus three years of related experience/training.
Analytical / problem-solving skills. Excellent critical and innovative thinking to address moderately complex issues and present nuanced analyses. Proven leadership skills with the ability to act independently and exercise sound judgment, with the acumen and sensitivity to identify those decisions and activities which require confidentiality and/or higher level consultatio
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