Associate Controller, Controls and Compliance - Dean's Office
UCLA Health Systems
Posted Thursday, September 5, 2024
Posting ID: 19239
Los Angeles, CA
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If you have a passion for making an impact on others' lives, we invite you to use your unique expertise and dedication to support the important mission of UCLA Health. You'll play a pivotal role within the Financial Affairs Team of the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) as you help establish and implement schoolwide accountability systems and internal controls, as well as oversight, monitoring, and assessment.
You will partner with leadership, department CAOs, and CFOs to identify and mitigate financial regulatory and compliance risks. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that DGSOM maintains robust internal controls that effectively measure, monitor, and manage risk while ensuring efficient operations across the school. This will involve overseeing the creation and upkeep of a strong internal control framework, monitoring control activities, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring policy adherence and regulatory compliance. You will:
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
Required:
If you have a passion for making an impact on others' lives, we invite you to use your unique expertise and dedication to support the important mission of UCLA Health. You'll play a pivotal role within the Financial Affairs Team of the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) as you help establish and implement schoolwide accountability systems and internal controls, as well as oversight, monitoring, and assessment.
You will partner with leadership, department CAOs, and CFOs to identify and mitigate financial regulatory and compliance risks. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that DGSOM maintains robust internal controls that effectively measure, monitor, and manage risk while ensuring efficient operations across the school. This will involve overseeing the creation and upkeep of a strong internal control framework, monitoring control activities, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring policy adherence and regulatory compliance. You will:
- Oversee Sales & Service activities, including budget submissions, revisions, rate reviews, and compliance monitoring
- Lead initiatives to uphold the highest standards of financial governance and operational integrity
- Supervise a team of employees and contractors in enhancing and sustaining DGSOM's internal control framework
- Deliver expert guidance to departments during both external and internal reviews/audits
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in business administration or a related field
- Financial background in higher education or similar non-profit fund accounting environment is highly desirable
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to gather and synthesize large amounts of information
- Demonstrated problem-solving abilities
- In-depth understanding of GAAP, GASB, FASB, and GAAS
- Strong commitment to quality and accuracy
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Exceptional ethics, integrity, discretion, and confidentiality
- Big Four" or national accounting firm experience
- Seven or more years of experience in accounting, finance, internal audit, or external audit
- Five or more years of experience managing accountants/auditors and internal control processes
- CPA/CIA licensure
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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