FINANCE MANAGER
Req #: | 170111 |
Department: | INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH METRICS AND EVALUATION |
Job Location: | South Lake Union |
Posting Date: | 08/06/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with experience and education |
Shift: | First Shift |
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent research center at the University of Washington. Its mission is to monitor global health conditions and health systems, as well as to evaluate interventions, initiatives, and reforms. IHME carries out a range of projects within different research areas including the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors; Future Health Scenarios; Costs and Cost Effectiveness; Local Burden of Disease; Resource Tracking; and Impact Evaluations. The aim is to provide policymakers, donors, and researchers with the highest-quality quantitative evidence base to make decisions that achieve better health.
IHME has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time Finance Manager to join the IHME Financial Planning and Operations team (FP&O). IHME is a rapidly growing organization that is looking for someone to ensure that we are managing and improving our financial systems to be efficient, intelligent, and adaptable. The Finance Manager is responsible for orchestrating the overall rhythm of business for the FP & O team. This position will supervise a team of financial analysts who implement and carry out key financial management products and processes for the Institute under the director of the Chief Strategy and Operations Officer. The Finance Manager will be an adept project manager that ensures timeliness on the delivery of required products from their team for internal and external audiences. They will also be responsible for communication efforts between IHME, the UW and external partners (i.e. donors, Gates Foundation) in regards to financial matters to ensure completeness, compliance and accuracy of needed financial information to ensure IHME’s financial stability and health. We are looking for someone that exhibits competence in the following areas: analytic assessment, project management, communication, supervision and development of their staff, an ability to pivot easily, and make decisions that can have wide impacts across the organization. This position is contingent on project funding availability.
Responsibilities include:
IHME named support contact for UW Finance Transformation Program (UWFT). Attend relevant meetings to learn about status updates, provide input for IHME’s financial health during the build out, provide university with required information about IHME that will be implemented in the system, disseminate information to relevant participants at IHME, attend relevant trainings for system use, and lead IHME staff in the roll-out of the new system.
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