Job description
Our Purpose
Stanford Medicine is leading the biomedical revolution in precision health. We are transforming health care away from after-the-fact diagnosis to prediction and prevention and away from one-size-fits-all medicine to personalized care that empowers people to lead healthy lives. We are leveraging the art and science of medicine to predict and prevent disease before it strikes and cure it decisively if it does.
To achieve our Precision Health vision, we are integrating, building, and leveraging our strengths in fundamental research, the new field of biomedical data science, and nine transformative biomedical platforms. As a learning health system, we will apply these advances in our hospitals and health care delivery systems within Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health.
Our Values
Fulfilling our promise to humanity requires the engagement of a diverse, creative, and collaborative team of professionals who work together to advance our research, education, and patient care mission. We strive to create a culture of inclusion and belonging to ensure all employees have the meaningful employment experience that is necessary to do their best work. We value and integrate justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion into all that we do, as reflected by the following initiatives:
o Stanford Medicine diversity website: https://med.stanford.edu/diversity.html
o Stanford Medicine Commission on Justice and Equity: https://med.stanford.edu/diversity/commission.html
o Leader’s Pledge to anti-racism: https://med.stanford.edu/dean/leaders-pledge.html
o REACH Initiative: https://med.stanford.edu/reach
o Staff IDEAL initiative: https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/engage/ideal-staff
o SoM staff JEDI efforts: https://med.stanford.edu/hrg/jedi.html
Our Work
The Stanford Biobank and the Clinical and Translational Research Unit (CTRU) are seeking an Accountant 2 to perform a variety of regular and recurring professional accounting functions involving issuing of research services invoices, reconciliations, and reviews of multiple accounts and transactions.
The combination of the Stanford Biobank and the Clinical and Translational Research Unit represent core pillars of research support in the Stanford School of Medicine. The CTRU is the institute’s largest, research focused, ambulatory care and laboratory services group offering support of research clinical studies. The Stanford Biobank is an academic service center dedicated to providing all investigators with resources for biobanking, providing infrastructure for self-service sample management tools, centralized broad consent, standardized laboratory services, and long-term sample storage solutions.
Working with both units, you will be a part of helping researchers accelerate research dedicated to improving the outcomes for patients everywhere.
The Accountant will also work as part of the broader finance team in the SADR DFA’s Office.
Duties include:
- Create and issue research services invoices, reconciliations, and resolution of problems relative to complicated accounts.
- Manage the accounting functions to capture, track, and report revenue and expenses; determine appropriate procedures for accounting record preparation, research of transactions, and reporting.
- Analyze accounting transactions and information to summarize current financial position at the unit or organization-wide level.
- Collect data and perform research on details of transactions. Generate, review, analyze, and communicate financial data that reflects actual financial performance against approved budgets. Prepare and present quantitative and qualitative analyses focusing on variances from budget and prior data.
- Maintain and review accounting process controls; recommend and implement any approved modifications; perform preliminary analysis and recommend solutions.
- Run and analyze moderately complex financial reports, often from multiple systems; prepare basic management information reports.
- Participate in work area or unit projects.
- Serve as a resource to local units and other departments to resolve accounting-related issues, as needed.
- May act as a lead and provide direction and training to less experienced business staff.
- - Other duties may also be assigned
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- iJournals knowledge and experience is strongly desired.
- QuickBooks knowledge and experience is strongly desired.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):
Bachelor's degree plus four years of applicable experience, or combination of education and relevant work experience.
- Intermediate proficiency in business applications, such as Microsoft Office; intermediate Excel skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with accounting systems and the internet; computer literacy.
- Understanding of and ability to apply accounting skills and concepts.
- Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
- Demonstrated communication skills, including the ability to clearly and effectively communicate information to internal audiences and client groups.
- Demonstrated project management skills and ability to contribute as part of a project team.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:
- Constantly perform desk-based computer tasks.
- Frequently sit, sort, file paperwork or parts, grasp lightly, and use fine manipulation, lift, carry, push and pull objects that weigh 10 pounds or less.
- Occasionally write by hand, twist, bend, stoop and squat.
- Rarely stand, walk, reach or work above shoulders and use a telephone.
- - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
May work extended hours during peak business cycles.
WORK STANDARDS (from JDL):
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
- Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
- Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.
- As an organization that receives federal funding, Stanford University has a COVID-19 vaccination requirement that will apply to all university employees, including those working remotely in the United States and applicable subcontractors. To learn more about COVID policies and guidelines visit: https://healthalerts.stanford.edu/covid-19/#current-status
OUR BENEFITS:
- Market Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive salary that is commensurate with your relevant work experience. https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards/compensation/staff-compensation
- Comprehensive Health and Welfare Benefits: On day one of employment, you are eligible for medical, dental, and vision benefits, some at significantly reduced cost for individual coverage, depending on your elections. https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards/health
- Unmatched Time Away Benefits: You will receive 10 vacation days, up to 3 PTO days, 2 floating holidays, 12 sick days, 10 paid holidays, in your first year of employment. Additionally, we have a 1.5- 2-week annual winter closure. https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards/time-away
- Unique Education Benefits: This position is eligible for the Tuition Grant Program (TGP), once you have completed five (5) years of continuous benefits-eligible service. The TGP helps eligible faculty, staff and retirees pay for the cost of undergraduate college education for their eligible children. The program pays all or a portion of college tuition at accredited institutions for up to four years of course work required for an undergraduate degree.
- Work Life Programs: The Stanford Work Life Office delivers programs and services to help employees manage the competing demands of work, school, family and personal responsibilities. https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards/worklife
- Stanford Sweeteners: presents the "sweetest" perks and rewards of being affiliated with Stanford, from discounts and incentives to facilities access and professional development https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards/sweeteners
- Learn more about the benefits of being a Cardinal! https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards
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