Department Audit & Accounting Manager

The Department Audit & Accounting Manager provides advanced financial and accounting support for the UCLA Department of Emergency Medicine and Center for Prehospital Care. This role is responsible for managing complex financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, compliance monitoring, accounts receivable/payable oversight, purchasing, reconciliations, and healthcare-related chart auditing activities that support revenue integrity and billing accuracy.

The incumbent analyzes financial data and operational trends to inform strategic planning, resource allocation, and long-term financial sustainability across multiple programs and funding sources. A key component of this role is ensuring accurate chart documentation, coding readiness, and compliance with billing requirements. The position also plays a critical role in maintaining strong internal controls, supporting audit readiness, and ensuring adherence to university, state, federal, and healthcare regulatory standards.

The Department Audit & Accounting Manager serves as a key financial resource to departmental leadership and staff by providing guidance on financial policies, procedures, and best practices. This role partners closely with billing offices, coding teams, and program leadership to improve processes, resolve complex financial and operational issues, and enhance overall efficiency. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented finance professional who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced academic healthcare environment and is committed to supporting operational excellence.

Salary: $5,908.33 - $12,100 monthly

• Bachelors and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, techniques and function.
  
• Knowledge of preparation, review, and analysis of chart auditing activities and outcomes.
  
• Skill in prioritizing assignments to complete work in a timely and accurate manner.
  
• Ability to analyze problems, assesses needs, and provides alternatives.
  
• Effective oral and written communication skills necessary to make inquiries and convey information.
  
• Skill in reading technical documents, such as contract and grants applications, awards synopsis, federal financial circulars, policy statements, and other materials from University departments and outside funding agencies.
  
• Skill in working independently and following through on assignments with minimal direction.
  
• Ability to handle confidential material frequently while protecting its strict confidentiality.
  
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with faculty, fellows, research nurses and other Division staff, Hospital, University, Clinics in order to solve problems and expedite document processing.
  
• Ability to organize and manipulate a large quantity of data.
  
• Working knowledge of academic research values, priorities and expectations, familiarity with University culture, demonstrated ability to understand and apply goals of the Department, grasp sophisticated and/or complex ideas and issues, discern implications of various actions (preferred).
  
• Ability to provide training and review as needed in the areas of University accounting, agency regulations, departmental practices, and technical systems for other dept. staff involved in, but not limited to, purchasing and payroll (includes employees at Ad Specialist, Ad. Analyst level) (preferred).
  
• Five years of accounting experience (preferred).
  
• Five years of chart auditing experience (preferred).