Senior Financial Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Senior Financial Analyst

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Hiring Department:

College of Liberal Arts

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt from FLSA

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

What benefits do I receive with UT? The university offers an impressive benefits package. For more details on benefits, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards.

For more information about the College of Liberal Arts, please visit: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu.

Our college seeks to build a supportive, growth-minded community and cultivate outstanding and courageous leaders. For more information on the college staff leadership academy, please visit: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/resources-for-faculty-staff/staffleadership-academy. For more information on college staff professional development, please visit: https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/larc/Staff+Professional+Development+Fund.

Purpose

This position supports the financial operations of the College of Liberal Arts by providing financial analysis, reporting, and compliance oversight. The role works closely with the Assistant Dean of Finance to manage endowments, service centers, budgets, and funding distributions while serving as a liaison to central university offices and developing financial tools to support college leadership and administrative units.

Responsibilities

• Support the Assistant Dean of Finance with responding to financial inquiries from the College sub-units, unit heads, and various University offices. Research commitments and financial information to provide the necessary support for financial reporting.
• Responsible for fellow and holder submissions, processing requests from the dean and the departments. Reviewer of all the fellow requests for the college and submits them for the dean’s review. Report all fellow requests to the UT Central Development Office and holder requests to the provost’s office. Assist in tracking, managing, and funding endowments. Update the endowment database to match university gift and endowment records. Assist with endowment compliance questions and review annual reinvestment for the college. Resolve any endowment deficit balances as needed.
• Financial oversight of Service Centers/Self-Supporting Programs within COLA, including fee reviews and program financial feasibility assessments. Work with the appropriate unit managers to ensure billing matches the approved UT rates. Ensure revenue agreements are enforced, and funding is received by the college according to the MOUs.
• Under the direction of the Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration, assist with financial reporting & other ad hoc reports needed at the college, utilizing tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and spreadsheets. Conduct financial analyses to support the needs of the COLA Dean and the Assistant Dean of Finance. Create financial templates for departments and COLA Dean’s office. Communicate and grant access to information/data to meet the needs of finance, HR, and other business staff as appropriate.
• Responsible for calculating and distributing Indirect Cost Recovery (ICR)/Facilities & Administrative (F&A) overhead to COLA units and other CSUs. Ensure that the calculations and disbursement methodologies applied are based on the MOUs between colleges. Review the ITS core billing for the college to ensure accounts are correctly billed and update the billing accounts as needed.
• Assist in preparing and overseeing the departmental budgets and submitting annual budgets for all departmental accounts according to the rules and regulations of the university. Participate in the merit cycle.
• Assist with Workday and various financial document approval during peak seasons.
• Other duties & projects as assigned by the dean and the assistant dean of finance and administration.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field from an accredited institution. At least six years of progressively responsible experience in finance or accounting with experience in document processing, HR-related tasks, and budget. Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and handle confidential financial information.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting the business and financial operations of a large school or college with multi-million-dollar budgets. Working knowledge of university accounting, endowments, and procurement policies and procedures. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and the functionalities of financial accounting and reporting systems. Experience working with FileMaker Pro, Tableau, IBM Cognos, FRMS, Budget document, Workday, VIP Direct, Power BI, and other UT systems.

Salary Range

$80,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• Typical office environment

Required Materials

• Resume/CV

• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

• E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]
• Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.