Lead Financial Affairs Analyst

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

JOB SUMMARY
UT Southwestern is looking to add a Lead Financial Analyst to the Budget and Resource Planning team. This position will work under a hybrid model with time working on campus and remotely. We are looking for an individual with exceptional communication, critical thinking, presentation and organizational skills to provide crucial support to our leadership team. In this key role, you will be responsible for planning, designing, developing and implementing a variety of training courses on behalf of the Budget Office for the benefit of the entire UTSW financial community. Your contributions will be instrumental in fulfilling the department's action plan and enhancing the knowledge base of all employees involved in financial analysis and budgeting. Our ideal candidate possesses a strong base knowledge of UTSW's chart of accounts, financial policies and procedures and budget strategy, as well as financial proficiency in software tools such as Microsoft Excel, Office Connect, and the Adaptive planning tool. If you thrive in a challenging, fast-paced environment and enjoy collaborating with top medical leaders, this role offers a rewarding opportunity for professional growth. This position is primarily remote; however, the incumbent must reside in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex or be willing to relocate. This position does not offer H1B Visa sponsorship.

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Required

• Education
  Bachelor's Degree In finance, accounting, or related field or

• Experience
  6 years Experience in finance with demonstration in planning, forecasting, and financial analysis, plus analytical ability to understand complex financial activities of healthcare initiatives (or research initiatives depending on department needs).

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES

• Plans, designs, develops and implements a variety of training courses on behalf of the Budget Office for the benefit of the entire UTSW financial community. Collaborates with other financial leaders to ensure accuracy, applicability and relevance of content and methodologies.
• Develops and maintains a training plan for new and continuing users of Adaptive and other financial software.
• Evaluates and collects feedback on the same and routinely adjusts and adapts as recommended.
• Contributes to or completes a variety of monthly financial management reports and reviews all reports for errors and inconsistencies; analyzes variations in forecasts and actual performance; determines reasons for variance; develops recommendations for improvement; completes written summaries of financial data.
• Prepares monthly financial reports including budget variance reports, schedules for annual financial reports, and reports to various government agencies, ensuring conformance of such reports with applicable procedures and regulations of University of Texas System and Federal and State agencies concerned.
• Identifies areas of poor performance, presents findings, and makes recommendations to upper management.
• Provides strategic consultation and guidance to management on financial or compliance issues, evaluates users' knowledge of business processes and creates recommendations for improvement.
• Performs financial analysis on various projects and is able to access and utilize financial data from various data sources and teach others to do the same.
• Develops and manages work plans to meet target dates and deliverables.
• Completes complex projects as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES

• Provides financial support for all areas of department.
• Reviews and plan for various financial projections within team. Identifies areas of financial risk, present findings, and makes recommendations to management.
• Plans, leads, coordinates, and manages budgeting and forecasting activities. Evaluates, prioritizes, assigns and implements capital projects.
• Manages, directs and plans evaluation of departments or team's financial performance. Develops and recommends actions to achieve financial objectives.
• Provides strategic consultation and guidance to management on financial or compliance issues, evaluates business processes and creates recommendations for optimizing impact on business initiatives.
• Performs financial analysis on various projects. Accesses and utilizes financial data from various data sources.
• Develops and manages work plans to meet target dates and deliverables.
• Completes complex projects as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT
Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO Statement
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:
• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare - no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!