Financial Analyst II, School of Public Health

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

The O'Donnell School of Public Health at UT Southwestern is seeking a Financial Analyst II to join their team. This role involves working under general supervision to provide skilled assistance in financial analysis for the department. The position is responsible for completing less complex financial analysis and developing forecast models. Key duties include gathering and providing information on funding opportunities and application procedures, guiding researchers in proposal development and submission by interpreting sponsor and university guidelines, and providing grant management support. This includes negotiating and processing awards, interpreting award conditions, obtaining approvals for award modifications, and completing required reports. This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, or other related field
• 2 years of progressively responsible experience in finance and/or accounting with experience in planning, forecasting, and financial analysis

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Finance and Financial Analysis Supervisor as needed.
• Assist with monthly review of financial reports (All Funds - variances analysis of current budget and year over year).
• Assist in reviewing and updating the monthly executive summary and financial reports when needed.
• Participate in a presentation to division leadership.
• Provide data and information regarding Faculty financial awards, grants, and discretionary accounts.
• Check for chart field string overdrafts and resolve.
• Check for invalid chart field strings (expense with no budget/revenue) and correct.
• Track expenditures and encumbrances and resolve.
• Review and resolve suspense (salary and non-salary).
• Update sourcing on all faculty and staff positions.
• Track and report on travel and discretionary funds.
• Provide financial projections as needed for a grant or study.
• 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, 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.
• Prepares financial models and conducts financial analyses.
• May maintain controls for policies and procedures for financial system; develops and maintains delegation of authority of various procedures, such as check requests, refunds, invoice approval, bad debt write-offs, etc.
• Completes special projects as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level