About the position
This position works with our Award Setup team whose function is to facilitate setting up awards which have been originated in eGrants or eAgreements. Tasks of this position include understanding the contract, budget, type of award funding, type of billing function as all these will ensure the award is setup correctly to allow spend and track expenditures accurately in our financial system of record. The setup team ensures many of the financial attributes are coded correctly to further reduce maintenance issues of the award chartfields after award is moved to its awarded stage. This team works closely with members of the Pre-Award teams, other Sponsored Programs finance teams as well as Contracts Management and Research and Academic Systems team members. This position is deadline driven and time sensitive for the success of researchers.
Responsibilities
- Completes variety of complex 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 and/or supervises preparation of 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.
- 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 more complex special projects as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, or other related field
- 4 years of progressively responsible experience in finance and/or accounting with experience in planning, forecasting, and financial analysis.
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
