Senior Financial Analyst

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

UT Southwestern is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for the Department of Biomedical Engineering. The role focuses on the financial performance of department operations, including preparing and analyzing monthly financial reports, identifying poor performance and variances, presenting findings, and recommending improvements to leadership. The analyst also prepares the department’s annual budget and financial models and conducts financial analyses. The position requires strong communication, critical thinking, and organizational skills, including the ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders and work in a constantly evolving environment. This position is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or another related field.
• Four years of progressively responsible finance and/or accounting experience, including planning, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Ability to maintain a high level of precision in work performed.
• Ability to exercise considerable judgment in interpreting policy and applying procedures.
• Knowledge of complex financial analysis and forecasting procedures.
• Exceptional communication, critical-thinking, and organizational skills.
• Ability to explain financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders and excel in a constantly evolving work environment.

Responsibilities

• Complete complex monthly financial management reports and review reports for errors and inconsistencies.
• Analyze variations between forecasts and actual performance, determine reasons for variances, develop recommendations for improvement, and prepare written summaries of financial data.
• Prepare and/or supervise preparation of monthly financial reports, schedules for annual financial reports, and reports to government agencies, ensuring compliance with applicable University of Texas System, federal, and state procedures and regulations.
• Identify areas of poor performance, present findings, and make recommendations to upper management.
• Prepare financial models and conduct financial analyses.
• May maintain controls for financial-system policies and procedures and develop and maintain delegations of authority for procedures such as check requests, refunds, invoice approval, and bad-debt write-offs.
• Complete complex special projects as requested.
• Perform 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 with 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
• On-site childcare
• Paid holidays
• Merit increases

What This Job Offers

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