Senior Financial Analyst, Budget & Resource Planning

Location

Type, TX | United States

Job description

Senior Financial Analyst, Department of Budget and Resource Planning

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 one of the world’s foremost research institutions, UT Southwestern Medical Center is known for our life-changing research that has led us to 6 Nobel Prizes, you will be a key part of our multidisciplinary research facility with opportunities to work with leaders in patient care and medical research.

Job Summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) is actively seeking a talented Senior Financial Analyst to join our dynamic and rapidly expanding Auxiliary department within Shared Services. We are looking for an individual with exceptional communication, critical thinking, and organizational skills to provide crucial support to our leadership team. In this key role, you will be responsible for conducting comprehensive departmental analyses, including monthly reporting metrics, and assisting in the evaluation and preparation for potential new services. Your contributions will be instrumental in fulfilling the department’s action plan and enhancing its financial reporting and variance capabilities to deliver accurate and timely reports to division chiefs, fostering transparency and accountability. As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your leadership skills by mentoring and training junior staff members. Our ideal candidate possesses proficiency in software tools such as Hyperion, SmartView, Microsoft Excel, and Access, with knowledge of Adaptive planning tool considered a plus. 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 eligible for a hybrid work schedule . Join us at UTSW and be part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact in healthcare. 

Experience and Education

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor\’s degree in finance, accounting, or other related field and four (4) years progressively responsible experience in finance and/or accounting with experience in planning, forecasting, and financial analysis.

Primary Job Duties

• 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.

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