Financial Analyst

Financial Analyst

This position will administer the financial operations for the African & African Diaspora Studies and its associated units to provide a high level of customer service to conduct day-to-day transactions for our faculty and staff.

Responsibilities

• Account Management & Reconciliation : Maintain and review account balances, balance forward analyses, funds transfers, transfers of payment due charges, transfer of funds, and transfer of expense charges. Faculty research tracking / oversight. Prepare and maintain project and / or faculty-specific micro budgets within each unit, including start-up and research allocations from units. Produce regular reports of spending and balance remaining. Work with faculty and staff to manage programming and activity budgets available and provide recommendations based on spending. Manage funding sources committed from external units. Weekly review and verification of account charges and monthly certification of account expenses. Establish and share best practices for business processes for department.
• Financial Management and Coordination : Provide general accounting and purchasing consultation and support to faculty and staff. Establish and coordinate best practices for business office. This includes facilitating open communication between adjoining business offices and College of Liberal Arts Dean's office. Staff Management : Manage performance expectations and employee lifecycle of Senior Administrative Associate and Finance Team.
• Purchasing & Financial Disbursement Oversight : Process all faculty, staff, and student purchasing requests; Work with vendors to facilitate deliveries and to resolve delivery or invoicing issues; ProCard custodian (receipt collection and expense reconciliation). Review and approval of ProCard vouchers, expense reimbursements, vendor payments, guest payments, faculty and staff.
• Annual Budget Preparation & Report Preparation : Prepare local, state, and soft budgets. Monthly faculty and staff allocation expenditure reports (annual expenditure report, account allocations, local and gift accounts). Work and meet regularly with Department Manager to manage special projects.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration. At least five years of related experience in increasingly complex financial processing or accounting. Experience with generating complex financial reports and budgets. Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet software. Knowledge of basic accounting practices for recording expenses against established budgets. Experience in processing business expenses for a business or established unit.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

More than the required five years in related experience in financial processing or accounting. Knowledge of University of Texas accounting and expense processing practices. Knowledge of University of Texas account types and rules regarding use. Experience using DEFINE. Experience with Filemaker Pro database software. Experience with using Workday for HR and payroll operations.

Salary Range

$55,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

Standard office conditions

Required Materials

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers : You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers : As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility : Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion / transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility : The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks : A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer : The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency : The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification : If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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Compliance : Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031. The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.