Senior Financial Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Senior Financial Analyst

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Hiring Department:

University Business Services

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

With a staff of over 50 employees, Business and Financial Services (BFS) serves more than 50 customer departments with expenditures over $450 million annually. We deliver services in the fields of accounting, finance, warehousing, and procurement. For more about BFS, visit https://bfs.utexas.edu/

Your skills will make a difference.

You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will make a difference in the lives of UT staff, thereby enhancing the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working in our department and for UT Austin. UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with employer matching funds
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
• Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card
• For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards .

Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Purpose

Part of a team performing various analyses, reports and financial projections.

Responsibilities

• Create and update written standard operating procedures and/or presentations for primary and backup tasks. Examine, recommend and implement process improvements to increase efficiency in financial operations. Participate in training coworkers or new employees related to tasks performed. Participate in training to acquire new knowledge and skills.  Integrate and apply knowledge and skills in new or unfamiliar situations.
• Monitor budget vs. actual results for departmental accounts on a monthly basis and recommend budget revisions when needed.
• Use available electronic applications, databases, queries, financial and personnel reports to gather and organize data to evaluate and analyze results.  Present conclusions, concerns and recommended solutions of analysis.  
• Analyze rate proposals together with supporting financial statements and detailed cost data for the purposes of establishing appropriate rates used in charging departmental accounts including grants.
• Prepare the five-year simulation template and supporting workpapers (budget, actuals, transfers, positions) to assess the overall financial health of a department, non-academic unit, college or school.   
• Produce various management reports to meet established deadlines.      
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree: Accounting, Finance, Management, or Business Administration
• Six years of progressively responsible experience in finance or accounting Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. High level of analytical ability and proficient in data analysis.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel such as pivot tables, vlookup, countif, sumif, filtering information, and formatting.
• Ability to quickly learn to use new technologies/software.
• Demonstrated