Senior Financial Analyst - Post Award Grants - Dallas, TX

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

We are hiring a Full-Time Senior Financial Analyst to join the UTHealth School of Public Health in Dallas, TX 75207. In this position, you would be primarily focused on the Post-Award grants administration and coordination for projects within the school. 

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:  

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees  
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) 
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue! 
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) 
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! 

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employee well-being is important to us. We offer work/life services such as... 

• Free financial and legal counseling 
• Free mental health counseling services 
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs 
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. 
• Resources for child and elder care 
• Plus many more! 

Position Summary:

Responsible for the daily business operational and financial management of The Dallas Regional Campus projects and other financial duties within the department of Management, Policy and Community Health. Ensures compliance to the fiscal, budgetary, and operational systems established by university and departmental, program, and grant guidelines. Supports management in making complex business process decisions requiring comprehensive knowledge, discretion and independent judgment of a wide range of regulations, policies, procedures and business practices. Additional guidance may be provided through supervisor instructions.

Provides professional level skills in performing financial analysis for the institution.  Completes financial analysis and develops financial forecasts to ensure the institution's assets are completely maximized. Assists in planning, coordinating and monitoring the research activities of the unit.  Administers procedures designed to comply with appropriate regulations relating to the administration of government and private research grants and contracts and for the interpretation and application of such procedures and regulations.  

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Manages the day to day business and financial processes, trends past performance and forecasts future financials
• Creates budgets for new projects and grants.
• Manages classified staff and faculty effort allocation based on funding.
• Manages and monitors budgets, including requesting carry-forward to the new fiscal year and residual accounts.
• Develops, prepares, and analyzes special financial reports.
• Completes financial statements, which compare actual and budgeted expenditures and revenues.
• Preplong-term term financing plans and reports to senior management.
• Approves all monetary transactions in PeopleSoft and Coupa input by administrative coordinator.
• Conducts purchase order modifications.
• Generates invoices and journal transfers for faculty. Ensures that invoices are paid and funds applied to the correct account.
• Works with UT System to obtain approvals for the spending of awarded monies.
• Examines historical and projected financial data to provide senior management with valuable data upon which to make relevant financial decisions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.