Budget Director

Job Posting Title: Budget Director ---- Hiring Department: Financial and Administrative Services ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 ---- FLSA Status: To Be Determined at Offer ---- Earliest Start Date: Ongoing ---- Position Duration: Expected to Continue ---- Location: AUSTIN, TX ---- Job Details: General Notes Flexible work arrangements are available for this position, including the ability to work remotely. Remote work for individuals who reside outside Texas but within the United States and its territories will be considered and requires Central Office approval. This position provides life/work balance with typically a 40-hour work week and travel limited to training (e.g., conferences/courses). The Budget Office develops the University’s official roughly 3.6 billion dollar operating budget and provides strategic planning, financial reporting, financial analysis, and fiscal analysis of proposed and actual legislation affecting the University. For more information on the Budget Office please visit: budget.utexas.edu. We are committed to conducting our work in a way that reflects our value of diversity. To that end, we want all of our employees to feel confident that their varied backgrounds and experiences are embraced. 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 FAS 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 8% 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 . Purpose To professionally lead, oversee, and develop the university’s official operating budget and budget operations. Provide strategic planning, reporting, financial analysis, forecasting, comparisons, and impact studies on proposed and actual legislation affecting the university. Advance short- and long- term initiatives that contribute to the institution’s strategic direction and commitment to operational excellence. Supervise and direct the work of a team. Collaborate closely with partners across campus from the executive office of a non-academic portfolio with a comprehensive and diverse university-wide scope. Responsibilities Oversee the annual budget process. Analyze, process, and track budget items including funding commitments to colleges, schools, and units (CSUs). Coordinate and implement university-wide budget initiatives including salary merit allocations, budget reductions, and other adjustments. Supervise the annual operating budget process, including compiling CSU budgets into a single university budget document, and drafting and reviewing budget documents and required reports for UT System and the Board of Regents. Coordinate, prepare and review ad hoc and required reports, analyses, and reviews necessary for requests from news media, Board of Regents, UT System, the legislature, and others. Direct and manage all aspects of the Budget Office. Hire and supervise staff with a commitment to the employee lifecycle. Cultivate talent, support professional development, and develop and practice business continuity. Coordinate the budget preparation and budget analyses with the Senior Vice President and CFO, other executive leadership, and campus business officers. Oversee the preparation of the Legislative Appropriation Request and coordination with UT System and the Legislative Budget Board. Draft and review legislative analysis, including bill analysis and fiscal note responses, during the legislative session. Oversee the functional and IT development and enhancements of the Budget Update Document and the Commitments System. Oversee tuition policy, including rate setting and structure, budgeting, and revenue forecasting. Other related functions as assigned. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in business, management, finance, or related field. Seven years of increasingly responsible budget experience in budget and policy development, management and analysis in a similarly complex environment. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Preferred Qualifications Master's degree in business, management, finance, or related field. Expertise in the development of comprehensive, integrated budgeting and reporting systems. Knowledge of university, state, federal, and foundation funding policies, procedures, regulations and mechanisms. Experience using common software applications (spreadsheets, graphics, word processing, presentation). Advanced accounting and budget skills related to budget development, projections, monitoring, and analysis; ability to construct and use models. Demonstrated understanding of an incentive-based budget model. Demonstrated analytical skills and experience with data analytic programs, i.e. Business Intelligence. Familiarity with higher education funding sources and related policy issues. The successful candidate will have strong oral, written, interpersonal, and organizational skills, analytical abilities and skills to address complex budget issues, the ability to communicate with a diverse campus population, demonstrated integrity and strong leadership, and the willingness to be part of a collaborative team. Salary Range $200,000 depending on qualifications Working Conditions Standard office conditions. Required Materials Resume/CV 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor Letter of interest 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. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 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. ---- E-Verify: The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF] E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF] Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF] Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF] ---- 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 2021 report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe, Suite UTA 2.206, Austin, TX 78701.