Finance Business Partner

Serve as a leader in creating operational, capital, and project-specific budgets while working closely with Finance on the system-wide budget process. Supports the annual budget process by participating in development of the annual budget including leading and providing guidance for budget development to assigned departments. Provides on-going oversight of budget performance, updates monthly forecasts, and provides variance analysis reporting to department and finance. Acts as a primary contact and partner to their assigned departments for all things related to organizational finance. Develops and maintains a trusted relationship with leadership in their assigned departments.Provides oversight of departmental financial processing. Analyzes clinical and healthcare trends as they relate to operational areas, providing guidance on how these affect financial metrics. Collaborates with operational areas to create business plans, ensuring they align with operational and strategic goals. Ensures financial modeling is accurate and provides ongoing follow up analysis on performance of any approved business plans. Collaborates on the development of financial dashboards for departments and school-wide utilization. Understands productivity targets and provides analysis related to MGMA, AAMC, and department-specific benchmarks. Provides recommendations to leadership to meet expected targets. Provides training to departments on productivity benchmarks and reporting. Collaborates on investigating benchmark results or questions. Reviews and ensures position control data is accurate and provides the financial details necessary for any new requests going to the Operations Coordinating Group which may include, but is not limited to, volume trends, FTE trends, benchmarking, and operational change impacts. Understands and communicates financial trends to assigned departments and proactively identifies opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, utilization which may result in cost savings or revenue improvements. Participates or leads process improvement projects impacting finance and operations, this may be at the institution or departmental level. Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.Performs other duties as assigned.MARGINAL OR PERIODIC FUNCTIONS:Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.Performs related duties as required.KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES Experience in communicating and presenting complex ideas and processes to varied audiences. High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Demonstrated leadership skills, including but not limited to, collaboration, communication, integrity, transparency, and execution. Must possess broad industry knowledge of academic health care Strong knowledge of financial applications and processes. Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism in dealing with staff at all levels of the institution. Effective problem-solving skills. Ability to develop, prioritize, and accomplish goals. Demonstrated analytical thinking, critical thinking, and project management competencies. Ability to analyze and evaluate data and make appropriate decisions/ recommendations.EDUCATION and EXPERIENCEMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field with at least 5 year(s) of experience inprogressive, professional finance, accounting, or consulting experience with broad knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field. with at least 3 year(s) of experience in? Experience working with Workday Financials.? 3 years of experience working in a financial role at an Academic Health institution.LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS OR CERTIFICATIONSREQUIRED: NonePREFERRED: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certified Management Accountant (CMA)Salary Range$83,443 + depending on qualificati nsWORKING ENVIRONMENT/EQUIPMENT? This is a full-time position; remote work is expected with limited possibility of hybrid work.? Standard office environment and equipment.? Requires occasional travel to local, state, and national meetings.Required MaterialsResume/CV3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisorLetter of interestImportantfor 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 thatALLRequired 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 questionspresented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.