Director for Financial Planning and Forecasting
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The Director for Financial Planning and Forecasting performs budget projections, analyzes actual activity and financial performance, and conducts cost feasibility studies to support decision-making and planning. The role collaborates with colleges, schools, and units to validate forecasting assumptions, develops long-range financial models, and provides insights and reports to senior leadership and other stakeholders. It also supervises staff and contributes to planning-tool and process improvements.
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Full job description
Perform complex budget projections, analysis of actual activity, and cost feasibility studies to facilitate decision making and planning. Collaborate with colleges, schools, and units (CSUs) to gather inputs and validate assumptions. Develop and maintain dynamic forecasting models to support long-range financial planning. Analyze financial performance and variances and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.Work with Executive Director for Budget, Planning, and Forecasting on budget forecasting and the creation of fiscal controls and records, ensuring accurate statistical analysis and policy interpretation.Prepare reports, statements, and summaries for executive stakeholders as necessary, including requests from the Board of Regents, UT System, the legislature, leadership, and others.Hire and supervise staff with commitment to the employee lifecycle. Cultivate talent, support professional development, and develop and practice business continuity.Contribute to the enhancement and modernization of planning tools and processes, including system upgrades and integrations.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,114 open Financial Planning jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$102–163K/yr41 salary ranges
- US median$25–27/hr30 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 90 open Financial Planning jobs in Texas and 1,114 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- Amazon9 open
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- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)5 open
- Experience
- Financial Planning postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (948 postings).
- Education
- 574 of the 1,114 open Financial Planning jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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