About the position
The Financial and Budget Analyst performs moderately complex job duties to maintain the integrity of the asset management processes and records, supports preparation and maintenance of the institutional operating and capital budgets, legislative appropriations requests, and financial information systems. Implements enhancements to asset and budgeting systems and processes. Serves as a liaison to department and service line leaders in the financial management of their areas and associated financial report maintenance and delivery. Analyzes and prepares timely and accurate budgetary, financial, cost, productivity, statistical, and legislative data and reports for UT Tyler, UT Tyler Health Science Center, UTHET and UT System administration, department and service line leaders, and other government agencies. Work is performed under general supervision, with limited latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Responsibilities
- Co-lead the institution's asset management committee, including governance over medical device inventory.
- Maintain, monitor, and update Capital Equipment Request (CER), asset disposals, and asset transfer processes and forms.
- Monitor property, plant, and equipment on site at the University main campus and HSC campuses.
- Establish and assign property tag numbers for all capital and controlled assets according to state property guidelines.
- Collaborate with the institution's department leaders to develop and implement processes for spot checking maintenance of asset tags.
- Manage and lead annual equipment and supply inventory count forms, processes, and counts along all campuses.
- Support preparation and maintenance of the University's annual operating and capital budgets and legislative appropriations requests.
- Implement enhancements to budget and asset maintenance processes and procedures.
- Serve as a liaison to department and service line leaders in the financial management of their areas.
- Administer PeopleSoft Financials Chart-Field tables and updates.
- Support financial systems implementations, upgrades, data ownership standards, and systems maintenance.
- Ensure compliance with applicable policies and prepare timely and accurate financial and statistical data.
- Assist clinical, research, administrative, and academic departments with tracking and maintaining their asset inventory and budgets.
- Prepare and analyze financial data and reports in a timely and accurate manner.
- Execute the University's departmental account reconciliation and segregation of duties monitoring plan.
- Provide excellent customer service to both internal and external customers.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in accounting, finance, or related field, or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Five (5) years' experience in accounting, budgeting, financial analysis, statistical analysis, auditing, or legislative appropriations requests.
- Knowledge of Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) principles and practices.
- Intermediate or above proficiency in using Microsoft Excel.
- Proficiency in using other Microsoft Office products and a solid working knowledge of various accounting software systems.
- Intermediate or above proficiency in analytical skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree preferred.
