Financial Analyst I, Department of Internal Medicine

Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As one of the world's foremost research institutions, UT Southwestern Medical Center is known for our life-changing research that has led us to 6 Nobel Prizes. With a Financial Analyst career in our esteemed Internal Medicine Department, you will be a key part of our multidisciplinary research facility with opportunities to work with leaders in patient care and medical research. The Department of Internal Medicine Team at UT Southwestern is dedicated to providing exceptional patient-centered care. We seek to advance Internal Medicine through interprofessional education, leadership, and scientific discovery. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

Job Summary

UTSW is seeking an excellent Financial Analyst I with exceptional communication, critical thinking, and organizational skills to be used for the dynamic growing Department of Internal Medicine. This important role works closely with the Sr. Financial Analyst, Sr. Division Operations Administrator, Department Finance Team, and Division Grants and Contracts team. Duties include completion of a variety of monthly financial reports to assist division leadership in accurately assessing clinical and research income and expenses. Additionally, this role collaborates with other Departments/Centers across UTSW.

Experience and Education

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or other related field and no experience required.
• Preferred Requirements Proficiency with Excel.

Job Duties

Key Functions for this Role:

• Assist with budget preparations for grants/contracts.
• Set up and use tracking tools for project management.
• Coordinate and own all aspects of assigned accounts including related contracts, grants, and ongoing financial management.
• Prepare monthly financial reports and meet with key stakeholders.
• Responsible for tracking payments and billing sponsors (as needed).
• Assist leadership with process improvement initiatives related to award and clinical trial management.
• Completes monthly financial management reports and reviews all reports for errors and inconsistencies; analyzes variations in forecasts and actual performance; determines reasons for variance; develops recommendations for improvement; completes written summaries of financial data.
• Assists with preparing monthly financial reports, schedules for annual financial reports, and reports to various government agencies, ensuring conformance of such reports with applicable procedures and regulations of University of Texas System and Federal and State agencies concerned.
• Identifies areas of poor performance, presents findings, and makes recommendations to upper management.
• Prepares financial models and conducts financial analyses.
• May assists in maintaining controls for policies and procedures for financial system; develops and maintains delegation of authority of various procedures, such as check requests, refunds, invoice approval, bad debt write-offs, etc.
• Assists with special projects as requested.
• Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

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This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code •51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.