Financial Analyst

Job Posting Title

Financial Analyst

College of Liberal Arts

All Applicants

40

Exempt

Sep 01, 2025

Expected to Continue

UT MAIN CAMPUS

This position will administer the financial operations for the African & African Diaspora Studies and its associated units to provide a high level of customer service to conduct day‑to‑day transactions for our faculty and staff.

• Account Management & Reconciliation:
  Maintain and review account balances, balance forward analyses, funds transfers, transfers of payment due charges, transfer of funds, and transfer of expense charges. Faculty research tracking/oversight. Prepare and maintain project and/or faculty‑specific micro budgets within each unit, including start‑up and research allocations from units. Produce regular reports of spending and balance remaining. Work with faculty and staff to manage programming and activity budgets available and provide recommendations based on spending.
  
  Manage funding sources committed from external units. Weekly review and verification of account charges and monthly certification of account expenses. Establish and share best practices for business processes for department.
• Financial Management and Coordination:
  Provide general accounting and purchasing consultation and support to faculty and staff. Establish and coordinate best practices for business office. This includes facilitating open communication between adjoining business offices and College of Liberal Arts Dean's office. Staff Management:
  Manage performance expectations and employee lifecycle of Senior Administrative Associate and Finance Team.
• Purchasing & Financial Disbursement Oversight:
  Process all faculty, staff, and student purchasing requests;
  Work with vendors to facilitate deliveries and to resolve delivery or invoicing issues;
  Pro Card custodian (receipt collection and expense reconciliation). Review and approval of Pro Card vouchers, expense reimbursements, vendor payments, guest payments, faculty and staff.
• Annual Budget Preparation & Report Preparation:
  Prepare local, state, and soft budgets. Monthly faculty and staff allocation expenditure reports (annual expenditure report, account allocations, local and gift accounts). Work and meet regularly with Department Manager to manage special projects.

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration. At least five years of related experience in increasingly complex financial processing or accounting. Experience with generating complex financial reports and budgets. Advanced proficiency in spreadsheet software. Knowledge of basic accounting practices for recording expenses against established budgets. Experience in processing business expenses for a business or established unit. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

More than the required five years in related experience in financial processing or accounting. Knowledge of University of Texas accounting and expense processing practices. Knowledge of University of Texas account types and rules regarding use. Experience using DEFINE. Experience with Filemaker Pro database software. Experience with using Workday for HR and payroll operations.

$55,000 + depending on qualifications

Standard office conditions

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest

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.

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