Business Manager

Title: Business Manager

Employee Classification: Academic & Business Manager

Campus: University of North Texas - Health Science Center

Division: HSC-Institutional Advacement

Sub Division-Department: HSC-Institutional Advancement

Department: HSC-Institutional Advancement-383000

Job Location: Fort Worth

Salary: Commensurate with experience

FTE: 1.000000

Retirement Eligibility: TRS Eligible

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UNT Health Institutional Advancement seeks to advance UNT Health's mission to create solutions for a healthier community. Through fund development, community education and alumni relations, our goal is to build meaningful relationships that expand opportunities for our students, faculty and programs in ways that transform countless lives.

Reporting to the Director of Finance and Donor Stewardship, the Business Manager has full responsibility for the day‑to‑day financial operations of Institutional Advancement and UNT Health Foundation. The Business Manager will support month‑end, quarterly, and annual close processes across multiple fund types (operating, designated, gift, and private grant), prepare journal entries, conduct complex financial analyses, and ensure the accuracy of financial statement line items.

Responsibilities also include developing annual operating budgets, forecasting, requisitions, accounts payable, accounts receivable, preparing financial reports for leadership, and strengthening internal controls, policies, and procedures. The position will manage the foundation's annual audit preparation and other day‑to‑day functions of accounting services.

The Business Manager will serve as liaison to UNT System and UNT Health budget and finance offices and the UNT Health Foundation board of directors. The Business Manager must be able to set their own priorities to meet business demands, make decisions autonomously, and work collaboratively with all stakeholders.

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of related experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Thorough knowledge of accepted accounting practices, budget and audit accounting, legal statutes, policy and procedure affecting financial record keeping.
• Ability to work at a high level of productivity, with numerical accuracy and consistency and perform accounting operations legibly.
• Ability to analyze, consolidate, and present accounting data in clear concise form.
• Take initiative in independent planning, organizing, and performing work assignments within broadly defined parameters.
• Ability to work with highly sensitive and confidential information exercising sound judgment and discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
• Exceptional customer service skills.