Assistant Director, Finance & Operations - Neurosurgery

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Join a dynamic academic healthcare environment where you will play a key leadership role in supporting the financial success of a nationally recognized Department of Neurosurgery. The Assistant Director, Finance & Operations leads budget development and monitoring, financial planning, faculty compensation administration, and financial reporting while partnering with faculty, clinical, and administrative teams. This role offers the opportunity to develop and maintain standardized reporting and analytics processes and support informed financial decision‑making.

The ideal candidate combines strong financial expertise, leadership experience, and a collaborative approach to supporting the department’s mission.

Master’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Healthcare Administration is preferred. 1 year of experience in healthcare or an academic institution is also preferred. Microsoft 365, Coupa, People Soft HCM, Oracle, FMS, and EPIC reporting and data analytics experience are all a plus!

Location:

6400 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030, with travel within and outside Greater Houston required rarely.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full‑time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world‑renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

The Assistant Director, Finance & Operations, supports the financial and administrative operations of multiple central departments. This role contributes budget planning, implementation, evaluation, and daily coordination of business and financial activities, directly impacting academic, research, faculty and student service functions. The Assistant Director ensures the efficiencies of management pertaining to daily financial and personnel operations related to those departments within our scope of work in addition to multiple external departments that have dual appointed roles and budgets.

• Heavy involvement related to the financial oversight and management of annual budgets for multiple central and external departments as required that extends beyond basic internal departments within SVP, Academic and Faculty Affairs. Monitors compliance with institutional and legislative guidelines as directed each fiscal year.
• Coordinates key faculty and staff transactions, such as appointments, additional pay, funding changes and other personnel actions in partnership with Human Resources and other administrative offices.
• Serves as a liaison between internal departmental staff and senior management as well as external departments, providing regular updates and facilitating clear communication to maintain seamless operations across all assigned departments. Address financial and administrative needs, recommending process improvements and ensuring responsive support.
• Heavy emphasis on fiscal year budget creations and interact closely with each department's leadership for open discussions to ensure all capture scopes of work for fiscal years are getting addressed and budget allowance for spending.
• Provides support and input on the financial review process for new department setups,…