Finance Business Partner

University of Texas; Utah; Remote; USD 75,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Texas at Austin seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial insight and partnership to academic departments. The role involves creating budgets, forecasting, and delivering actionable financial guidance to leadership.

The position requires strong Excel skills, experience with budgeting and financial analysis, and the ability to communicate complex ideas clearly. Remote work is possible with limited hybrid options.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field with at least 5 years of experience in progressive finance, accounting, or consulting.
• Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field preferred with 3+ years of experience.
• Experience with Workday Financials is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and participate in the annual budget process, developing budgets for assigned departments.
• Provide ongoing budget oversight, monthly forecasts, and variance analysis for departments.
• Collaborate with leadership to align financial plans with operational goals and strategic direction.
• Develop financial dashboards and reporting to support department and enterprise-wide decisions.
• Conduct financial modeling, proformas, and trend analyses to guide leadership recommendations.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field

Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)

Tools

Workday Financials

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Posting Title: Finance Business Partner

Hiring Department: Department of Psychiatry

Position Open To: All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40

FLSA Status: Exempt from FLSA

Earliest Start Date: Oct 05, 2026

Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Aug 31, 2027

Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS

Job Details:

General Notes Dell Medical School is seeking a Finance Business Partner. This is a state-funded position with an end date of 8/31/27, renewable based upon availability of funding, work performance, and progress toward goals.

Purpose

The UT Health System & Dell Medical School Finance Business Partner provides consultative support for assigned departments and offices, creating a trusted and active partnership between finance and operations. This position spends significant time with executives and leaders to assess needs while providing real time support, financial analysis, and strategic guidance as a trusted advisor to the department/office. Finance Business Partner provide financial insight across their assigned areas as well as enterprise wide. They are responsible for working closely with assigned departments to understand the business and competitive environment, applicable metrics of performance, and other trends affecting the industry. They will bring their knowledge of financial modeling, business planning, data analysis and visualization, and understanding of financial processes to ensure their departments/offices are supported in all areas of finance. The financial business partner will play a key role in developing individual budgets for their assigned areas as well as rolling up information into the overall system budget each year. They will work with departments to develop proformas, adjust forecasts, analyze trends, and use their insight to provide information and recommendation to leadership in both assigned departments and finance. This position reports directly to the Budget Manager in Finance with matrix reporting to the departmental and office leadership that they support.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a leader in creating operational, capital, and project-specific budgets while working closely with Finance on the system-wide budget process.
• Supports the annual budget process by participating in development of the annual budget including leading and providing guidance for budget development to assigned departments.
• Provides on-going oversight of budget performance, updates monthly forecasts, and provides variance analysis reporting to department and finance.
• Acts as a primary contact and partner to their assigned departments for all things related to organizational finance. Develops and maintains a trusted relationship with leadership in their assigned departments. Provides oversight of departmental financial processing.
• Analyzes clinical and healthcare trends as they relate to operational areas, providing guidance on how these affect financial metrics.
• Collaborates with operational areas to create business plans, ensuring they align with operational and strategic goals. Ensures financial modeling is accurate and provides ongoing follow up analysis on performance of any approved business plans.
• Collaborates on the development of financial dashboards for departments and school-wide utilization.
• Understands productivity targets and provides analysis related to MGMA, AAMC, and department-specific benchmarks. Provides recommendations to leadership to meet expected targets.
• Provides training to departments on productivity benchmarks and reporting. Collaborates on investigating benchmark results or questions.
• Reviews and ensures position control data is accurate and provides the financial details necessary for any new requests going to the Operations Coordinating Group which may include, but is not limited to, volume trends, FTE trends, benchmarking, and operational change impacts.
• Understands and communicates financial trends to assigned departments and proactively identifies opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency, utilization which may result in cost savings or revenue improvements.
• Participates or leads process improvement projects impacting finance and operations, this may be at the institution or departmental level.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure. Performs other duties as assigned.

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC FUNCTIONS

Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure. Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Experience in communicating and presenting complex ideas and processes to varied audiences.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including but not limited to, collaboration, communication, integrity, transparency, and execution.
• Must possess broad industry knowledge of academic health care
• Strong knowledge of financial applications and processes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism in dealing with staff at all levels of the institution.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop, prioritize, and accomplish goals.
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, critical thinking, and project management competencies.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate data and make appropriate decisions/ recommendations.

Education & Experience Minimum Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field with at least 5 year(s) of experience in progressive, professional finance, accounting, or consulting experience with broad knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business Administration or related field. with at least 3 year(s) of experience in
• Experience working with Workday Financials.
• 3 years of experience working in a financial role at an Academic Health institution.

Licenses, Registrations or Certifications Required

• None

Licenses, Registrations or Certifications PREFERRED

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Salary Range

$83,443 + depending on qualifications

Working Environment/EQUIPMENT

• This is a full-time position; remote work is expected with limited possibility of hybrid work.
• Standard office environment and equipment.
• Requires occasional travel to local, state, and national meetings.

Required Materials

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

Important 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. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

Pay Transparency

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Employment Eligibility Verification

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

E-Verify

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following: E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF] Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF] Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

Compliance

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) and to be notified about resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031. The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.

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