Senior Accountant - Complex Projects & Team Leadership

UT Health San Antonio; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

UT Health San Antonio is seeking an experienced accounting professional to oversee complex projects and lead a team, ensuring accuracy and compliance across multiple fund sources. Under limited supervision, you will analyze financial reports, prepare statements, and support budget processes.

This role requires at least four years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance. Join UT Health San Antonio to contribute to financial stewardship and efficiency improvements

Qualifications

• Broad knowledge of accounting principles, practices and procedures.
• Analytical and decision making skills.
• Strong multitasking and organizational skills.
• Ability to collaborate across and within different levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently with strong attention to accuracy and detail.
• Initiative to drive process improvement and efficiencies.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency in applicable software including Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Oversees project reconciliations and prepares financial reports.
• Gathers, compiles, files, and maintains backup documentation for reconciliation projects utilizing system reporting tools.
• Maintains logs and databases essential to operations.
• Analyzes financial reports/records and makes recommendations.
• Prepares various accounting statements and reports.
• Analyzes financial reports and records, while conducting studies and making recommendations relative to the accounting of reserves, assets, liabilities, revenues and expenditures.
• Assists in budget preparation, implementation and oversight of commitments and other transfers.
• Extracts and reconciles monthly budget reports.
• Reviews and approves vouchers/deposit reconciliations and processes financial transaction requests submitted.
• Maintains accounting and audit functions for assigned departments.
• Reviews and verifies accuracy of journal entries and accounting classifications assigned to various records.
• Coordinates accounting matters with other departments, locations and divisions.
• Conducts special studies and develops/recommends improved accounting methods and procedures.
• Instructs or assigns accounting tasks accordingly.
• Analyzes, compares and evaluates various course of actions with the authority to make independent decisions on matters of significance, free from immediate direction, within the scope of responsibilities.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Decision making

Multitasking

Independence

Process improvement

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in accounting or finance

Experience in lieu of degree accepted

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

UT Health San Antonio is seeking an experienced accounting professional to oversee complex projects and lead a team, ensuring accuracy and compliance across multiple fund sources. Under limited supervision, you will analyze financial reports, prepare statements, and support budget processes.

This role requires at least four years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance. Join UT Health San Antonio to contribute to financial stewardship and efficiency improvements