Senior Financial Analyst

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas (TX)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

PPO medical plan

Paid Time Off

Parental leave

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas seeks a finance professional to support grant-funded and departmental projects within the Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care. You will partner with leadership to develop funding strategies and manage multiple funding sources, ensuring compliance and accurate reporting.

The role requires a Bachelor's in finance or accounting and at least 4 years of progressive finance experience, with strong analysis, forecasting, and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field.
4 years of progressively responsible experience in finance/accounting with planning, forecasting, and financial analysis.

Responsibilities

Prepare and review complex monthly financial reports.
Monitor budgets and allocate expenses across funding sources.
Analyze expenditures and variances; provide recommendations.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Budgeting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in finance or accounting

Tools

Excel

ERP/General ledger systems

Job description

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?

Job Summary

The Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care (CDRC) is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical finance professional to support the financial management of grant-funded and departmental projects. This role will serve as a key financial partner to research and administrative leadership, supporting the development and execution of funding strategies that ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the center’s research mission. This position is responsible for managing a diverse portfolio of federal, state, institutional, and philanthropic funding sources. This role is responsible for preparing monthly financial reports, monitoring budgets, and ensuring the accurate allocation of expenses across multiple funding sources. The successful candidate will oversee salary sourcing allocations, process funding changes and cost reallocations, analyze expenditures against the general ledger, and resolve funding discrepancies while maintaining compliance with organizational policies and sponsor requirements.

In addition, this role provides strategic financial planning and stewardship for the CDRC, including developing multi-year financial projections, evaluating utilization and trends, identifying financial risks and opportunities, and advising leadership on resource allocation decisions. The position provides financial oversight of subaward agreements and is responsible for reviewing and processing a variety of financial transactions, including expense reports, payment requests, invoices, and cost transfers. Additional responsibilities include performing reconciliations and variance analyses, supporting project closeout activities, generating and analyzing financial data from enterprise systems, and contributing to budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning initiatives. This role requires strong financial analysis skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders to ensure sound financial stewardship and effective resource management. The successful candidate will demonstrate sound judgment, strategic thinking, clear communication, and the ability to collaborate effectively.

Benefits

UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
Paid Time Off, available day one
Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
Paid Parental Leave Benefit
Wellness programs
Tuition Reimbursement
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

Required

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Education Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, or other related field
Experience 4 years of progressively responsible experience in finance and/or accounting with experience in planning, forecasting, and financial analysis.

Job Duties

Completes variety of complex monthly financial management reports and reviews all reports for errors and inconsistencies; analyzes variations in forecasts and actual performance; determines reasons for variance; develops recommendations for improvement; completes written summaries of financial data.
Prepares and/or supervises preparation of monthly financial reports, schedules for annual financial reports, and reports to various government agencies, ensuring conformance of such reports with applicable procedures and regulations of University of Texas System and Federal and State agencies.
Identifies areas of poor performance, presents findings, and makes recommendations to upper management.
Prepares financial models and conducts financial analyses.
May maintain controls for policies and procedures for financial system; develops and maintains delegation of authority of various procedures, such as check requests, refunds, invoice approval, bad debt write-offs, etc.
Completes more complex special projects as requested.
Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

EEO

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

Primary Location

Texas-Dallas-5323 Harry Hines Blvd

Work Locations

5323 Harry Hines Blvd

Job

Professional & Executive

Organization

426028 - PY-Lab Trivedi

Schedule

Full-time

Shift

Day Job