Senior Financial Analyst — Forecasting & Analysis

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

PTO

Retirement plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Texas Behavioral Health Center in Dallas is seeking a Financial Analyst to provide responsible skilled assistance in performing financial analyses and develop forecast models under general supervision. The role supports department budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis for university-affiliated operations.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in finance or accounting and at least 4 years of related experience, with strong precision and analytical capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, or other related field.
• 4 years of progressively responsible experience in finance and/or accounting with experience in planning, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Ability to maintain a high level of precision in work performed.
• Considerable judgment in interpretation of policy and application of procedures.
• Knowledge of complex financial analysis and forecasting procedures.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Reporting

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in finance or accounting

Job description

Texas Behavioral Health Center in Dallas is seeking a Financial Analyst to provide responsible skilled assistance in performing financial analyses and develop forecast models under general supervision. The role supports department budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis for university-affiliated operations.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in finance or accounting and at least 4 years of related experience, with strong precision and analytical capabilities.