DATE REVISED
October 1, 2002-FINAL
JOB TITLE
Assistant Director, Finance
JOB CODE
9150
FLSA STATUS
Exempt
UNIT/DEPARTMENT
Finance
REPORTS TO:
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

SUPERVISES: 
Accounting positions, including managers and team leaders from general accounting, cash management, contracting, fiscal compliance

POSITION SUMMARY: 

Manages several key accounting functions and teams, including System and Account Assurance team (general ledger), Cash Management and treasury functions, the institution’s contracting function and fiscal compliance. 

POSITION KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  1. Oversees the management of the institution’s general ledger, which is the fundamental mechanism for the recording of all accounting and financial information.
  2. Manages Human Resources activities for direct reports in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning. 
  3. Acts as the key interface for school and other operating unit personnel for monthly and annual financial close and related issues.
  4. Oversees the institution’s cash controls and treasury functions.
  5. Develops and maintains the institution’s system of internal financial controls for annual operating costs.
  6. Acts as the key resource responsible for emerging and expanding UT System-mandated fiscal compliance role.
  7. Oversees the process for business review of contracts. Assures all institutional contracts presented to CFO meet detailed requirements, including institutional "full cost recovery." 
  8. Acts as the key advisor to the AVP of Financial Resources, the CFO and Chief Operating Officer on a wide range of fiscal and business issues. 
  9. Acts as a critical interface for the CFO on the PeopleSoft FMS project, a major module of which entails a complete re-write of the institution’s general ledger. 
  10. Interfaces with the manager of the clinical practice plan financial reporting, analysis, oversight and control. Works closely with DMOs, Associate Deans, and other key administrative / fiscal officers of operating units.
  11. Performs other duties as assigned.
CERTIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

CPA certification preferred.

MINIMUM EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required, Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) preferred. 

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

Seven years of progressively more responsible accounting, finance, audit and related work activities.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Exerts up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount frequently to move objects.

SECURITY SENSITIVE:

This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code § 51.215.
 

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