POSITION SUMMARY:

Serves as the Chief Business Officer for the Institute of Molecular Medicine, accountable for the overall planning, implementation, evaluation, and coordination of the institute’s administrative and financial activities.

POSITION KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Coordinates the Institute’s business management activities, which include fiscal management, personnel management, space management, and liaison activities.
2. Prepares cost studies and management fiscal reports; monitors expenditures against the budget. Fund sources for the budget include those derived from state, contract, grant and gift funds.
3. Coordinates renovations and implements a plan to ensure the optimal utilization of all IMM facilities. As a component of this plan, develops and implements a frequent, regularly scheduled update of departmental equipment and space inventories.
4. Serves as the primary liaison for business activities within the Institute, between departments within the Medical School, between the departments and the Health Science Center business areas, and between the departments and business related entities external to the Health Science Center.
5. Develops professional relationships with his/her peers, superiors, subordinates, and with Health Science Center service oriented departments including Purchasing, Contracts & Grants, Human Resources, Budget, Payroll, MSRDP, Data Processing, Accounting, and Physical Plant. Also develops external contacts including administrators at other medical/academic institutions at the local, state, and national levels; outside vendors; and researchers outside the Health Science Center.
6. Manages Human Resources activities of the IMM in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
7. Responsible for the design, execution and effectiveness of a system of internal controls which provides reasonable assurance that operations are effective and efficient, assets are safeguarded, financial information is reliable, and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
8. Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM EDUCATION:

Bachelor's degree in a related field or its equivalent.

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE:

Five years of relevant experience.

SECURITY SENSITIVE:

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