Hybrid Finance Manager

at The College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin

• Job title: Finance Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $85,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ERP, SQL, Tableau
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Austin, United States

About the role

• Finance Manager develops financial reporting and analysis for semiconductor manufacturing and academic research. Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and compliance support within the Texas Institute for Electronics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain internal monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc financial reports to track budgets, variances, and forecasts to support TIE’s hybrid academic/research and revenue-generating operations.
• Create financial coding schemes to categorize transactions for semiconductor manufacturing while remaining compliant with university reporting standards.
• Serve as the point of contact responsible for creating monthly, quarterly, and annual invoices and financial reports submitted to the federal sponsor.
• Serve as final approver for costing allocations and financial processes in Workday.
• Monitor stopgap accounts, process costing corrections, and initiate funding transfers.
• Review and approve departmental payment requests, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and policy compliance.
• Maintain electronic applications for financial access and approvals.
• Identify process inefficiencies and lead or support implementation of improvements.
• Assist with testing, training, and user adoption of improved processes and systems.
• Will serve as a key member of internal ERP integration projects, ensuring financial reporting, procurement, AP/AR, and other workflows align with UT systems.
• Serve as backup to the Director of Finance or team members.
• Assist with audits and compliance reporting, ensuring adherence to university, state, and federal requirements.
• Maintain documentation and records retention policies in accordance with UT Austin guidelines.
• Support ad-hoc projects.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor, including supporting tasks outside of core responsibilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Minimum 6 years of progressive FP&A or finance experience—including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and management reporting.
• Expert-level Excel proficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain financial models, dashboards, and management reports.
• Strong analytical, creative problem-solving, organizational skills; adept at juggling multiple deliverables under tight deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills; able to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
• Discreet handling of confidential information and sound independent judgment in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Experience working in a State of Texas agency, public university, or public college. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field (preferred)
• Experience in higher‐education finance or administration, including strategic or leadership roles (preferred)
• Experience with BI/data tools (Power BI, SQL, Tableau, etc.) (preferred)
• Experience with implementing BI solutions and ERP integrations (preferred)
• Expertise with UT Austin’s financial systems, policies, and core business processes (preferred)
• Demonstrated knowledge of UT Austin’s core business processes and operations (preferred)

Benefits

• Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Teachers Retirement System of Texas, a defined benefit retirement plan, with 8.25% employer matching funds
• Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
• Tuition assistance
• Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
• Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card
• Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card