About the role

  • 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

Job title

Finance Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$85,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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