Job Posting Title:

Senior Business Analyst, Ambulatory Surgery Center, UT Health Austin

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Hiring Department:

Dell Medical School

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Feb 21, 2025

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

UT Health Austin's Ambulatory Surgery Center at the Dell Medical School is seeking a Senior Business Analyst.

Purpose

This is a full-time position to serve as a key team member in the Ambulatory Surgery Center at UT Health Austin. The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for the success of the surgical clinical enterprise’s financial and unit-level performance, while supporting the oversight and development of the annual budget planning process through reporting and analysis.

Responsibilities

Operational Support and Analysis:

Supports the ASC Leadership by monitoring business revenue, expenditures and other resources to ensure budget alignment.

Analyzes past financial and operational results, perform variance analysis and identify trends. Integrates process improvements objectives and develops manual and automated reporting/forecasting through standard and ad-hoc reports, tools, and Tableau dashboards.

Reviews contract management activities to determine system opportunities for improvement.

Provides analytic capacity in support of the program review process in collaboration with UTHA leadership.

Provides pertinent data and generates financial models to support strategic initiatives and long-term planning.

Conducts audits on business processes to help inform operational improvements and initiatives.

Constructs workflow charts and illustrations to highlight operational objectives and opportunities using analytics/financial modeling of current processes using metrics and other benchmark data.

Effectively escalates and communicates issues, while providing status updates on analytics processes and deliverables.

Communicates verbally and in writing, with internal and external customers, in a cordial, articulate and timely manner.

Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to UT Health Austin and Dell Medical School policies, procedures and quality standards.

Finance:

Confirms transaction coding accuracies for departmental expenses to monitor and analyze, while maintaining correspondence with appropriate contact on variances in utilization. 

Ensures the integrity of accounting information by reviewing and verifying transactions. Financial transactions include but are not limited to processing of purchase orders, pro-card vouchers, cash/check deposits, travel authorizations, travel reimbursements, budget transfers, vendor setups, and authorizations for individual services.

Works closely with Dell Medical School Finance Team on ensuring all aspects of transactions and coding in general ledger system are accurate and entered timely.

Serves as a liaison with end users on timely and accurate submission of all requests submitted through the University payment system.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance or related field and five (5) years related work experience demonstrating increasing responsibility. Broad knowledge of financial planning and budgeting, superb analytical, project management, and presentation skills, as well as demonstrated knowledge of and experience managing financial reporting and capital planning. Strong organizational skills, a flexible work style and be able to manage multiple challenging projects simultaneously in a fast-paced work environment. Good judgment and high level of professionalism. Highly proficient in Excel and various database applications. Great communication skills. Detail oriented and ability to work independently or as part of a team. 
 

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

An advanced degree in business, accounting, finance or related field is preferred. Experience working in an ambulatory surgical setting. Experience working in healthcare, hospital, physician group operations, and/or higher education setting. Extensive knowledge of the generally accepted accounting principles and general ledger systems and procedures.

Salary Range

$60,000+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

May work around standard office conditions.

Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

Use of manual dexterity.

Required Materials

Resume/CV

3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Letter of interest

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.  Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

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Employment Eligibility:

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers. Staff who are promotion/transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

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Retirement Plan Eligibility:

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

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Background Checks:

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.

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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

E-Verify Poster (English) [PDF]E-Verify Poster (Spanish) [PDF]Right To Work Poster (English) [PDF]Right To Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.