Director of General Accounting

Job Summary

• The Director performs complex job duties primarily related to the management and maintenance of the institutional general ledger.
• Designs, implements and maintains internal controls for accurate reporting.
• Analyzes and prepares accurate monthly and annual financial reports for UTT Academic, Health Science Center, and UT System administration across clinical, academic, and sponsored programs functions.

Major Responsibilities/Duties/Critical Tasks

• Responsible for the integrity of all general ledger activities, including receipts, transfers, investments and disbursement transactions.
• Recording, maintaining and reporting these activities from all funding sources which must adhere to regulatory principles in accordance with GAAP, along with state, federal, regency, grantor, donor and institutional rules and regulations.
• Designs, implements, and maintains internal controls to ensure accurate recording and reporting of transactions and safeguarding of assets.
• Provide analytical, financial, and operational assistance to administration and individual departments related to decision making, clarification or correction of data, and historical activity.
• Assists in the preparation of the monthly financial report and annual financial report, including sponsored programs, according to the comptroller's guidelines, as well as UT System guidelines and GAAP.
• Extracts and loads data into the Financial Consolidated Reporting System to produce reports as required.
• Ensures the integrity of reporting by reconciling the final reports back to internally produced reports and provides variance explanations as required.
• Supervises all federal, state, foundation and private grants as well as any other grants or sponsored programs to provide oversight, operational expertise, and ensure institutional compliance with federal, state and UT System guidelines.
• Oversee asset management including recording acquisitions, disposals, issuing tags, annual assets and supply inventories.
• Develop and maintain nVision reports and data queries as required.
• Other Duties as assigned.

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree.
• Five (5) or more years of progressively responsible related experience or equivalent experience that provides a candidate with the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Experience in a leadership capacity including professional staff supervision.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) License required or ability to obtain Texas licensure within 12 months of hire date.
• May accept a combination of education and experience.

Preferred Education/Experience

• Master's degree in accounting, finance or related fields.
• Five (5) years of professional experience in the areas outlined above.
• Two years' experience in an academic medical center or public university is preferred.