Job Summary:

Essential Duties:

• Manage and direct the daily operations of Reporting, Forecasting, and Rate Study Reviews to ensure the completion of accurate and timely executive reports to management.
• This includes supervising, instructing, developing/training, and evaluating staff.
• When required, correct personnel deficiencies, recommend and implement corrective actions and discipline.
• Actively participate in System-wide committees which include use and integration of technology best practices as well as new GASB pronouncements as the UTA representative.
• Develop, implement, and maintain department procedures from staying abreast of requirements and best practices for forecasting, reporting, internal controls, GASB pronouncements, and the federal service center's rate.
• Provide problem-solving assistance that is related to established procedures.
• Review, coordinate, and prepare reports timely, detail analysis, USAS entries, and processes for compliance with State and Federal statutes and laws and accounting principles, UT System rules, policies and procedures, University procedures.
• Recommend innovative solutions to enhance best practices for effective and efficient processes. Assist supervisor in establishing, implementing, and overseeing goals, unit effectiveness plans, performance standards, and other initiatives.
• Coordinate and respond to internal and external audit inquiries and reviews related to areas of responsibility.
• Work with and assist other areas within UTA or Higher Education such as bench-marking; responding to inquiries, compiling, or reviewing financial information.
• Monitor financial data for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with reporting and internal control standards. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Reports include but are not limited to:
  
• Annual Financial Reports
  
• Monthly Financial Report
  
• Monthly Forecasting
  
• Annual Service Center Rate Study
  
• IPEDs
  
• Cost of Expenditure
  
• Texas Guarantee Tuition Program
  
• Ranking surveys
  
• Unrelated Business Tax
  
• Rate Study Calculation and Review
  
• Other reports as needed

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Business/Finance, or a similar business-related degree.
• Four years of experience within an accounting role including supervisory experience or the equivalent, preferably in a higher education institution.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must possess excellent computer and software knowledge and skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Special Instructions:

EEO Statement:

UTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Additionally, the University prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. A criminal background check will be conducted on finalists. The UTA is a tobacco free campus.

Open Until Filled: No

Location: Arlington

About The University of Texas at Arlington

With annual research expenditures in excess of $100M, the University of Texas at Arlington is a Carnegie Research-1 “highest research activity” institution committed to life-enhancing discovery, innovative instruction, and caring community engagement. A leading institution in the heart of the thriving North Texas region, UTA nurtures minds within an environment that values excellence, ingenuity, and diversity. With a total global enrollment of over 59,000 in AY 2018-19, UTA is one of the largest institutions in the University of Texas System. Guided by its Strategic Plan Bold Solutions | Global Impact, UTA fosters interdisciplinary research and teaching to enable the sustainable megacity of the future within four broad themes: health and the human condition, sustainable urban communities, global environmental impact, and data-driven discovery. UTA was cited by U.S. News & World Report as having the second lowest average student debt among U.S. universities in 2018. U.S. News & World Report also ranks UTA fourth in the nation for undergraduate diversity. The University is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and is ranked as the top four-year college in Texas for veterans on Military Times’ 2018 Best for Vets list.

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