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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Director of Finance, Dean's Office, College of Natural Sciences in Austin, Texas
Supervise, develop, and manage staff responsible for the Deans office financial business functions including accounting, purchasing, payables, and cash management. Approve electronic documents daily. Oversee development of written standard operating procedures, workflow maps and/or presentations for teams services and tasks.Oversee preparation and reconciliation of Deans office annual budgets including faculty and endowment allocations. Provide budget assistance to team and departments as needed. Assist in reviewing and approving budgets at Dean/VP level. Provide budget reports to College leadership and University offices.Develop and maintain electronic applications, databases, queries and raw data reports to provide accurate financial data for Business Services. Designs, documents, and implements internal financial reporting systems for Business Services to inform Dean's decision making.Manage endowment compliance, re- investments, changes and transfers for CNS. Coordinate with the University Development Office, Accounting and Financial Management, and departments on compliance and other endowment issues. Maintain up-to-date institutional knowledge of endowment requirements and procedures. Assist departments and provide reports as requested on various endowment balances. Oversee and prepare annual endowment reports and respond to requests for information on endowments.Facilitate, monitor, and manage funding commitments, expenditure tracking, and internal and external reporting including but not limited to funding for faculty salary, start-up, renovations, relocation, research support, instructional budget, merit and other commitments. Collaborate with Faculty Affairs in regards to faculty hiring/offers, appointment changes and merit process. Make strategic recommendations to Assistant Dean for Business Services and senior leadership on colleges reserves and endowment budgets.Interpret and apply policies to ensure compliance with federal, state, University and College laws, policies and procedures. Propose, update and communicate College business policies and processes as needed. Oversee content related to financial information on Business Services webpages. Design and maintain DocuSign Powerforms for College wide use including OOEF, Wire Transfer, Certifications, Sub- Certifications, etc. Serve as DocuSign point of contact for CNS at the Dean level.Review contracts submitted by CNS departments directly through the Contracts+ platform to ensure contracts are ready for execution and approval before submitting to the BCO for review and signature. Serve as the central training resource for CNS Departments.Manage the annual sub-certification process for the College. Manage the account reconciliation process for the Dean's office accounts. Includes acknowledgement that transactions are correct by departments who use Dean's accounts and notification to department contacts when account certifications are overdue.Other related projects as assigned.