Financial Analyst - Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

UTHealth Houston's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is hiring a Financial Analyst!

This position will be responsible for monthly financial reporting to faculty, ensuring clear visibility into budgets, expenditures, start-up balances, internal grant awards, and available funds. Regular, standardized reporting will allow faculty leaders to make informed decisions regarding resource utilization, research planning, and clinical investments, while reducing reliance on ad hoc or delayed financial information.

The Financial Analyst will provide direct oversight and reconciliation of faculty start-up funds and internal grants, including tracking allowable expenditures, monitoring burn rates, and ensuring compliance with institutional and sponsor guidelines. This centralized oversight is essential to prevent financial discrepancies, mitigate audit risk, and ensure funds are used in accordance with approved purposes and timelines.

In addition, the position will support departmental financial reporting and analysis, including budget preparation, variance analysis, and ongoing reconciliation of accounts. The analyst will serve as a key liaison between faculty, department leadership, and central finance, translating complex financial data into clear, actionable reports that support strategic planning and operational decision making.

The Financial Analyst will also be responsible for ad hoc financial analyses and reports as needed to support leadership requests, program development, space planning, faculty recruitment, and new initiatives. This includes responding to time sensitive requests that require accurate financial modeling or historical analysis, which cannot be effectively managed without a dedicated role.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides professional level skills in performing financial analysis for the institution. Completes financial analysis and develops financial forecasts to ensure the institution's assets are completely maximized.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Analyzes and prepares financial documents and specialized cost studies.
• Examines historical and projected financial data to provide senior management with valuable data upon which to make relevant financial decisions.
• Assists in the preparation and submission of the annual financial statements to UT System.
• Prepares specialized cost studies of operational units within the institution.
• Completes financial statements, which compare actual and budgeted expenditures and revenues.
• Calculates and analyzes investment performance.
• Prepares reports summarizing financial activity.
• Prepares long term financing plans and reports for senior management.
• Assists in obtaining approvals for the spending of the Physical Plant's funded monies.
• Assists in coordinating payments to all parties involved with the construction of new buildings and renovations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

None

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting required.

Minimum Experience:

3 years of related experience in a financial or accounting area required.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Veteran Information:

Military occupations that relate to the initial selection criteria and registration or licensure requirements for this position may include but are not limited to: 65F1, 65F3, 65F4, 65FX, 36A, 36B, 020, 3451, 3400, 3401, 8844.

For a complete list please visit www.uthealth-veterans.jobs.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.