Finance Data Integrity Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Finance Data Integrity Analyst ----

Hiring Department:

Financial and Administrative Services ----

Position Open To:

All Applicants ----

Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40 ----

FLSA Status:

Exempt from FLSA ----

Earliest Start Date:

Immediately ----

Position Duration:

Expected to Continue ----

Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS ----

Job Details:

General Notes

The Financial and Administrative Services office is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Finance Data Integrity Analyst to join our team. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial data, supporting the maintenance and enhancement of the chart of accounts, and assisting with the implementation of internal controls. The Finance Data Integrity Analyst will work closely with business process owners, subject matter experts, and campus leadership to clean and organize financial data, track data quality issues, and contribute to accounting process improvements.

Your skills will make a difference.

You’ll be working for a university that is internationally recognized for our academic programs and research. Your work will make a difference in the lives of university staff, thereby enhancing the student experience. If you’re the type of person that wants to know your work has meaning and impact, you’ll like working in our department and for UT Austin. UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to:

• •Competitive health benefits (employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)
• •Voluntary Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options
• •Generous paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• •Teachers Retirement System of Texas: a defined benefit retirement plan
• •Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)
• •Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses
• •Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional conference opportunities
• •Tuition assistance
• •Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets
• •Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums with staff ID card
• •Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Austin CapMetro buses with staff ID card

For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards

Must be authorized to work in the United States on an ongoing, full-time basis for any employer without sponsorship.

Purpose

To provide support to the financial operations of the university by ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and quality of financial data, while contributing to process improvements and compliance with internal accounting policies.

Responsibilities

• •Perform data analysis on financial chart of accounts data to ensure accuracy.
• •Identify, document, and track finance data quality issues.
• •Coordinate with business owners, subject matter experts, and campus representatives to clean existing data and upload new data.
• •Assist with the implementation of internal controls to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• •Periodic reviews of accounting transactions to ensure accuracy and adherence to UT Accounting policies.
• •Assist with accounting clean-up efforts by identifying data attributes that are redundant or no longer needed.
• •Assist with documentation of the accounting chart of accounts and related business processes.
• •Contribute insights and recommendations to enhance data quality.

Required Qualifications

• •Advanced proficiency in accuracy and attention to detail, critical thinking, and problem solving.
• •Experience leading automation projects.
• •Experience in analyzing large quantities of data. Experience analyzing and documenting business requirements, workflows, rules and processes.
• •Experience with data analytic and reporting programs (e.g. Power BI, Cognos, Tableau) and/or SQL.
• •Strong proficiency with analytical tools, including Microsoft Excel.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• •Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field, such as finance, economics, marketing, math, information technology, or computer science.
• •Familiarity with The University of Texas at Austin’s Accounting system (*DEFINE).
• •Work experience in a higher education or government environment and in a business analyst role.

Salary Range

$68,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• •This position allows for remote work.
• •Standard Office
• •Keyboard

Work Shift

Monday - Friday (Standard eight-hour workday)

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. ----

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. ----

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 comp