Senior Financial Analyst - Texas Behavioral Health Center

About the role

Texas Behavioral Health Center is a newly completed state-funded psychiatric hospital opening in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District, owned by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and operated by UT Southwestern Medical Center. The 505,000‑square‑foot facility will house 292 beds (200 adult, 92 children/adolescents) and deliver state‑of‑the‑art, patient‑centered care in a modern healing environment with private rooms, abundant natural light, and spaces designed to promote recovery. Located at 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas. As employees of UT Southwestern, team members join a world‑class academic medical center committed to patient‑centered care, innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and preparing patients for successful reintegration. UT Southwestern offers a competitive benefits package including healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on‑site childcare, wage increases, merit increases, and more.

Responsibilities

• Completes variety of complex monthly financial management reports and reviews all reports for errors and inconsistencies.
• Analyzes variations in forecasts and actual performance; determines reasons for variance; develops recommendations for improvement.
• Completes written summaries of financial data.
• Prepares and/or supervises preparation of monthly financial reports, schedules for annual financial reports, and reports to various government agencies, ensuring conformance with applicable procedures and regulations of the University of Texas System and Federal and State agencies.
• Identifies areas of poor performance, presents findings, and makes recommendations to upper management.
• Prepares financial models and conducts financial analyses.
• May maintain controls for policies and procedures for financial system; develops and maintains delegation of authority for various procedures such as check requests, refunds, invoice approval, bad debt write‑offs, etc.
• Completes more complex special projects as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's Degree in finance, accounting, or other related field.

Experience: 4 years of progressively responsible experience in finance and/or accounting with experience in planning, forecasting, and financial analysis.

Working Conditions: Office Setting.

Skills

• Maintain a high level of precision in work performed.
• Exercise considerable judgment in interpretation of policy and application of procedures.
• Knowledge of complex financial analysis and forecasting procedures.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full‑time employee‑only coverage.
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare – no copay.
• Paid Time Off, available day