WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you’ll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• 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 one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Job Duties

• Demonstrate continuous performance improvement in targeted areas of responsibility in alignment with the overall annual Hospital performance improvement targets.
• Meets or exceeds financial goals and objectives of the department.
• Identify/interpret the general accounting needs of the organization such that generally accepted accounting policies and procedures are established and implemented to ensure adequate internal controls and standards of accuracy, timeliness and productivity are properly in place and followed throughout the finance organization. Coordinate with Medical Center Accounting and Finance.
• Coordinate the Hospitals’ net revenue accounting process in order to accurately account for all contractual adjustments, bad debts, and charity allowances. Review the development and utilization of efficient processes to support recording of these items for individual accounts, in the aggregate, and as they affect the financial statements of the operating divisions.
• Administrative/Supervisory duties include oversight of the general accounting functions for the Hospital’s. This includes oversight of the Hospitals’ Accounts Payable function and coordination of the Payroll function with Medical Center Accounting.
• Responsible for participating in the development of programs within the accounting curriculum and then teaching or assisting in teaching these programs in scheduled sessions with the accounting staff of the Hospitals and Medical Center. Responsible to ensure that accounting staff are following through on the learnings and tools provided in these sessions.
• Participate in the coordination of the financial planning activities of the organization including the implementation of enterprise-wide processes for development of annual budgets; the development of key financial and operating assumptions and other relevant factors used in the development of the annual budgets and performance monitoring; and, the incorporation of approved annual budgets into the long range planning and financial forecasts of the organization.
• Assist the CFO with administrative support to the required committees throughout the Medical Center and in special projects; act on behalf of the CFO in his/her absence.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

Required

• Education
  Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or finance or a degree in business or health services administration with strong accounting/finance course work.

• Experience
  8 years of directly related experience in a healthcare environment.
  3 years of experience as a Controller or at the Controller Level.

Preferred

• Education
  Master’s Degree in a related field.

• Licenses and Certifications
  (CPA) CERT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Upon Hire

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Self-starting individual with strong interpersonal and excellent communication skills.
• Must be able to effectively communicate with many levels of personnel throughout the Medical Center including clerks, accountants, managers, department heads, vice presidents and executive vice presidents.
• Must possess a thorough working knowledge of accounting from both a managerial and financial point of view.
• Knowledge of FASB and GASB is necessary.
• Proven leadership skills including the ability to effectively motivate, challenge, recognize and reward and if necessary discipline staff in pursuit of common goals and objectives.
• Extensive use of computerized systems/applications is required and knowledge of how these systems work is essential.

PACT STATEMENT

The following is the acronym, “PACT”, and is fundamental to all non-clinical positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center:

• P-Problem Solving: Employees take ownership in solving problems effectively, efficiently, and to the satisfaction of customers, or managers. They show initiative in addressing areas of concern before they become problems.
• A-Ability, Attitude and Accountability: Employees exhibit ability to perform their job and conduct themselves in a professional and positive manner reflecting a professional environment readily assuming obligations in a dependable and reliable manner.
• C-Communication, Contribution, and Collaboration: Who are our Customers? Anyone who requests our help, needs our work product, or receives our services. Employees focus on customer service with creative solutions while improving the customer experience through clear, courteous, and timely delivery and communication. Sharing ideas with others helps expand our contribution to department goals.
• T-Teamwork: Employees work to contribute to the department’s success by supporting co-workers, promoting excellence in work product and customer service, and in maintaining a satisfying, caring environment for each other.

Salary
Salary Negotiable

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO Statement

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.