Job Posting Title:Assistant Director of Finance, Texas Institute for Electronics
----Hiring Department:Texas Institute for Electronics
----Position Open To:All Applicants
----Weekly Scheduled Hours:40
----FLSA Status:Exempt from FLSA
----Earliest Start Date:Immediately
----Position Duration:Expected to Continue
----Location:AUSTIN, TX
----Job Details:General NotesPurposeThis position provides financial planning, analysis, and operational support for the Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE). As a key member of the Finance team, the Assistant Director of Finance develops and maintains financial reporting, ensures compliance with university/state/federal requirements, and supports operational efficiency in a complex semiconductor manufacturing and academic research environment.
ResponsibilitiesFinancial Analysis and Reporting:- Develop and maintain internal monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc financial reports to track budgets, variances, and forecasts to support TIE's hybrid academic/research and revenue-generating operations.
- Create financial coding schemes to categorize transactions for semiconductor manufacturing while remaining compliant with university reporting standards.
- Serve as the point of contact responsible for creating monthly, quarterly, and annual invoices and financial reports submitted to the federal sponsor.
General:- Serve as final approver for costing allocations and financial processes in Workday.
- Monitor stopgap accounts, process costing corrections, and initiate funding transfers.
- Review and approve departmental payment requests, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and policy compliance.
- Maintain electronic applications for financial access and approvals.
- Act as support to the Controller, as needed, in areas such as, development of financial accounting systems, maintaining accounting records for all accounts, and development of the organization's budget and ensures financial activity aligns with the budget.
Process Improvement & Systems Optimization:- Identify process inefficiencies and lead or support implementation of improvements. Assist with testing, training, and user adoption of improved processes and systems.
- Will serve as a key member of internal ERP integration projects, ensuring financial reporting, procurement, AP/AR, and other workflows align with UT systems.
Ad-Hoc Projects & Compliance Support:- Serve as backup to the Director of Finance or team members.
- Assist with audits and compliance reporting, ensuring adherence to university, state, and federal requirements.
- Maintain documentation and records retention policies in accordance with UT Austin guidelines.
- Support ad-hoc projects.
Other duties as assigned by supervisor, including supporting tasks outside of core responsibilities.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- Minimum 6 years of progressive FP&A or finance experience-including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and management reporting.
- Expert-level Excel proficiency.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain financial models, dashboards, and management reports.
- Strong analytical, creative problem-solving, organizational skills; adept at juggling multiple deliverables under tight deadlines.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills; able to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights.
- Discreet handling of confidential information and sound independent judgment in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
- Experience working in a State of Texas agency, public university, or public college.
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications- Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- Experience in higher-education finance or administration, including strategic or leadership roles.
- Experience with BI/data tools (Power BI, SQL, Tableau, etc.).
- Experience with implementing BI solutions and ERP integrations.
- Expertise with UT Austin's financial systems, policies, and core business processes.
- Demonstrated knowledge of UT Austin's core business processes and operations.
Salary RangeTIE Pays Industry Competitive Salaries
Work Schedule- Monday - Friday (flexible between 7am and 6pm)
- Limited hybrid work may be allowed
- Periodic work outside of normal business hours, to include evenings and weekends, may be required.
Working Conditions- May work around standard office conditions
- Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
- Use of manual dexterity (ex: using a mouse)
Required Materials- Letter of Interest
- Resume/CV
- 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
Importantfor 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.
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.
----Due to the nature of the work, you must qualify as a U.S. Person as defined in 22 CFR a7 120.
