Job Posting Title:
Director of Finance, Controller, Texas Institute for Electronics
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Hiring Department:
Texas Institute for Electronics
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Position Open To:
All Applicants
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Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40
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FLSA Status:
Exempt from FLSA
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Earliest Start Date:
Immediately
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Position Duration:
Expected to Continue
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Location:
AUSTIN, TX
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Job Details:
General NotesPurposeThis position serves as a senior financial steward for the organization, providing leadership and oversight of accounting operations, financial reporting, internal controls, and regulatory compliance. This role acts as the primary liaison to central university offices and ensures that financial activities comply with institutional policies, state and federal regulations, and sponsored program requirements. Working closely with the VP of Finance, the Finance Director / Controller supports sound financial management, transparency, and informed decision‑making across the organization.
Responsibilities- Serves as the organization’s primary point of contact and liaison to central university offices such as the Office of Accounting and Internal Audits and, accordingly, creates and monitors internal financial controls to safeguard financial assets and ensure compliance with UT processes, policies, and procedures, state and federally sponsored programs guidelines, and both state and federal law.
- Maintains accounting records for all TIE accounts. Tracks financial and non-financial commitments. Conducts required monthly reconciliations; monitors discrepancies with account balances, reviews accounts for overages or deficits, insufficient funds, incorrect object codes, etc.; and processes corrections as needed.
- Responsible for financial and regulatory reporting, including the development and creation of financial and budgetary reports; reviews, analyzes, interprets, and explains financial and budgetary reports and results; and provides senior management with financial information, variance explanations, and financial narratives necessary to control firm operations.
- Oversees the development of financial accounting systems required to maintain reporting requirements and identifies and implements system and process improvements to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of finance processes and decision-making.
- Oversees account structure including unit codes, subunit codes, and accounts, to ensure financial information is captured in a way to enable analysis and supplemental financial reporting and to ensure accounts are requested and inactivated in a timely manner to track and report spending. Monitors and reports on account balances and processes funding transfers.
- Participates in the development of the organization’s budget and ensures financial activity aligns with the budget.
- Works closely with the VP of Finance to help inform organizational decision-making.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required
- Ten years of progressively responsible experience in accounting and finance, including significant experience in controllership, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial management.
- Demonstrated expertise in U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and financial close processes, with a proven track record of maintaining accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting.
- Proven experience overseeing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, including consolidation, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
- Strong leadership experience managing and developing accounting and finance teams, with the ability to establish clear expectations, improve processes, and build a high-performing, collaborative culture.
- Experience partnering with executive leadership and operational stakeholders to provide strategic financial insights, scenario analysis, and decision support.
- High level of proficiency with ERP systems and financial reporting tools, along with strong Microsoft Excel capabilities; experience with BI and analytics platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SQL) strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success designing, documenting, and improving processes, policies, and internal controls, including support of audits, tax compliance, and regulatory filings.
- Strong understanding of cash flow management, working capital optimization, and risk management.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex financial information to non-finance stakeholders and senior leadership.
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Preferred Qualifications- Graduate degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting or closely related field
- Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CMA strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience managing government grants and state and federal funding, including compliance with funding requirements, financial reporting, monitoring allowable costs, audit support, and coordination with program and external stakeholders.
- Advanced proficiency in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, with the ability to link operational drivers to financial outcomes.
Salary Range TIE 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- 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.
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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.
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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. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.
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Background Checks:
A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.
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