Senior Director, Financial Operations (Mays Cancer Center)
UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
Senior Director, Financial Operations (Mays Cancer Center)
Hot Job Job Description
Directs the strategic planning, budget management, and accounting functions and ensures proper execution of fiscal activities of a large or multiple- academic, research, and/or organizational units. Directs all facets and phases of financial and administrative management in collaboration with the department head. Responsibilities
Designs, plans, develops, and implements the financial operations a large range of multiple academic and organizational units. Oversees operational and financial performance to ensure achievement of the department's goals and strategic initiatives. Drives operational and financial efficiencies and makes recommendations to optimize business performance. Manages variance analysis and forecasting activities assessing opportunities via business modeling, analysis and decision support to drive improved performance to align with the institutional mission. Provides data interpretation and education to ensure benchmark processes are interpreted and implemented correctly and are understood. Recommends strategies and solutions for analyzing and benchmarking various financial components of higher education. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training employees; setting and adjusting pay rates and hours of work; planning and directing work; appraising productivity and efficiency, handling complaints/grievances and disciplining when necessary. Performs all other duties as assigned. Qualifications
Critical Thinking Skills - Ability to accurately identify, define and analyze problems and situations, and develop innovative solutions by visualizing new potentials, and rational and intuitive processes. Leadership - Ability to attract and mobilize energies and talents; motivate teams to work towards a shared purpose and high performance; and to collaborate across the institution to drive continuous improvement. Communication - Ability to influence various stakeholders in ways that effectively capture interest, inform and gain support. Project Management - Ability to coordinate the planning, execution and change management components of to achieve desired results while balancing time, cost and quality. Teamwork - Builds and maintains positive working relationships, within individual work groups and across departments, through open communication and intentional collaboration; to accomplish goals and objectives. Business Acumen - Demonstrates a clear understanding of all areas of the business associated with an academic medical center (education, research, clinical care) including the needs of various – customers and stakeholders (students, trainees, faculty, community), accreditation and regulatory compliance requirements, resources, industry trends, technologies and best practices, and uses skills in collaborating, planning, prioritizing, decision-making, and resource allocation to drive desired results. Required Skills
Experience
Ten (10) years of related experience, including at least three five (5) years of progressive supervisory experience is required. Skills
Bachelor's Degree degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field is required. Strategic Finance Leadership Ten (10) years of related experience, including at least three five (5) years of progressive supervisory experience is required. Job Info
Job Identification 6434 Job Category Finance Posting Date 03/17/2026, 04:56 PM Locations 0828 Grossman Bldg, San Antonio, TX, 78229, US (On-site) Apply Before 05/16/2026, 04:56 PM Organization M4800 - Mays Cancer Center, M1000 - Dean Medical School, UT Health Science Center, UT Health Science Center
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Hot Job Job Description
Directs the strategic planning, budget management, and accounting functions and ensures proper execution of fiscal activities of a large or multiple- academic, research, and/or organizational units. Directs all facets and phases of financial and administrative management in collaboration with the department head. Responsibilities
Designs, plans, develops, and implements the financial operations a large range of multiple academic and organizational units. Oversees operational and financial performance to ensure achievement of the department's goals and strategic initiatives. Drives operational and financial efficiencies and makes recommendations to optimize business performance. Manages variance analysis and forecasting activities assessing opportunities via business modeling, analysis and decision support to drive improved performance to align with the institutional mission. Provides data interpretation and education to ensure benchmark processes are interpreted and implemented correctly and are understood. Recommends strategies and solutions for analyzing and benchmarking various financial components of higher education. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training employees; setting and adjusting pay rates and hours of work; planning and directing work; appraising productivity and efficiency, handling complaints/grievances and disciplining when necessary. Performs all other duties as assigned. Qualifications
Critical Thinking Skills - Ability to accurately identify, define and analyze problems and situations, and develop innovative solutions by visualizing new potentials, and rational and intuitive processes. Leadership - Ability to attract and mobilize energies and talents; motivate teams to work towards a shared purpose and high performance; and to collaborate across the institution to drive continuous improvement. Communication - Ability to influence various stakeholders in ways that effectively capture interest, inform and gain support. Project Management - Ability to coordinate the planning, execution and change management components of to achieve desired results while balancing time, cost and quality. Teamwork - Builds and maintains positive working relationships, within individual work groups and across departments, through open communication and intentional collaboration; to accomplish goals and objectives. Business Acumen - Demonstrates a clear understanding of all areas of the business associated with an academic medical center (education, research, clinical care) including the needs of various – customers and stakeholders (students, trainees, faculty, community), accreditation and regulatory compliance requirements, resources, industry trends, technologies and best practices, and uses skills in collaborating, planning, prioritizing, decision-making, and resource allocation to drive desired results. Required Skills
Experience
Ten (10) years of related experience, including at least three five (5) years of progressive supervisory experience is required. Skills
Bachelor's Degree degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field is required. Strategic Finance Leadership Ten (10) years of related experience, including at least three five (5) years of progressive supervisory experience is required. Job Info
Job Identification 6434 Job Category Finance Posting Date 03/17/2026, 04:56 PM Locations 0828 Grossman Bldg, San Antonio, TX, 78229, US (On-site) Apply Before 05/16/2026, 04:56 PM Organization M4800 - Mays Cancer Center, M1000 - Dean Medical School, UT Health Science Center, UT Health Science Center
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