Open Positions

2024-09-06

Midwestern State University
   Vice President for University Advancement
   Salary: Competitive

Duties
As the university’s chief development officer, the Vice President for University Advancement also serves as the Director of Development for the MSU Foundation, Inc., a private nonprofit organization supporting the university. The VPUA is responsible for enhancing the university’s visibility and fostering philanthropic support to advance its mission. This role includes responsibility for the annual fund, corporate and foundation relations, major gifts and gift planning, endowment, capital campaigns, alumni and constituent engagement efforts, stewardship, and advancement services. The individual will lead the advancement team by example through maintaining a portfolio of top donors and prospects. The ideal candidate will also possess a collegial, collaborative leadership style and exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. The VPUA is a cabinet-level position reporting directly to the university president. Initial application materials should include (1) a substantive letter of interest that addresses the themes in the profile and job description; (2) a vitae with resume and/or biographical profile; and (3) complete contact information for three references, including a description of the candidate's relationship with each. Transmit inquiries and application materials electronically in a single .pdf file format to VPAdvancementSearch@msutexas.edu. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Additional information may be requested upon receipt of the application. Salary is nationally competitive. A successful pre-employment criminal background check is required for the final candidate in accordance with university policy.
About
Midwestern State University is a values-driven public university committed to providing its 5,400 students with an outstanding undergraduate and graduate education in the arts, health sciences, education, business, engineering, and many other disciplines.
Location
Wichita Falls, TX

For more information or to apply, send an email to:
VPAdvancementSearch@msutexas.edu

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.

2024-09-06

Midwestern State University
   Vice President for Administration and Finance
   Salary: Competitive

Duties
As the university’s chief financial officer, the vice president will provide leadership, oversight, and stewardship for a broad range of operations, including budget and strategic financial planning, controller and student business services, facilities services, human resources, payroll, and purchasing and contract management. The VPAF or designee serves as a non-voting, ex-officio member and acts as Treasurer of the MSU Foundation, Inc. The VPAF provides proactive, integrated financial planning that optimizes resources in support of the university's mission and strategic priorities. This leadership and oversight ensure the highest and best use of university resources, fostering a sense of financial stability and security. The ideal candidate will also possess a collegial, collaborative leadership style and exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. The Vice President for Administration and Finance is a cabinet-level position that reports to the university president.

2024-08-28

Texas Tech University
   Assistant Managing Director - Post-Award Research
   Salary: $75k - $90k, commensurate with qualifications

Duties
Texas Tech University is seeking a dynamic Assistant Managing Director (AMD) for Post-Award Research to join our team and help drive our research initiatives to new heights. As the AMD for Post-Award Research, you will lead and manage our dedicated Grants Management Team, overseeing post-award financial duties. With $230M in total research expenditures and $58M in federal research expenditures, you will play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with regulations, streamlining project management, and fostering effective collaboration with stakeholders. This role requires extensive experience in financial research administration and a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills to support the key strategic goal of Texas Tech research growth and uphold the highest standards of financial stewardship. - Assist the Managing Director (MD) in strategic planning for Research Accounting in service to the goals & objectives of Accounting Services (AS) and the University. - Supervise & oversee the daily operations of sponsored projects, post-award management, including staff hiring & training, workload management, performance reviews, and fostering a culture of sustainable excellence. - Engage with university central offices and other research institutions to establish best practices for managing sponsored projects. - Represent the office in the absence of the MD. - Assist the MD in developing & tracking key performance indicators for Research performance evaluation, integrating performance metrics into AS operations. - Lead major research projects supporting the university’s mission, including managing interdepartmental relationships, while managing a grant portfolio, serve as back-up within the team as needed, and serving as a sponsor-specific expert. - Develop and maintain internal and campus-wide Cognos reports to assess business operations, analyze trends, and monitor compliance and performance; report to department management on operational efficiency and effectiveness. - Promote institutional compliance with laws, policies, and regulations that govern sponsored project activities by assisting the MD in policy development, regulation interpretation, and risk assessment Assist the MD in developing and delivering campus-wide training. - Oversee project management compliance reviews, co-lead compliance committees as assigned, provide input on award T&Cs when needed and assist with internal and external audits as assigned.
Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree
Preferred Education
Accounting or finance degree.
Minimum Qualifications
5 years administrative or management experience. Additional education may substitute for experience on a year for year basis.
Preferred Qualifications
Certification(s) as or a candidate for a CPA, CRA, CFRA, and/or CPRA.
Other Details
Accounting Services plays a crucial role in supporting Texas Tech University's scholarship and research mission. Our success is defined by our ability to collaborate with the campus community, offer innovative solutions, and assist our customers in making resource allocation decisions within a complex regulatory framework. We are committed to fostering a culture of sustainable excellence to ensure the responsible stewardship of resources, ultimately benefiting those we serve.
About
Established in 1923, Texas Tech University is a Carnegie R1 (very high research activity) Doctoral/Research-Extensive, Hispanic Serving, and state-assisted institution. Located on a beautiful 1,850-acre campus in Lubbock, a city in West Texas with a growing metropolitan-area population of over 300,000, the university enrolls over 40,000 students with 33,000 undergraduate and 7,000 graduate students. As the primary research institution in the western two-thirds of the state, Texas Tech University is home to 10 colleges, the Schools of Law and Veterinary Medicine, and the Graduate School. The flagship of the Texas Tech University System, Texas Tech is dedicated to student success by preparing learners to be ethical leaders for a diverse and globally competitive workforce. It is committed to enhancing the cultural and economic development of the state, nation, and world.
Location
Lubbock, Texas
Job Code — 38359BR

For more information or to apply online:
https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25898&siteid=5635#jobDetails=870429_5635

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.

2024-07-23

Texas A&M University - San Antonio
   Associate Controller
   Salary: Commensurate

Duties
 Plans, directs, leads, evaluates, and reviews major accounting and financial service areas including supervision and budget authority.  Coordinates financial and shared services to assure successful operations, internal controls, and communications.  Facilitates the enhancement of the decentralized accounting process.  Develops management report standards for activities. Provides information and reporting to management as requested and needed to make sound financial decisions.  Works with departments to synchronize official accounting records with actual activities in the most effective and eficient way.  Coordinate and supervise staff with the compilation, review, completion, and distribution of the Annual Financial Report (AFR).  Coordinate accounting’s contribution in preparing annual operating budget and reviews.  Assures adequacy of internal control and compliance with applicable federal and state regulations and laws, system policies, and regulations and rules.  Interprets and applies general accounting and reporting standards established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).  Researches and obtains information on new accounting pronouncements and rules which may impact financial statements.  Ensures appropriate application of all relevant accounting practices and procedures to include maintaining and updating the account code structure in the general ledger.  Provides effective communications and training for areas of responsibility.  Assists the Controller with forecasting, allocating, and monitoring the human, physical, and financial resources for assigned areas.  Serves as fiscal liaison with departments, the Controller’s Office, and the System Office of Budgets and Accounting. Responds to inquiries.  Directs liaison efforts with the System, State Auditor’s Office, and other oversight agencies for financial, reporting, and audit matters.  Reviews and analyzes potential legislation and the fiscal impact to the university. Interprets and directs implementation of requirements resulting from new legislation and/or directives from the State’s oversight agencies.  Serves on state, university, and system-wide committees.
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, related field that includes accounting coursework, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

For more information or to apply online:
https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUSA_External/job/San-Antonio-TX/Associate-Controller_R-075586

2024-07-23

Texas A&M University - San Antonio
   Senior Accountant
   Salary: Commensurate

Duties
• Performs highly complex accounting work. • Serves as lead accountant and provides technical expertise and training in recording, examining, and analyzing financial documents. • Maintains and determines the accuracy and reliability of accounting records. • Approves the release and transfer of funds and other transactions. • Enters accounting transactions into the Uniform State Accounting System (USAS). • Federal Student Aid Drawdowns & Reconciliations: o Responsible for federal student aid cash drawdowns based on daily activity. o Review and reconcile all financial aid accounts monthly to ensure accurate funding is available and awarded. o Completes fiscal reconciliation of federal financial aid funds. o Coordinates reporting with Financial Aid and prepares reports as needed, including but not limited to, the Fiscal Operations Report and Application to Participate (FISAP) & Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA). • Oversee and monitor high-risk accounts. • Identifies financial discrepancies and budget shortfalls, informs management, and provides a solution. • Reconciles, researches, analyzes, and reports reasons for variances in accounts and appropriations. • Evaluates and recommends appropriate coding requirements for departments preparing financial transactions and budgets. Assists departments with understanding the accounting system. • Assists in preparing annual operating budget and reviews. Participates in strategic planning. • Develops, coordinates, and produces complex reports, forecasts, and ratios for monitoring and reporting financial information. • Evaluates and recommends appropriate. • Analyzes business operations and identifies improvements for departmental processes and users. • Develops, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates policies and procedures and monitors compliance issues. • Oversees and maintains systems and controls necessary to provide accurate accounts of expenditures and budget balances and provides recommendations for improvement. • Hires, trains, evaluates, and supervises students, interns, and/or employees.
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, related field that includes accounting coursework, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Location
San Antonio, TX

For more information or to apply online:
https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUSA_External/job/San-Antonio-TX/Senior-Accountant_R-075692

2024-07-23

Texas A&M University - San Antonio
   Grant & Foundation Accountant
   Salary: Commensurate

Duties
• Maintains oversight of grant and foundation accounts by working with the respective offices to keep them consistently balanced, accurately coded, funded, and in compliance of regulations and requirements. • Periodically review internal controls to ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements. • Trains staff and faculty as needed on proper accounting for grants, contracts, and gifts. • Foundation Accounting: o Responsible for the financial management, oversight, compliance, and reporting for the university’s nonprofit foundation. o Expected to stay current on applicable accounting standards and ensure all work is performed in accordance with accounting standards. o Routinely meets with the foundation to review account balances, activity, investment performance, and transfers. o Prepares monthly bank reconciliations and records related investment entries. o Reconciles gifts and donations recorded in the general ledger to fundraising software monthly. o Prepares annual projected investment pooled income payout schedule. o Prepares interim financial statements, quarterly due to invoices, all audit foundation schedules for audits and reviews, and 990 tax return schedule schedules as required. o Responsible for the annual audit process, preparation of the audit report, and the review of the IRS form 990. •Grant Accounting: o Stays abreast of current changes and remains current on federal and state funding agency requirements and determines applicability to proposed grant expenditures while informing the grantee and management. o Obtains grant, contract, or gift authorization and verifies required information needed to record in general ledger is obtained. o Requests the budget account numbers and submits the budget entries to be established in the general ledger. o Meets with Principal Investigator (PI) and/or Contract Manager (CM) when funding is awarded to review responsibilities for management and reporting. Conducts routine meetings to maintain communication throughout and at the conclusion of the grant and/or contract. o Monitors and reviews transactions to ensure funding restrictions are followed and prepares accurate and timely interim financial reports as required by internal and external users. o Prepares billing and/or expenditure reports for each funding source and reconciles the general ledger and funding agency records. o Responsible for coordinating cash draws with related parties, completing drawdowns, and applying to proper receivable. o Prepares indirect cost reporting and reconciliations. o Monitors the funding budget comparted to actual activity and contacts the PI / CM / GM as needed on concerns, spending, and reporting. o Sets close out schedule and reviews activity with PI / CM / GM to assure all transactions have been recorded and all invoices paid during the applicable term. o Prepares final financial reports as required and files timely with funding agencies. o Maintains accurate and complete files for future audit and/or reviews. • Prepares or assists in reports related to grants including, but not limited to: o Federal & State Annual Certifications (SEFA & SPTR) o Sources & Uses – Research Expenditure Survey & Restricted Research Expenditure o Comprehensive Research Reporting (RFD) o National Science Foundation HERD Survey • Maintains Business Object templates and reports. Expected to utilize other available software and tools to perform work efficiently, accurately, and timely. • Provides excellent customer service with internal and external constituents. • The above represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. Other duties may be assigned.
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, related field that includes accounting coursework, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
• Three years of related experience. • Experience in governmental and nonprofit foundation accounting and/or grant accounting preferred.
Location
San Antonio, TX

For more information or to apply online:
https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMUSA_External

2024-07-23

Texas A&M University - San Antonio
   Staff Accountant
   Salary: Commensurate

Duties
• Performs accounting work to include the recording, examining, and analyzing financial transactions, records, documents, or reports, to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). • Classifies, codes, posts, and balances financial and accounting documents and records. • Perform functions required for the daily reconciliation of cash accounts. • Perform general ledger account reconciliations for balance sheet accounts, working towards the successful resolution of reconciling items. • Prepare periodic analysis of fund balance and expenditures. • Monitors accounts. Identifies financial discrepancies and budget shortfalls and informs management. • Prepare technical reports on payroll, estimates, cost data, and budget items. • Audits accounting and financial documents for accuracy and completeness. • Assists with annual budget process by providing account analyses and schedules as requested. • Answers general accounting questions. • Provides technical assistance regarding accounting procedures. • Serves as a resource in solving accounting or financial problems. • Assists in making recommendations for improvements, adaptations, or revisions to the accounting system, policies, and procedures. • Maintains systems and controls to provide accurate accounts of expenditures and budget balances. • Assures compliance with standards, policies, and procedures.
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, related field that includes accounting coursework, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Accounting experience in a business office preferred.
Location
San Antonio, TX

For more information or to apply online:
https://tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TAMUSA_External/job/San-Antonio-TX/Staff-Accountant_R-075585

2024-06-14

Tarleton State University
   Assistant Vice President for Financial Operations/Assistant Chief Financial Officer
   Salary: Commensurate

Duties
Under the direction of the Chief Financial Officer/Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, the Assistant Vice President of Financial Operations/Assistant Chief Financial Officer serves as such in their absence and is responsible for the financial operations of the University, including the following: • Leads and coordinates the accounting, budget, and cost allocation functions of the University. • Provides recommendations for improving University-wide budget and accounting practices. • Works with the EVP to identify and manage strategic financial issues with current or potential impact to the University. • Supports the development of long-range financial projections and models. • Ensures that procedures conform to applicable accounting principles and guidelines. • Manages the preparation and communication of financial reports. • Partners with units across the University to support financial planning and operations. • Establishes goals and objectives in alignment with University and Division strategic goals. • Ensures compliance with University, TAMUS, state and federal regulations. Work location is Stephenville, Texas with work hours of Monday to Friday; from 8am to 5pm or as work requirements indicate which may include after-hours and weekends. Must be able to work remotely at the request of the University.
Minimum Education
Applicants must have a master’s degree in accounting, business, or applicable field.
Minimum Qualifications
Applicants must have a master’s degree in accounting, business, or applicable field. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered. Additionally, a minimum of five years progressively responsible experience in fiscal management and enterprise accounting systems with at least four years of supervisory experience is required.
Other Details
For full position description visit Jobs at Tarleton and search for R-074410. Application packets only accepted on-line at https://www.tarleton.edu/jobs/ Documents required: Completed online application, Cover Letter, Resume/CV, three professional references with complete contact information. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
About
Institution Overview: Tarleton State University is an energetic, comprehensive Carnegie R2 Doctoral University: High Research Activity, with the elective Community Engagement classification, and a new member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. The Wall Street Journal’s latest rankings have Tarleton State fifth among U.S. schools highly recommended by their students and recent alumni. Fall 2023 brought another all-time-high enrollment, outpacing many institutions nationwide. Our total of over 14,500 students is an increase of 10% from 2019, making Tarleton one of the fastest growing universities in Texas.
Location
Stephenville, TX
Job Code — R-074410

For more information or to apply online:
https://www.tarleton.edu/jobs/

Tarleton State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer. As a member of the Texas A&M System, Tarleton will provide equal opportunity for employment to all persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity and will strive to achieve full and equal employment opportunity through the Texas A&M System.