Cost Accounting Manager jobs in Texas

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting or equivalent in related field. Four years related experience in a financial or related field.

Job Summary:

To perform complex financial analysis and to provide supervisory guidance in a fiscal group of the Medical Branch.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Prior experience with cost accounting
• Knowledge or prior experience with EPSi or similar cost accounting tool.
• CPA and/or Masters’ Degree in Business or related field is preferred.
• Experience in Health Systems and Academic Medicine is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Quick learner.

Job Duties:

Ensures the accuracy and efficiency of the institution’s cost accounting function, provides valuable insights into operational performance and drives strategic decision-making.

• May function as a team lead to coordinate, prepare and analyze complex financial and operational reports, financial statements, scorecards, metrics, benchmarks, budgets, and financial forecasts.
• Performs advanced analysis of historical and projected financial and operational data to provide leadership information to make relevant financial decisions.
• Coordinates the preparation of information to support developing trends that will inform forecasts and management decision making.
• Identify and utilize technology and best practices to ensure continuous process improvement.
• Performs quality assurance functions of financial data and statistical information.
• Serves as a mentor to other Financial Analysts.
• Remains current with and progressively learns industry trends, analytical techniques, and appropriate financial systems necessary to complete essential job functions.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: 

• Possesses an advanced knowledge and understanding, with progressive development, of financial statements and relationships, analytical techniques, operations, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, practices, and procedures.
• Progressive development of the ability to analyze/evaluate data.
• Must possess excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively work and communicate with individuals at all levels of the institution.
• Progressive learning regarding decision making responsibility with minimal guidance.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Effective problem-solving skills.
• Ability to accomplish goals.
• Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism.

Salary Range:

Actual salary commensurate with experience. 

Work Schedule: 

Remote/Local, onsite as needed. Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, and as needed on occasion.