Job Posting Title:

Chief Business Officer

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Hiring Department:

School of Nursing

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing is a leader in nursing education, research, and service. With a history of academic excellence, the School prepares its students for rewarding careers that heal the world and help further nursing research.

 UT Austin provides an outstanding benefits package, including but not limited to:

Competitive health benefits (Employee premiums covered at 100%, family premiums at 50%)

Vision, Dental, Life, and Disability insurance options

Generous paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays

Teachers Retirement System of Texas (a defined benefit retirement plan)

Additional Voluntary Retirement Programs: Tax Sheltered Annuity 403(b) and a Deferred Compensation program 457(b)

Flexible spending account options for medical and childcare expenses

Robust free training access through LinkedIn Learning plus professional

Tuition assistance

Expansive employee discount program including athletic tickets

Free access to UT Austin's libraries and museums

Free rides on all UT Shuttle and Capital metro buses with staff ID card
 

For more details, please see: https://hr.utexas.edu/prospective/benefits and https://hr.utexas.edu/current/services/my-total-rewards

Purpose

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing seeks a Chief Business Officer (CBO) to serve as an advisor to the Dean, a member of the school’s leadership team, and a transformational executive-level leader who works on critical financial, administrative and operations across the school. The CBO reports directly to the Dean and supports the Dean by implementing financial and human resources strategies, addressing risk management and operational challenges, and developing the administrative and operational direction of the school.

Responsibilities

Leadership

Serve as a member of the Dean’s leadership team and work collaboratively with the Dean and school leadership to advance the school’s strategic goals and the Dean’s priorities in business, personnel, facilities and technology operations. Carry initiatives through to successful completion.

Lead, develop, and retain high-performing business and administrative professionals providing business, human resources, IT and other administrative support. Serve as a resource to faculty and staff.

Serve as liaison to the Provost’s Office, Budget Office, Financial and Administrative Services and other administrative offices of the University. Serve as a member of the Council of University Business Officers (CUBO) and the TX Admin Group (a subset of CUBO and is comprised of CBOs of academic units) and participate on committees and workgroups as required.

 

Financial Oversight

Provides strategic counsel on initiatives, resources, opportunities, and challenges while ensuring that daily business operations advance the mission of the school and that resources are deployed wisely and efficiently.

Oversee all business and financial matters including accounting, reporting, forecasting, purchasing, business contracts, accounts payable, travel, and cash management. Maintain internal controls and compliance with institutional, state, and federal policies and regulations. Execute the annual representation letter and oversee account certifications and review of balances for the school. Review and approve account requests, transfer of funds, official occasion expenses, and other transactions as required.

Prepare, review and monitor the school’s budget to ensure compliance with institutional policies and procedures. Coordinate the preparation of five-year planning documents.

Ensure regular financial reports and analyses are provided to stakeholders to support informed decision making. Provide ad hoc financial analyses and other statistical reports to the Dean and other senior leaders.

 

Human Resources

Oversee the Human Resources (HR) administration and ensure compliance with institutional, state, and federal policies and regulations including clinical compliance for faculty and staff. Serve as a member of HR Leadership Council.

Work with the Dean to implement HR goals and priorities. Develop and enforce consistent and equitable policies and procedures, and ensure the school continuously responds to rapidly evolving labor markets in a competitive and sustainable manner.

Collaborate with university-wide HR and business offices to implement HR priorities and goals that support the HR goals and priorities of the Dean.

Oversee the school’s merit and performance appraisal process.

Manage financial faculty hiring commitments.

 

Building Management

Oversee the school's facility operations and management, including coordination and/or support of renovation projects. Provide input and guidance relating to facilities operations and space allocation.

Work with security contractors to provide security staffing; oversee on-site security operations.

Mobilize both within the School of Nursing building to monitor facilities and coordinate with staff and vendors and across campus to attend in-person meetings.

 

Information Technology

Oversee the school’s technology needs and operations, including setting goals and priorities for technology operations and budget.

Work with School of Nursing technology personnel and Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services (LAITS) to ensure the desktop and technology needs of faculty and staff are met.

 

Other related functions as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance, accounting or related field.

Ten years of progressive administrative experience, including financial planning, forecasting, cost and financial analysis, budgetary management, accounting and reporting, and human resources management within a large organization. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate financial data to non-financial stakeholders.

Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills and professional demeanor.

Ability to operate creatively, collegially, and effectively in a complex academic and business environment across all levels, including with faculty, deans, central administration, and senior institutional officials.

Demonstration of the following competencies: personnel management, team building, organizational savvy, operational functions, problem solving, decision making and critical thinking, managing multiple priorities simultaneously, planning and organizing, organizational change management, producing results, relationship management, and collaboration.

 

Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

 

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field with more than ten years of relevant experience including comparable leadership roles.

Experience in financial and business operations in an academic healthcare department, school or college with clinical operations.

Experience working in a large academic department head office or dean’s office or provost’s office of a public higher education institution.

Knowledge of the full HR lifecycle of faculty, staff, and student employees.

Familiarity with university information systems (DEFINE, COGNOS, PowerBI, Workday, etc.).

Salary

$145,000 + depending on qualifications

 

Working Conditions

Repetitive Use of a Keyboard.

Occasional evening and weekend work during peak periods.

Position is located full-time on The University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas.

Must be able to perform physical activities such as lifting tables, chairs, etc. for events (lifting weights typically range from 15-30 pounds).  Must be able to walk throughout the facility to conduct inspections, including standing or walking for extended periods, bending and reaching.

 

Required Materials

Resume/CV

3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Letter of interest

Important for 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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Equal Opportunity Employer:

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.

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Pay Transparency:

The University of Texas at Austin will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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Employment Eligibility Verification:

If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification I-9 form.  You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States.  Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment.  Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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E-Verify:

The University of Texas at Austin use E-Verify to check the work authorization of all new hires effective May 2015. The university’s company ID number for purposes of E-Verify is 854197. For more information about E-Verify, please see the following:

E-Verify Poster (English and Spanish) [PDF]Right to Work Poster (English) [PDF]Right to Work Poster (Spanish) [PDF]

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Compliance:

Employees may be required to report violations of law under Title IX and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). If this position is identified a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified and provided resources for reporting. Responsible employees under Title IX are defined and outlined in HOP-3031.

The Clery Act requires all prospective employees be notified of the availability of the Annual Security and Fire Safety report. You may access the most recent report here or obtain a copy at University Compliance Services, 1616 Guadalupe Street, UTA 2.206, Austin, Texas 78701.