Senior Business Analyst - Psychiatry at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS
- Company: University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Location: Jackson, MS
- Posted: Sep 19, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 3+ years
Overview
Performs a broad range of administrative services and business analysis in support of daily departmental operations. Monitors, audits, and reconciles departmental accounts. Prepares routine and specialized statistical reports. Ensures compliance with operational activities related to human resources…
Job description
- Performs a broad range of administrative services and business analysis in support of daily departmental operations. Monitors, audits, and reconciles departmental accounts. Prepares routine and specialized statistical reports. Ensures compliance with operational activities related to human resources, finance and budgeting, facilities, research, timekeeping, and purchasing functions.
Responsibilities
- Prepares departmental budgets. Researches, monitors, analyzes, investigates, and reconciles account balance discrepancies. Recommends procedural improvements and corrective actions.
- Creates and updates labor distributions, initiates and tracks personnel actions, resolves payroll issues, and monitors timekeeping and leave-reporting processes.
- Maintains and reconciles departmental contracts. Coordinates invoice payments, processes travel and expense reimbursements, and maintains receivables.
- Handles deposits, check requests, and petty cash, and supports month-end and year-end reporting activities.
- Oversees departmental facilities and equipment. Plans and manages maintenance of departmental space, oversees renovation projects and equipment acquisitions, maintains supply chain processes, and resolves supply-related issues.
- Ensures departmental compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements and UMMC policies, procedures, and other internal and external laws and regulations related to operational activities.
- Participates as a member of the operations team to improve cost containment, increase productivity, and meet operational demands. Develops monthly, annual, and ad hoc financial reports and analyses. Maintains IHL budgeting reports. Assists with the post-award management of department-based grants.
- The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of experience in business administration, budgeting, or finance.
- N/A
- Knowledge of and skill in administrative, accounting, budgeting, auditing, purchasing, and analytical principles, practices, and procedures. Skill in the use of computers and related software applications, including Microsoft Office products, database applications, and spreadsheets. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Skill in records management and data maintenance. Skill in interacting diplomatically with individuals from diverse educational, social, and cultural backgrounds. Ability to gather and analyze information, prepare reports, and resolve problems. Ability to establish and maintain effective collaborative working relationships. Ability to comply with applicable regulatory requirements and UMMC policies, procedures, and other internal and external laws and regulations.
Skills
Required
- Microsoft Office products
- Database applications
- Spreadsheets
About University of Mississippi Medical Center
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, discovering new cures and treatments and providing the highest quality health care. We foster environments that support respect, compassion and belonging for all faculty, staff and students as well as patients and visitors. Our employment, academic, research and clinical care practices reflect these commitments. UMMC is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), disability, age, sex (as that term is defined in applicable laws such as 45 CFR § 92.101(a)(2) and binding court decisions), religion, genetic information, veteran’s status and any other status protected by applicable law. UMMC also prohibits retaliation against those who report discrimination or harassment and against those who participate in the Medical Center’s investigation and handling of such reports. Further, UMMC complies with all applicable statutes, regulations and executive orders regarding sex discrimination, sexual harassment, domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, including but not limited to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementing regulations which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity UMMC operates including in admission and employment, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistic Act (“Clery Act”) and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (“SaVE Act”). UMMC’s commitment to nondiscrimination applies to all of its programs, services, opportunities and activities, including but not limited to all employment, academic, research and clinical care practices and extends to all students, applicants for admission, employees, applicants for employment, affiliates, subcontractors, on-site contractual staff, third party or community members, visitors to any of our campuses and others participating in UMMC programs or receiving UMMC services. With respect to employment in particular, this commitment applies to all employment decisions including but not limited to recruitment, employment, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, disciplinary actions and termination. UMMC maintains an affirmative action program in accordance with applicable laws. Consistent with these laws, UMMC takes affirmative action to recruit, employ, advance and prevent discrimination against qualified individuals. For additional information, please check here: Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal (eeoc.gov). In compliance with Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and other federal civil rights laws and to ensure individuals with disabilities and those with limited English proficiency have meaningful access to, have an equal opportunity to participate in and have an equal opportunity to enjoy the benefits of our programs, activities, services and other benefits, UMMC provides the following in a timely manner and free of charge: reasonable modifications to our policies, practices, or procedures for qualified individuals with disabilities when such modifications are necessary to avoid discrimination on the basis of disability; appropriate auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities (including individuals’ companions with disabilities) which may include qualified sign language interpreters and written information in other formats including braille and large print and language assistance services for individuals with limited English proficiency (including individuals’ companions with limited English proficiency) which may include qualified interpreters and information written in other languages.