Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.
We are seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to support the financial operations of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's Central Finance team through financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and general accounting activities. Reporting directly to the Director of SOM Central Finance, this position performs complex financial and operational analyses to support strategic planning and informed decision-making across the School. The analyst partners with stakeholders across the School to…
identify trends and risks, support planning activities, and help ensure sound stewardship of institutional resources. The role also contributes to special projects and strategic initiatives that support the School's academic, research, and clinical missions.
The Sr. Financial Analyst performs complex analysis and planning to assist management in establishing and controlling budgets, setting financial goals, making projections and meeting fiscal objectives. Performs financial and planning activities in support of various functions, e.g., budgeting, financial planning, revenue and expenditure monitoring against budget, reconciliations and changes, and consolidation. Extracts financial data from various accounting and information systems and generates reports. Performs complex statistical cost and financial analysis of reports and data and prepares reports for management to improve financial performance and compliance. Provides data-based recommendations on critical financial business decisions.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Interpret data, and review data prepared by others, to evaluate and determine past financial performance and/or make financial projections and assist management in making overall business decisions.
- Analyze, coordinate and consolidate departmental financial information for the development of the department/divisional annual operating and/or capital budgets and five-year plan.
- Analyze, extract, and define relevant complex financial data; plan and conduct complex studies to determine cost and financial results of business activities and improve the operational and financial effectiveness of the unit, department, or division. Review financial needs and explore alternative financing methods.
- Make budget adjustments and implement cost improvement measures. Use appropriate cost rates, such as indirect and benefit rates for proposed budgets. Prepare and present budget proposals to senior management.
- Create financial systems, structures, and controls for a variety of processes that provide tracking, validation, and reporting. Implement quality control and process improvements for overall business process.
- Review proposed operating and financial plans, including proposed program increases, estimated costs and expenses to finance proposed programs. Recommend course of action to improve financial performance.
- Evaluate and analyze capital expenditures proposals, profit plans, operating records and financial statements.
- Oversee moderately complex to complex budget accounts. Provide oversight for the expenditure of funds, ensuring that funds are expended appropriately and advise stakeholders on required action to resolve funding shortfalls.
- Keep abreast of laws and regulations that impact compliance and act as a resource for administrative and financial staff.
- Utilize comprehensive knowledge of applicable laws and regulations and the university's financial accounting system to ensure internal and external compliance.
- Use various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.
- Five years of progressively responsible related financial experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications
- Strong analytical and modeling capabilities, including extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office products
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
- Analytical Skills - Intermediate
- Budgeting - Intermediate
- Data Extraction and Reporting - Intermediate
- Financial Analysis and Reporting - Intermediate
- Financial Controls - Intermediate
- Financial Planning - Intermediate
- Financial Software - Intermediate
- Regulatory Compliance - Intermediate
- Statistical Analysis for Finance - Intermediate
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Classified Title: Sr. Financial Analyst
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
Starting Salary Range: $64,470 - $112,850 Annually ($88,660
targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Admin Finance FP&O
Personnel area: School of Medicine
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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