"Sr. Financial Analyst"

Job Details

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

Johns Hopkins University Administration (UA) is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to join the Finance team for the Central Business Office. The Sr. Financial Analyst reports to the Associate Director of Finance and will be responsible for financial transactions, data consolidation, financial reporting, and financial analysis for all of University Administration (UA). This position works in collaboration with the Business Office leaders and other leaders of UA to ensure financials/budgets are aligned with the overall University’s financial goals and policies.

General Summary

• Assists in the development of budgets and budget projections for the UA division, including the Shared Service Center budgets.
• Oversees the compilation of information related to expenditures and revenue budgets submitted by the UA departments.
• Provides analysis of departmental general funds, discretionary and endowment funds, service center and capital accounts, and inter-entity (JAA) agreements for fiscal controls.
• Develops financial reports for forecasting and results analysis.
• Assists in financial analysis regarding projected changes in revenue and expenditures.
• Provides support to the UA departments in monitoring and reconciling UA departmental expenses compared to budget.
• Works with central Budget Office to ensure submission of UA’s annual budget, quarterly projections, and quarterly variances.
• Ensures divisional compliance with University financial and administrative policies.
• Provides training for others in budget related policies and procedures. For small departments, serves as their financial support.
• Prepare financial transactions in compliance with GAAP.
• Prepares adhoc analysis for UA offices.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Develops and analyzes complex financial data and extracts and defines relevant information; interprets data for the purpose of determining past financial performance and/or to project a financial position, prepares written analyses.
• Assists in the development of budget targets and quarterly budget projections for all types of budgets, including operating, endowment, gift, discretionary and service center funds.
• Confers with appropriate internal and external administrative offices to ensure that required budget policies and procedures are followed. Provides instructions and answers questions relating to budget procedures and serves as liaison between the Business Office and other UA departments.
• Monitors monthly expenditures and revenues compared to budget and gathers supporting documentation. Analyzes significant discrepancies and prepares written summary document.
• Responsible for analysis, monitoring, reconciliation and funding of UA capital projects.
• Assists in the year-end closing process for the University Administration division by creating and running both standard and ad-hoc reports, analyzing results and research any discrepancies. Resolves disputes by working with the individual departmental contacts and prepare written analysis of resolutions.
• Initiates and approves non-payroll cost transfers, non-sponsored budget changes and online payment requests. Completes necessary documents and forms, applies appropriate codes and follows established processing procedures.
• Represents University Administration Business Officer at meetings and on committees.
• Locates and complies information and formats reports, graphs, tables, records and other sources of information.
• Maintains records through filing, retrieval, retention, storage, compilation, updating and purging.
• Heavy use and extensive understanding of applications, such as Excel, PowerPoint, Oracle EPM, and SAP, to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
• Proficiency in the use of software applications, databases, spreadsheets, and/or word processing required.

Scope of Responsibility

Knows the formal and informal divisional goals, standards, policies and procedures. Familiarity with the departments within University Administration and the academic divisions. Is sensitive to the interrelationship of both people and functions within the department, division, University and Hopkins Enterprise.

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

• Johns Hopkins University and SAP experience highly desirable.

Classified Title: Sr. Financial Analyst
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/JH at Keswick
Department name: UA Business Office
Personnel area: University Administration