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Requisition ID:  117053

Financial Officer, Clinical FP&A

We are seeking a Financial Officer, Clinical Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) who will collaborate with a portfolio of School of Medicine’s (SOM) complex clinical departments. This role ensures effective communication and understanding of financial activities, manages financial performance analysis, and provides strategic recommendations for budget goals and decisions. Key responsibilities include preparing budgets, variance analyses, and executive-level material preparation, as well as leading ad hoc FP&A projects. The Financial Officer, Clinical FP&A will report to the Director, Clinical FP&A.


Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has a $3 billion annual operating budget. The School comprises thirty-seven clinical and basic science departments and institutes, in addition to several Central School operating units. The SOM Central Finance Office collaborates with staff and management throughout the departments and central administration. This role will specifically interact most with the clinical departments.


Specific Duties & Responsibilities


Collaborates/Manages

  • Meets regularly with assigned clinical departments to independently foster relationships and ensure two-way communication, creating advocacy for departments, knowledge transfer with central finance, and a shared understanding of financial activities and schedules.
  • Proactively manages own time and prioritizes responsibilities.
  • Takes initiative to follow through to completion on action plans identified with departments.
  • Partners with Director, Dean's Office, FP&A analysts, department staff, Johns Hopkins Health System (JHHS) / Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Budget, SOM Central Finance, and JHHS / JHU Finance.
  • Exercises influence with departments to enforce financial policies and encourage best practices.


Analyzes/Interprets

  • Analyzes the financial performance of assigned clinical departments to identify areas for improvement and track progress to budget goals.
  • Reviews data in aggregate for clinical departments to analyze and interpret financial activities and inform recommendations.
  • Provides recommendations for critical financial business decisions. Extracts financial data from various accounting and information systems to perform related reviews.
  • Evaluates business plans submitted by departments and advises on accuracy, completeness, and long-term viability, offering guidance where necessary.


Creates/Prepares/Develops

  • Assists in the preparation of budgets, variance analyses, and related analyses for assigned clinical departments, regularly synthesizing large amounts of data to reach results and formulate recommended actions.
  • Utilizes analytical outcomes to create materials utilized for executive leadership meetings, including trustee presentations, meetings with the JHU President’s Office and major donors.
  • Assists, and at times leads, ad hoc FP&A projects.
  • Mentors and helps train central finance and clinical department administrative staff, as needed.


Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

  • Advocates for clinical departments to ensure they are receiving funding for their activities and can hire staff.
  • Monitors financial metrics performance, develops models and reports, and ensures two-way communications with clinical departments to access their financial performance and if a corrective action plans, as warranted.


Additional Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  • Advanced knowledge in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of applications.
  • Experience with other data reporting tools.
  • Strong customer service orientation and focus on details, accuracy, and meeting pre-determined deadlines.
  • Proficiency in organizing work schedules and efficiently allocating time to key tasks
  • Ability to proactively manage competing expectations and deliverables.
  • Adept at gathering, analyzing, and synthesizing data from multiple sources to uncover insights and inform decision-making.
  • Ability to analyze data for budgeting, operations, audition, accounts receivable and reserve analysis.
  • Ability to approach complex financial issues with curiosity, seeking to understand underlying causes and solve problems.
  • Understanding of and commitment to the core values of Johns Hopkins University: Excellence & Discovery, Leadership & Integrity, Diversity & Inclusion, and Respect & Collegiality.


Physical Requirements

  • Sitting in a normal seated position for extended periods of time.
  • Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard.
  • Occasionally lifting, carrying objects weighing 10 lbs. or less.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
  • Five years of progressively responsible financial and business operations experience, including experience in research financial management, clinical business operations, or comparable environment.
  • Advanced Excel skills, with demonstrated knowledge of Pivot tables, formulas and other functions required.
  • Proven communication, organizational, and analytic skills in a complex organization.
  • Additional education (master's in a related field) may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in Finance, Business or a related field.
  • Fund accounting experience.
  • SAP experience.
  • Oracle and/or SmartView experience.

 

 

Classified Title: Finance Officer 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Financial Officer, Clinical FP&A   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE  
Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 Annually ($100,800 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.00pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM Admin Finance FP&A  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

 

 

Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

Accommodation Information
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 Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.

Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
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.
Hybrid: On-site 3-4 days a week

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