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Requisition ID:  117787

Sr. Financial Analyst

Reporting to the Sr. Finance Manager, the Sr. Financial Analyst is responsible for overseeing the five-year budget plan, quarterly projection process and year end closing process for a set of assigned University Student Services (USS) departments, maintaining financial and personnel tracking databases, creating and distributing management reports, and completing analysis projects.


University Student Services encompasses a breadth of student services including admissions, financial aid, student affairs, integrative learning and life design, student health and wellbeing, athletics, and administrative student services. Some services span the entire university, and some services are specific to the Homewood campus. As a Financial Data Analyst in USS, you will be assigned to support a subset of departments that carry out these services.


Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • Partner with a Financial Business Analyst to create a Finance Relationship Team responsible for managing an assigned financial portfolio. 
  • Lead the development of the five-year financial plan for the assigned grouping of USS Departments. 
  • Utilize prior year data, historic trends and University 5-year financial assumptions, to assist departments in the development of a five-year budget plan. 
  • Identify available sources of funding for new initiatives. 
  • Ensure the accurate and efficient upload of projection and budget information into the Oracle EPM system using the SmartView interface or the web application. 
  • Communicate final approved budgets to department leaders and Vice Provosts. 


Lead quarterly projection development.

  • Oversee the Quarterly Projection process for assigned departments. 
  • Generate projections using trend analysis and other analytical tools. 
  • Document projections in existing financial tools and create supplemental worksheets as needed. 
  • Export projections to department schedules for their review. 
  • Communicate with departments on projections, making changes as needed and gaining consensus on final numbers. 
  • Generate summary narratives explaining all material variances. 


Conduct analysis.

  • Conduct financial analysis for USS leadership and departments as required. 


Maintain Budget and Projection Tools.

  • Ensure that the financial tools that support the underlying data are maintained to ensure accurate budgeting and projections. 


Reporting/Projecting Liaison with departments.

  • Coordinate with department on all projection and management reporting issues. 


Maintain Personnel database.

  • In coordination with the Sr Finance Manager, ensure the Personnel database BOT is maintained, tracking filled, vacant and inactive positions and reconcile compensation budgets and projections to the supporting database. 


Lead monthly VP reporting process.

  • Create and distribute monthly management level reports for Departments and VPs. 
  • Create quarterly Vice Provost level reporting and participate in Vice Provost quarterly review meetings. 
  • Enter budget/projection information into Oracle.


Closing

  • In coordination with Sr Finance Manager, analyze year-end activity and results to understand variances from budget and projections. 
  • Make closing journal entries, where necessary, to accurately reflect annual results. 
  • Create year end reporting for assigned USS departments and related Vice Provosts that clearly tell their fiscal year financial story. 


Other duties as assigned.

  • Perform other duties as required that are assigned by Sr Finance Manager or USS Leadership. 


Special Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities

  • Advanced analytical skills.
  • Experience with detailed financial planning, projections, and forecasting.
  • Experience with financial modeling.
  • Proficiency with business software packages; advanced Excel skills and familiarity with SAP, Oracle and SmartView preferred.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work with flexibility on several tasks simultaneously and to meet various concurrent deadlines is required. 


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related field.
  • Five years of progressively responsible related financial/accounting experience.
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond HS Diploma/Graduation Equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

 

 

Classified Title: Sr. Financial Analyst 
Job Posting Title (Working 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: 8a-5p Mon-Fri 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybid/Homewood Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​Student Services Finance  
Personnel area: University Student Services 

 

 

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
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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.

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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.
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