Senior Strategic Initiatives & Finance Lead

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University seeks a Sr. Associate, Strategic Initiatives to serve as a senior advisor for USS leadership across a decentralized, multi-entity setting.

The role focuses on developing sophisticated financial models, long-range planning, and strategic initiatives to inform executive-level decisions. Expect high-impact engagements and collaboration with central offices and divisional leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Seven years of related, progressively responsible experience in finance/strategy.
• Experience in higher education or complex institutional environments preferred.
• Advanced financial modeling and scenario analysis experience.
• Experience presenting to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as trusted advisor on financial strategy and initiatives.
• Translate data into actionable recommendations for executives.
• Lead analyses of performance, costs, resources, and long-term sustainability.
• Provide leadership on financial trade-offs and risks.
• Represent Finance in high-level meetings with university leadership.
• Lead enterprise financial planning, forecasting, and multiple-year analyses.
• Develop driver-based financial models and decision support frameworks.
• Ensure integrity and consistency of financial data and analyses.
• Drive executive reporting, dashboards, and analytics.
• Advance data governance and reporting tools across the division.

Skills

Analytical skills

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Financial modeling

Data analysis

Leadership

Multi-entity coordination

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced degree (MBA/MPP or related)

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Oracle

Workday

SAP

Job description

Johns Hopkins University seeks a Sr. Associate, Strategic Initiatives to serve as a senior advisor for USS leadership across a decentralized, multi-entity setting.

The role focuses on developing sophisticated financial models, long-range planning, and strategic initiatives to inform executive-level decisions. Expect high-impact engagements and collaboration with central offices and divisional leaders.