Sr. Financial Analyst (DOM Bay Geriatric Medicine)

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to perform complex analysis and planning to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.

The role involves extracting data from accounting systems, preparing reports, and delivering data-based recommendations to improve financial performance and compliance. The position requires evaluating past performance, developing operating and capital budgets, and presenting proposals to senior management.

Qualifications

• Interpret data and evaluate past financial performance to aid business decisions.
• Develop department budgets and five-year plans.
• Extract, analyze, and define financial data; conduct complex studies.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and present budget proposals to senior management.
• Coordinate and consolidate departmental financial information for operating and capital budgets.
• Review and analyze cost structures to improve financial performance.
• Monitor revenue and expenditures against budgets and adjust as needed.
• Create controls and reporting structures for financial processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Reporting

Data extraction

Financial planning

Tools

Accounting systems

Job description

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

We are seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst who willperform complex analysis and planning to assist management inestablishing and controlling budgets, setting financial goals,making projections and meeting fiscal objectives. Performsfinancial and planning activities in support of various functions,e.g., budgeting, financial planning, revenue and expendituremonitoring against budget, reconciliations and changes, andconsolidation. Extracts financial data from various accounting andinformation systems and generates reports. Performs complexstatistical cost and financial analysis of reports and data andprepares reports for management to improve financial performanceand compliance. Provides data-based recommendations on criticalfinancial business decisions.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Interpret data, and review data prepared by others, to evaluateand determine past financial performance and/or make financialprojections and assist management in making overall businessdecisions.
• Analyze, coordinate and consolidate departmental financialinformation for the development of the department/divisional annualoperating 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 financialresults of business activities and improve the operational andfinancial effectiveness of the unit, department, or division.Review financial needs and explore alternative financingmethods.
• Make budget adjustments and implement cost improvementmeasures. Use appropriate cost rates, such as indirect and benefitrates for proposed budgets. Prepare and present budget proposals tosenior management.
• Create financial systems, structures, and controls for avariety of processes that provide tracking, validation, andreporting. Implement quality control and process improvements foroverall business process.
• Review proposed operating and financial plans, includingproposed program increases, estimated costs and expenses to financeproposed programs. Recommend course of action to improve financialperformance.
• Evaluate and analyze capital expenditures proposals, profitplans, operating records and financial statements.
• Oversee moderately complex to complex budget accounts. Provideoversight for the expenditure of funds, ensuring that funds areexpended appropriately and advise stakeholders on required actionto resolve funding shortfalls.