We are seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst, Basic Science Departments & Centers who will manage a portfolio of basic science departments and centers and use data to drive analyses that inform decisions around financial goals, objectives, and performance. This role meets regularly with departmental points of contact to ensure two-way communication for advocacy, knowledge transfer, and a shared understanding of financial activities. This role will report to the Associate Director, Basic Science Departments & Centers FP&A.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Coordinates

• Meets regularly with Basic Science/Center departments to ensure two-way communication to create advocacy for the areas, knowledge transfer, and a shared understanding of financial activities.
• Supports the financial business activities including developing school budgets, scenario planning, predictive analysis, financial modeling, variances, and forecasting.

Applies

• Obtains knowledge of the Basic Science/Center departments and their financial activities through regular meetings and communications to determine how to advocate for the areas during conversations with JHM and JHU.

Creates/Prepares/Develops

• Assists in the preparation of budgets, scenario planning, long-range planning, financial modeling, variances, forecasting, projections, financial plans and reports, and other types of complex analysis, involving the review of significant amounts of data.

Analyzes/Interprets

• Analyzes the financial activities to assist in the preparation of departmental and school budgets, planning, modeling, and reports.
• Provides recommendations to critical financial business decisions.
• Extracts financial data from various accounting and information systems to perform related reviews.

Manages

• Manages the portfolio of Basic Science/Center departments and the completeness and accuracy of their financial activities.

Problem Solving

• Advocates for Basic Science/Center departments to ensure they are receiving funding for their activities and can hire staff and faculty.

Thinking Critically

• Monitors financial metrics performance, develops models and reports, and ensures two-way communications with departments to determine the financial performance and if a corrective action plan is warranted.

Trains/Communicates

• Ensures department administrators have the necessary information, skills, and support to perform their financial activities.

Collaborates

• Partner with Associate Director for Basic Science/Center departments, other FP&A analysts; SOM department directors, administrators, and staff; JHM/JHU Budget, Central Finance, JHM/JHHS/JHU Finance.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Strong customer service orientation and focus on details, accuracy and meeting pre-determined deadlines.
• Advanced knowledge in the use of the Microsoft Office suite of applications.
• Proven communication, organizational, and analytic skills.
• Ability to analyze data for budgeting, operations, auditing, accounts receivable, and reserve analysis.
• Understanding of and commitment to the Johns Hopkins Medicine mission

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.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.
• Five years progressively responsible related financial/accounting experience.
• Advanced Excel skills, with demonstrated knowledge of Pivot tables, formulas and other functions
• 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.

• Experience in research financial management and clinical department business operations.
• SAP accounting knowledge
• Experience in a complex organization

Classified Title: Sr. Financial Analyst 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Financial Analyst, Basic Science Depts & Centers   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD  
Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually ($86,500 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: 10002568-SOM Admin Finance FP&A 
Personnel area: School of Medicine