Financial Analyst
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University
- Location
- Maryland, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Jan 20, 2022
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Business & Administrative Affairs, Financial Affairs, Grants & Contracts, Student Affairs, Financial Aid
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Specific Duties & Responsibilities:
Financial:
- Interpret data to determine past financial performance and/or to project a financial probability.
- Develop complex financial reports for forecasting, trending and results analysis.
- Develop and oversee the maintenance of account budget monitoring systems.
- Monitor, identify and communicate over expenditures to faculty and administrative staff. Resolve funding shortfalls.
- Keep abreast of laws and regulations that apply in order to maintain up-to-date compliance with all sponsored and non-sponsored accounts.
- Identify high-risk subrecipient and maintain compliance with the subrecipient monitoring policies and procedures.
- Oversee the procurement process for all faculty accounts.
- Review and approve procurement cards by the monthly deadline.
Financial Analysis:
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Perform analysis on budget performance, investigate variances,
provide justification, and communicates to leadership as
requested.
Assist in researching expense and volume
variances.
Seek to resolve any expense posting errors and communicate proper
expense allocation as needed.
Complete monthly reconciliation for the department accounts and
analyze budget patterns and project expenditures
Financial Reporting:
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Extract financial data from various accounting and information
systems and perform financial and cost accounting analysis of
data.
Assist in updating/preparing departmental dashboard and executive
summary.
As assigned, generate and distribute monthly reports and create new
reports to improve monitoring of revenues/expenses within the
department.
Ensure expenditures for budgets are monitored and reports are
prepared to maintain balanced accounts.
Work requires analytical competency in order to gather and
interpret data, as well as proficiency with financial reporting
systems to build reports.
Grant Management:
- Manages post-award process including but not limited to allocation of budgets, coordinating the timely and accurate set up of payroll per grant guidelines, processing journal entries and cost transfers as needed, reconciling reports, research related payroll and financial data.
- Facilitate and/or produce specialized sponsored research/project reports utilizing institutional and/or departmental systems).
- Provide guidance and oversight that grant/contract funds remain in compliance with University and award/contractual guidelines, including recommendations to ensure all sponsored awards are reconciled and balanced without a surplus or deficient balance.
- Key contact for Shared Services Sponsored Projects as part of the grant/contract fiscal reporting processes including the grant/contract closeout and Financial Status Reporting process.
- Key contributor in the annual budgeting process by providing research salary and support information. Ensures that salaries are not on control salary and that all research salary support for faculty and staff is cleared from the departmental default account monthly.
- Provides monthly, periodic and/or ad-hoc financial reporting as requested by Faculty.
- Ensures proper management of all sponsored awards, by insuring all financial transactions agree with GAAP, NIH Grants Policy Statement, FDP, OMB, CAS, and University.
- Timely review of effort reports and payroll prior to release to the Faculty for signoff.
This description is a
general statement of required duties and responsibilities performed
on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties
as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications (Mandatory):
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Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related field
required.
Three years progressively responsible related financial/accounting
experience required.
Additional education may substitute for required experience and
additional related experience may substitute for required
education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency
formula.
** 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. Preferred Qualifications:
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Work experience in a research, academic or university environment,
and strong knowledge of SAP is preferred.
Proficiency in COEUS and JAWS/SWIFT.
Classified Title:
Financial Analyst
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC
Starting Salary Range: $51,210 - $70,480 annually (commensurate
with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday through Friday
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Telecommute
Department name: Department of Biomedical
Engineering
Personnel area: Whiting
School of Engineering
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
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 HR Business Services Office atjhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. 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. 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 on 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.
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The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.
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 HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.
The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.
EEO is the Law
Learn more:
https://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf
Important legal information
http://hrnt.jhu.edu/legal.cfm
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