Financial Analyst

Overview

The Financial Analyst supports sound financial management and decision-making by collecting, reviewing, and analyzing financial data; monitoring budgets and expenditures; preparing forecasts, projections, and management reports; and identifying trends, risks, and opportunities that affect financial performance. The role provides accurate, timely, and actionable analysis to support planning, budgeting, reporting, compliance, and continuous improvement across the Finance and Administration function.

The Financial Analyst works closely with finance leadership and internal stakeholders to strengthen financial processes, improve reporting accuracy, support budget accountability, and translate financial information into practical guidance for operational and strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

Financial Management

• Produces financial reports to various stakeholders including management team members.
• Participates in the development of the departmental fiscal year annual operating budget.
• Interprets and reviews financial data to evaluate and determine financial performance and financial projections
• Prepares findings from research, analyses and assessments for the department leadership to better inform decision making at management levels department leadership in making overall business decisions.
• Ensures that expenditures for budgets are monitored and that reports are prepared to maintain balanced accounts, including control salary, default accounts, and effort reporting.
• Monitors service, productivity and assesses efficiency levels, implementing improvements where opportunities exist
• Verifies documents for completeness and compliance with government and private agencies.

Financial Analysis

• Analyses budget patterns, and project expenditures, and prepares approved budgets.
• Assimilates information from various sources to present to departmental staff
• Defines problems, collects data, and establishes facts.
• Must be able to interpret technical and detailed guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Analyzes the feasibility and potential impact of new initiatives, process improvements, related solutions

Financial Reporting

• Conducts regular uploads of data to the financial management system.
• Implements quality control and process improvements with regard to the overall business process.
• Uses various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, cost-accounting systems, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate, and/or format data and/or reports.
• Prepares and distributes internal departmental financial reports at regular intervals and on an ad hoc basis to support management review, operational planning, and timely decision-making.
• Compiles, reviews, and maintains audit backup documentation to support financial transactions, reconciliations, compliance reviews, and responses to internal and external audit inquiries.
• Supports donor financial reporting by assembling required financial data, validating report details against accounting records, and ensuring submissions are accurate, complete, and aligned with donor requirements and reporting timelines.

Financial Advice & Guidance

• Functions as a departmental resource, answering finance-related questions and assisting divisions with financial tasks.
• Provides interpretation of financial policies and procedures
• Trains new and existing finance staff to complete monthly financial reporting requirements and the annual budget.
• Communicate with appropriate internal and external administrative offices to ensure established procedures are followed.
• Applies working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations
• Processes sponsor invoices for payment in accordance with contract terms and conditions. 
• Exercises discretion in managing correspondence, information and all matters of confidentiality; escalates issues where appropriate

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field wtith 3 years of relevant experience
• SAP experience
• Budgeting and forecasting software experience
• Experience working with international offices and contacts
• High proficiency with MS Office Suite
• Strong analytical skills
• Expert in spreadsheets, databases, MS Office and financial software applications
• Hands on experience with statistical analysis and statistical packages
• Outstanding presentation, reporting and communication skills
• Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance and information analysis
• Well informed in current financial subjects, accounting, tax laws, money market and business environments
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to provide interpretation of organizational policies with clarity
• Work as a team player and foster relationships
• Proactively contributes during peak periods
• French or Spanish speaker – an advantage

The Annual salary range for this role is expected to be: $63,095 - $77,773

Total Rewards:

The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: 

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 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.

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.

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