Sr Financial Analyst (Finance & Administration)
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Job Location:
Peabody, MA - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 62900 - 110100
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
We are seeking aSr. Financial Analystwho will perform complex analysis and planning to assist management in establishing and controlling budgets setting financial goals making projections and meeting fiscal objectives. Performs financial and planning activities in support of various functions e.g. budgeting financial planning revenue and expenditure monitoring against budget reconciliations and changes and consolidation. Extracts financial data from various accounting and information systems and generates reports. Performs complex statistical cost and financial analysis of reports and data and prepares reports for management to improve financial performance and compliance. Provides data-based recommendations on critical financial business decisions.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Interpret data and review data prepared by others to evaluate and determine past financial performance and/or make financial projections and assist management in making overall business decisions.
- Analyze coordinate and consolidate departmental financial information for the development of the department/divisional annual operating 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 financial results of business activities and improve the operational and financial effectiveness of the unit department or division. Review financial needs and explore alternative financing methods.
- Make budget adjustments and implement cost improvement measures. Use appropriate cost rates such as indirect and benefit rates for proposed budgets. Prepare and present budget proposals to senior management.
- Create financial systems structures and controls for a variety of processes that provide tracking validation and reporting. Implement quality control and process improvements for overall business process.
- Review proposed operating and financial plans including proposed program increases estimated costs and expenses to finance proposed programs. Recommend course of action to improve financial performance.
- Evaluate and analyze capital expenditures proposals profit plans operating records and financial statements.
- Oversee moderately complex to complex budget accounts. Provide oversight for the expenditure of funds ensuring that funds are expended appropriately and advise stakeholders on required action to resolve funding shortfalls.
- Keep abreast of laws and regulations that impact compliance and act as a resource for administrative and financial staff.
- Utilize comprehensive knowledge of applicable laws and regulations and the universitys financial accounting system to ensure internal and external compliance.
- Use various software applications such as spreadsheets relational databases statistical packages and graphics packages to assemble manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree in Finance Accounting Business or related field.
- Five years of progressively responsible related financial experience.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters Degree preferred
Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications
- Strong analytical and modeling capabilities including extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office products
Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency
- Analytical Skills - Intermediate
- Budgeting - Intermediate
- Data Extraction and Reporting - Intermediate
- Financial Analysis and Reporting - Intermediate
- Financial Controls - Intermediate
- Financial Planning - Intermediate
- Financial Software - Intermediate
- Regulatory Compliance - Intermediate
- Statistical Analysis for Finance - Intermediate
The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.
Classified Title: Sr. Financial Analyst
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD
Starting Salary Range: $62900 - $110100 Annually ($90000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 37.5 hours per week
FLSA Status:Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: Office of Finance & Administration
Personnel area: Peabody
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Cognos
- Forecasting
- Hyperion
- Microsoft Access
- Pivot tables
- Accounting
- Analysis Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Budgeting
- Financial Planning
About Company
Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university
