We are seeking a **_Senior Financial Analyst_** who will report to the Senior Finance Manager and is responsible for overseeing the five-year budget plan, quarterly projection process, and year-end closing process for a set of assigned University Student Services (USS) departments. The position also maintains financial and personnel tracking databases, creates and distributes management reports, and completes University Student Services encompasses a breadth of student services including admissions, financial aid, student affairs, integrative learning and life design, student health and wellbeing, athletics, and administrative student services. Some services span the entire university, and some services are specific to the Homewood campus. As a Sr. Financial Analyst in USS, you will be assigned to support a subset of departments that carry out these services. **Specific Duties & Responsibilities** + Partner with a Financial Business Analyst to create a Finance Relationship Team responsible for managing an assigned financial portfolio. _Lead the development of the five-year financial plan for the assigned grouping of USS Departments._ + Utilize prior-year data, historical trends, and University five-year financial assumptions to assist departments in developing a five-year budget plan. + Identify available sources of funding for new initiatives. + Ensure the accurate and efficient upload of projection and budget information into the Oracle EPM system using the SmartView interface or the web application. + Communicate final approved budgets to department leaders and Vice Provosts. _Lead quarterly projection development._ + Oversee the Quarterly Projection process for assigned departments. + Generate projections using trend analysis and other analytical tools. + Document projections in existing financial tools and create supplemental worksheets as needed. + Export projections to department schedules for their review. + Communicate with departments on projections, making necessary changes and gaining consensus on final numbers. + Generate summary narratives explaining all material variances. _Conduct analysis._ + Conduct financial analysis for USS leadership and departments as required. _Maintain Budget and Projection Tools._ + Ensure that the financial tools that support the underlying data are maintained to ensure accurate budgeting and projections. _Reporting/Projecting Liaison with departments._ + Coordinate with the department on all projection and management reporting issues. _Maintain Personnel database_ + In coordination with the Sr Finance Manager, ensure the Personnel database (BOT) is maintained, tracking filled, vacant, and inactive positions and reconcile compensation budgets and projections to the supporting database. _Lead the monthly Vice Provost reporting process._ + Create and distribute monthly management-level reports for Departments and VPs. + Create quarterly Vice Provost-level reporting and participate in Vice Provost quarterly review meetings. + Enter budget/projection information into Oracle. _Complete closing duties._ + Coordinate with the senior finance manager to analyze year-end activity and results to understand variances in budget and projections. + Make closing journal entries, where necessary, to accurately reflect annual results. + Create year-end reporting for assigned USS departments and related Vice Provosts that tell their fiscal year financial story. + Perform other required duties assigned by the Sr Finance Manager or USS Leadership. **Special Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities** + Advanced analytical skills. + Experience with detailed financial planning, projections, and forecasting. + Experience with financial modeling. + Proficiency with business software packages; advanced Excel skills and familiarity with SAP, Oracle, and SmartView preferred. + Excellent oral and written communication skills. + Ability to work flexibly on several tasks simultaneously and meet various concurrent deadlines is required. **Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or other related field. + Five years progressively responsible related financial/accounting experience. + Additional education (Master's degree 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. Classified Title: Sr. Financial Analyst Job Posting Title (Working Title): Senior Financial Analyst Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Monday/ Friday 8:30pm-5:00pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus Department name: ​​​​​​​Student Services Finance Personnel area: University Student Services Equal Opportunity Employer: Johns Hopkins University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. The university promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.