Financial Business Analyst - 117215

Requisition ID: 117215

Financial Business Analyst

Reporting to the Sr. Finance Manager, we are seeking a Financial Business Analyst who will be responsible for overseeing the monthly reconciliation process, reviewing and approving Concur transactions, and training assigned departments on business processes. This position is responsible for the financial integrity of transactions in assigned departments.

University Student Services encompasses a wide range 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 are specific to the Homewood campus.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

Distributing and auditing monthly reconciliations

• Generate monthly reports for all departments, in assigned areas, that will enable them to reconcile transactions and maintain appropriate documentation.
• Analyze transactions for assigned departments and ensure they are reconciled appropriately.
• Lead random auditing of select transactions and request documentation from assigned departments.
• Track and document reconciliation activity.
• Explains accounting transactions and resolves discrepancies and other accounting issues.
  
  
  

Reporting

• Develop and run various BW Analysis reports to answer questions on payroll, contracts, invoicing, commitments, salary overpayments, etc. Creates custom BW reports, as needed.
  
  
  

Concur and P Card Approvals

• Analyze and approve all reimbursement requests and Procurement/Travel Card transactions in Concur.
• Identify and document budget and projection impacts related to transactions.
• Review card applications to make sure that necessary training is completed, sign the form and submit it to Procurement Office for processing.
• Ensure that university policy is complied with.
• Ensure that all transactions are appropriate, and transaction type selected aligns with the desired GL.
• Serve as expert for departments and finance team on sales tax, travel card, procurement card, and reimbursement policies
• Confirm department travel card and procurement card holders have no outstanding reports.
  
  
  

Training departments on business processes

• Train assigned departments on all business functions including procuring goods and services; sales tax policies, using a pcard/tcard; reimbursements; account reconciliations; and SAP entries.
• Ensure that every department has a user capable of performing department-level business functions.
  
  
  

Business Liaison with departments

• Coordinate with assigned departments on all the above issues.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for business-related issues.
• Analyze, review, and approve all expenditures/financial transactions for the portfolio (travel & business expense reimbursements, shopping cart/purchasing, check requests/online payment requests) where departmental approvers are not available.
  
  
  

Making necessary SAP entries (ZSR, E-form, Cost-transfer)

• Enter, review, and approve required SAP entries.
  
  
  

Back up Oracle entry

• Assist team by providing backup Oracle entry support during peak times such as quarterly projections and annual budget process. Additional duties as assigned.
  
  
  

Additional duties as assigned

Staff Supervision

• This position does not supervise staff.
  
  
  

Special Knowledge, Skills, Or Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of university business processes.
• Experience reconciling and auditing department expenditures.
• 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 with flexibility on several tasks simultaneously and to meet various concurrent deadlines is required.
  
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related field.
• Three years progressively responsible related financial/accounting experience.
• 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.
  
  
  

Classified Title: Financial Analyst

Job Posting Title (Working Title): Financial Business Analyst

Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC

Starting Salary Range: $53,800 - $94,400 Annually ($70,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Two days a week in office. The other three remote.

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Hybrid/Homewood Campus

Department name: Student Services Finance

Personnel area: University Student Services

Total Rewards

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Education and Experience Equivalency

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 Completing Studies

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.

Background Checks

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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Accommodation Information

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Vaccine Requirements

Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. 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. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. 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 upon 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.

Hybrid: On-site 1-2 days a week