Budget Analyst
Job Description
Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) supports Johns Hopkins’ focus on research, teaching, and patient care, and its role as a national and global leader in higher education. We create and foster enduring relationships that result in advocacy and philanthropic support for Johns Hopkins University & Medicine—strengthening the institution through partnerships with donors, alumni, volunteer leaders, faculty, students, staff, and patients.
Johns Hopkins University supports a flexible work model that includes four different work modalities. This role has a hybrid work arrangement with an onsite presence of 3 days per week. The manager will confirm the team’s core onsite days where the majority/all team members will work in the office. Employees who travel on university business can count those days towards their onsite days.
The Budget Analyst will provide support to Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) by driving the operating budget process, reviewing, and approving financial transactions, and providing other financial services. This position will report directly to the Senior Financial Manager.
Key responsibilities:
Budget Creation:
- Create documents that portray current financial position at the individual cost center and overall levels.
- Work with DAR financial management to analyze budgetary needs and suggest revisions, if necessary, based on input from budget center managers and past financial performance.
- Work with University Administration (UA) to ensure compliance with JHU policies and deadlines. Interpret UA requirements and communicate to DAR.
- Assist in the coordination of the creation and completion of UA forms and submit and/or upload as required.
Budget Management:
- Analyze monthly budget reports for individual cost centers utilizing knowledge of planned performance and trend analysis. Develop a year-end projection. Pursue anomalies and process transfers if needed.
- Meet with cost center managers to validate analysis and gain in-depth knowledge. Incorporate meeting findings into analysis and amend as needed. Ensure cost center managers and appropriate senior management understand and agree with the results of the analysis.
- Develop additional data analysis as requested.
- Track and process transfers of operating budget as needed to allocate shared expenses within DAR and other Hopkins entities.
- Manage the creation of ISRs as needed to support payroll adjustments for DAR personnel.
- Manage the processing of student hours, overtime hours, bonus supplements, and other miscellaneous ISRs.
Project Management/Participation:
- Conduct ad hoc analyses of specific expenditures to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of current policies as requested and develop alternative approaches and present findings to appropriate management.
- Conduct periodic audits of executive travel documents.
Travel and other SAP transactions:
- Manage and approve travel and entertainment reports, including executive travel.
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of University policies and procedures surrounding Account Payable transactions.
- Provide SAP knowledge and expertise to DAR employees. Serve as the SAP “expert” within DAR by conducting training sessions as needed.
- Provide financial transaction training to the administrative staff
- Support customers across the organization and provide assistance related to the finance transactions
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.
- One year of related progressively responsible experience.
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Two years of experience in financial management, project management, or a related role, preferably within a higher education or non-profit setting.
- Strong proficiency in financial software and reporting tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, financial modeling software, project management software).
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
Classified Title: Budget Analyst
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Budget Analyst
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PB
Starting Salary Range: Minimum: $46,200 - Maximum: $80,799 (targeted salary: $65,000; commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Mount Washington Campus
Department name: 10001643-Finance
Personnel area: University Administration
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