Job Description

The Whiting School of Engineering is seeking a Financial Analyst to support the Engineering for Professionals and the Executive and Professional Education teams within the Engineering Business Office by analyzing financial data, monitoring budgets and expenditures, and preparing reports and projections that help guide business decisions.

The Financial Analyst performs analysis and data reviews to assist management in establishing and controlling budgets, setting financial goals, making projections, and meeting fiscal objectives. Performs financial 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 basic to moderately complex statistical cost and financial analysis of reports and data and prepares reports for management to improve financial performance and compliance.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Interpret data to evaluate and determine past financial performance and/or make financial projections for management who must make overall business decisions.
• Provide interpretation of accounts, methods, and records for management.
• Conduct studies of cost and financial results of business activities; recommend adjustments and other cost improvement measures.
• Review costs and perform cost benefit analysis for projects and/or programs.
• Produce financial reports for forecasting, trending, and results analysis.
• Provide reports, findings, and recommendations to management.
• Assist with preparation of special studies, reports, and analyses.
• Recommend budget adjustments and other cost improvement measures.
• Recommend quality control and process improvements regarding the overall business process.
• Review and assist with analysis of capital expenditures proposals, profit plans, operating records and financial statements.
• Make recommendations for resolving funding shortfalls.
• Oversee simple to moderately complex budget accounts
• Keep abreast and apply a working knowledge of laws and regulations that impact compliance.
• Use various software applications such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages to assemble, manipulate, and format data.
• Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties described above

• Prepare monthly reconciliations.
• Prepare revenue invoices and transfers.
• Prepare payroll transactions for appointments and contracts.
• Prepare accounts payable transactions (check and PO requests).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field.

• Three 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

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

• Analytical Skills - Developing
• Budgeting - Developing
• Data Extraction and Reporting - Developing
• Financial Analysis and Reporting - Developing
• Financial Forecasting - Developing
• Financial Software - Developing
• Process Improvement - Developing
• Regulatory Compliance - Developing
• Statistical Analysis for Finance - Developing

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Financial Analyst
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC
Starting Salary Range: $55,145 - $96,760 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F, 37.5 hrs wkly
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/Mount Washington Campus
Department name: EP Personnel
Personnel area: Whiting School of Engineering