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The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health works to protect people's health from epidemics and disasters and ensure that communities are resilient to major challenges. We examine how scientific and technological innovations can strengthen health security. We study the policies, organizations, systems, and tools to prevent and respond to outbreaks and public health crises. We advance policies and practice to address a range of challenges, including the global rise in emerging infectious diseases, a continued risk of pandemic flu, major natural disasters, our dependence on vulnerable infrastructure, and the potential for biological threats.

The Center seeks a Financial and Operations Analyst to provide project support for financial and general business operations at the Center.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Financial Administration

• Functions as a departmental resource, answering finance-related questions and assisting with financial tasks.
• Verifies documents for completeness and compliance with government and private agencies.
• Communicates retention and collection of proper documentation for reimbursement by administrative and program coordinators, faculty and staff, and external consultants and contractors.
• Communicates with appropriate team members to ensure established procedures are followed.
• Processes sponsor invoices for payment in accordance with contract terms and conditions.
• Reviews and finalizes procurement and central procurement card transactions for allocation.
• Participates in the development of the departmental fiscal year annual operating budget.
• Ensures that expenditures for budgets are monitored and that reports are prepared to maintain balanced accounts, including control salary, default accounts, and effort reporting.
• Provides interpretation of financial policies and procedures and applies working knowledge of applicable laws and regulations.
• Monitors service, productivity and assesses efficiency levels, implementing improvements where opportunities exist.
• Exercises discretion in managing correspondence, information, and all matters of confidentiality; escalates issues where appropriate.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Defines problems, collects data, and establishes facts.
• Analyzes budget patterns to project expenditures for compilation of budgets.
• Assimilates information from various sources to present to departmental staff.
• Uses various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, cost-accounting systems, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate, and/or format data and/or reports.
• Produces financial reports to various stakeholders, including management team members.
• Analyzes the feasibility and potential impact of new initiatives, process improvements, related solutions.
• Implements quality control and process improvements with regard to the overall business process.
• Interprets and reviews financial data to evaluate and determine financial performance and financial projections.

Business Operations Management

• Coordinate with administrative and program coordinators for office needs; may assist with ordering of office and events supplies to ensure efficient running of onsite work, meetings, and special events.
• Maintain facilities, related contracts, and provide oversight for services agreements.
• Assist with new employee onboarding.
• Authorization for office spaces and assignments and dissemination to Admin team.
• Authorization for Datawatch access cards.
• Authorization of new phone lines or team's phones for incoming employees.
• Communicates new employee training needs for effort and COI training.
• Reconciliation of Telecom, IT, software charges.
• Identify and resolve administration problems and issues.
• Interpret and communicate Center, BSPH, and JHU policies and best practices.
• Perform other administrative support and general office management duties as needed.

• Bachelor's Degree in related field.
• Three years of related 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.

• Outstanding proficiency in written and verbal communication.
• Capacity to effectively prioritize tasks when faced with high workload.
• Capability to proactively initiate non-urgent tasks during periods of lower workload.

Software Use

• High proficiency with MS Office Suite, with moderate to advanced proficiency of Excel.
• Prior experience using financial software and reporting systems.
• Prior experience with JHU Financial, Grants Management and Travel Systems a plus.

Classified Title: Business Analyst 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Financial and Operations Analyst   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD  
Starting Salary Range: Min $62,300 - Max $109,000 Annually (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 8:30am – 5:00pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: School of Public Health 
Department name: ​​​​​​​Health Security 
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. 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/

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 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.

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.

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

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit accessibility.jhu.edu.

Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. 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. 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 on 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.

Note: Job Postings are updated daily and remain online until filled.

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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