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Sr. Financial Analyst, Endowments & Gifts

Johns Hopkins University
United States, Maryland, Baltimore
Mar 05, 2025
The School of Medicine's Financial Operations team is looking for a Sr. Financial Analyst, *Endowments and Gifts* to provide financial oversight and management for contributions to include endowments across the School's departments and central business units. This key role will also collaborate with stakeholders in the Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine and the departments to provide oversight of gift planning and usage in accordance with donor intent and be responsible for ensuring compliance with University policies and GAAP accounting standards. Specific Duties & Responsibilities Thinking Critically Identifies under-utilized gift and endowment payout funds and proactively seeks spending opportunities in alignment with donor intent and departmental objectives. Recommends and implements improvements to the gift and endowment process, leveraging deep knowledge of relevant compliance requirements and operational issues. Problem Solving Ensures compliance with relevant policies and gift agreements. Identifies potential surplus gift opportunities and proposes spending strategies to the leadership. Prepares/Develops Prepares detailed reports on gift and endowment funding on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Prepares monthly journal entries to accurately reflect endowment and gift fund balances for the School of Medicine and its departments. Develops comprehensive contribution analyses for month-end and quarter-end reporting. Monitors/Manages Oversees the execution of gift spending plans developed by departments. Monitors departmental compliance with spending plans and communicates deficiencies and proposes remediation efforts associated with gift spending plans. Oversees the gift and endowment process, ensuring the optimal utilization of gifts and endowments. Tracks and monitors all gift and endowment-related activity. Ensures that incoming gifts are accompanied by appropriate gift and endowment agreements for review. Monitors endowment payout activities to ensure proper distribution. Monitors CAF assessments on gifts and endowments to ensure accurate reporting. Analyzes/Interprets Analyzes the financial impact of endowment and gift activities on month-end, quarter-end, and annual financial reports. Reviews available endowed and gift funding to ensure it is being used effectively, in alignment with donor intent and administrative obligations. Evaluates gift and endowment expenses, ensuring they are in compliance with donor restrictions. Collaborates with FJHM to prepare reports and analyze data relating to the usage of gift funds. Coordinates/Collaborates Establish partnership with FP&A colleagues; Faculty Practice colleagues; Research colleagues; Department Directors, Administrators, and Staff; University Controller; FJHM colleagues. Communicates with departments and central offices and ensures compliance with SOM and JHU policies as well as laws and regulations around gift and endowment management. Utilizes communication, organizational, and analytic skills required to achieve goals in a complex organization. Ensures School and department colleagues are aware of JHU and SOM gift and endowment policies. Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Advanced Excel skills, with demonstrated knowledge of Pivot tables, formulas and other functions required. Experience with other data reporting tools also required. Demonstrated knowledge of other Microsoft Office products, including Word and PowerPoint. Strong customer service orientation with an attention to detail, accuracy, and a dedicated focus on meeting established deadlines. Proven communication, organizational, and analytic skills in a complex organization. Understanding of and commitment to the mission. Ability to analyze data for budgeting, operations, auditing, accounts receivable, and reserve analysis. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field. Five years of 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. Preferred Qualifications Experience in research financial management and academic business operations. SAP accounting knowledge. Classified Title: Sr. Financial Analyst Job Posting Title (Working Title):Sr. Financial Analyst, Endowments & Gifts Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PD Starting Salary Range: $62,900 - $110,100 Annually ($86,500 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.00pm FLSA Status:Exempt Location:Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus Department name: SOM Admin Finance Operations Personnel area: School of Medicine 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. 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