We are seeking a Financial Controls Accountant who will set internal controls for the School and departments, and manages adherence to these controls through audit testing, monitoring, and continuous improvement activities.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Coordinates

• Meets regularly with JHU Controller's Office and Internal Audit to set and monitor adherence to internal controls for the School and identify areas for process improvement.
• Communicates regularly to ensure the central repository of curated policies and procedures is compliant and updated.
• Ensures a similar structure is deployed at the department level through a regular review and testing of established controls.
• Assists in preparation, analyzing, and communicating various analyses associated with the SOM annual external audit by KPMG.

Applies

• Applies knowledge of financial controls and policies at the school and department level.

Creates/Prepares/Develops

• Develops internal controls documents and communication, tests the effectiveness of internal controls via sampled data, and employs other activities to encourage a properly balanced control environment.

Analyzes/Interprets

• Conducts audits, monitoring, and process improvement activities to inform adherence to internal controls.

Manages

• Manages adherence to internal controls through back-end reporting, sample audits and other means to monitor activity.
• Manages Operational Process Transformation activities, delegates cross-functional work to complete them, and creates recommendations on additional areas for enhancement.
• Oversees development of policy and procedure documentation for internal processes, recommends and implements improvements and efficiencies.

Problem Solving

• Addresses issues with adherence to internal controls if they arise, including escalating the problem to the Associate Director of Financial Reporting or the JHU Controller.

Thinking Critically

• Sets the internal controls for the School through regular meetings with JHU Controller's Office, knowledge of internal controls, and knowledge of the School and departments.
• Ensures a similar structure is employed at the department level based on knowledge of departments and their activities.

Trains/Communicates

• Ensures that School and department colleagues are familiar with internal controls and adherence to them.

Collaborates

• Partner with Director of Financial Reporting; FP&A colleagues; Faculty Practice Colleagues; Research Colleagues; Analytics Colleagues; Department Directors, Administrators, and Staff; University Budget; University Controller; Internal Audit; JHHS/JHM Finance Colleagues.

Additional Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Communication, organizational and analytic skills.
• Ability to analyze data for budgeting, operations, auditing, accounts receivable, and reserve analysis.
• Understanding of and commitment to the Johns Hopkins mission.

Any specific physical requirements for the job

• Sitting in a normal seated position for extended periods of time.
• Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard.
• Occasionally lifting, carrying objects weighing 10lbs. or less.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Business, Finance or related field with no experience OR Bachelor's degree in unrelated field with two years of progressively responsible related experience.

• Additional education (related Master's degree) may substitute for required experience if bachelor's degree is in an unrelated field, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
• Strong Excel skills and proficiency with overall MS Office Suite.

• Experience in a large and complex organization.
  

• Experience in establishing and monitoring an effective financial controls environment in academic business operations.
  

• Experience auditing, assessing, and documenting internal control policies and procedures.
  

• Experience in process improvement, process reengineering, project management, change management, or related roles.
  

• Working knowledge of SAP system.

Classified Title: Accountant 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Financial Controls Accountant   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PB  
Starting Salary Range: $46,200 - $80,800 Annually ($61,400 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.00pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ???????SOM Admin Finance Operations  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

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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