Financial Officer, SOM Faculty Practice (School of Medicine - Central Finance)

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is seeking a Financial Officer, SOM Faculty Practice. The Financial Officer supports the school’s Faculty Practice team by performing complex financial modeling, analysis, and planning to inform department-specific operational and strategic decisions. This role independently evaluates financial performance, develops models and tools, and provides data-driven recommendations to departmental and SOM leadership. The Financial Officer builds strong relationships with assigned departments, serves as a subject-matter expert on Faculty Practice financial operations, and proactively identifies risks to drive solutions that align with mission, compliance, and fiscal objectives.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as the financial partner for departments, maintaining ongoing communication to ensure alignment between departmental goals, financial performance, and Faculty Practice priorities.
• Influence departmental decision-making by providing credible, data driven recommendations, using benchmarking, productivity analysis, and scenario modeling.
• Exercise independent judgment in identifying financial risks, operational issues, and opportunities for improvement; elevate concerns to leadership with clear, actionable solutions.
• Develop, refine, and maintain complex financial models.
• Conduct sensitivity analyses, assess financial risks, and quantify implications to inform decision-making by departmental and SOM leadership.
• Prepare detailed budget submissions, multiyear forecasts, variance analyses, performance decks, and executive level materials for departmental leadership.
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear narratives, recommendations, and options for audiences with varying levels of financial expertise.
• Design and implement financial and analytical processes that improve accuracy, efficiency, and decision support across assigned areas.
• Maintain accountability for high quality, timely work products and ensure all analyses and recommendations adhere to institutional policies, internal controls, and compliance standards.
• Maintain a high level of professional accountability, managing competing priorities autonomously, and ensuring consistent follow-through on commitments.
• Contribute to standard operating procedure development.
• Use various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's Degree
• Five years of progressively responsible budget and financial analysis 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.

• Master’s Degree in Finance, Business, Public Administration or related field
• Related experience in higher education or academic medicine.

Classified Title: Financial Officer 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Financial Officer, SOM Faculty Practice (School of Medicine - Central Finance)   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE  
Starting Salary Range: $75,135 - $131,510 Annually ($100,000 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 Faculty Practice   
Personnel area: School of Medicine