We are seeking a Fund Accountant who will monitor and ensure compliance with fund accounting, balance sheet management, and philanthropic funds processes for the School of Medicine.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Coordinates
- Monitor all fund types to ensure appropriate and accurate accounting, balance sheet management, including philanthropic restricted funds.
- Advise fund deployment opportunities and fund balance by source for spend opportunities.
- Monitor balance sheet fund reconciliations to ensure deficits across funds do not exist.
Applies
- Apply understanding of JHU and SOM policy as well as GASB regulations around fund management.
Creates/Prepares/Develops
- Prepare financial statements and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, long-range plans, and 'what-if' scenarios as needed.
Analyzes/Interprets
- Analyze financial statements and fund performance to inform fund balance and deployment decisions and perform reconciliations, report preparation, and analyses.
Manages
- Manage the fund accounting, balance sheet management, and philanthropic funds processes.
- Prepare balance sheet fund reconciliations, perform funds maintenance, prepare financial reports, and conduct analyses.
Problem Solving
- Ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies around funds management.
- Alert leadership of potential fund balance issues and offer remediation strategies.
Thinking Critically
- Identify spend opportunities and provide fund balance and fund deployment advice for leadership.
- Suggest and implement enhancements to funds management and policies based on knowledge of the process and relevant compliance and other issues.
Trains/Communicates
- Ensure relevant stakeholders are aware of SOM and JHU policy as well as laws and regulations around fund management.
Collaborates
- Partner with Manager of Business Ops; FP&A colleagues; Faculty Practice Colleagues; research colleagues; Department Directors, Administrators, and Staff; University Controller; JHHS/JHM colleagues.
Additional Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Understanding of and commitment to the Johns Hopkins Medicine mission.
Minimum Qualifications
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- A minimum of two years of progressively responsible financial and business operations experience, preferably in a large and complex organization.
- Proven communication, organizational, and analytic skills in a complex organization.
Classified Title: Accountant
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Fund Accountant
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PB
Starting Salary Range: $45,700 - $80,000 Annually ($63,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 37.50
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Admin Finance Operations
Personnel area: School of Medicine
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