Assistant Director, Budget and Reporting

Johns Hopkins Medicine•Baltimore, MD

33d•$49 - $86

About The Position

Responsible for budget development, coordination, and execution for assigned areas in Johns Hopkins Medicine (Entity Budget Process, which includes 6 hospitals, additional healthcare-related entities, administrative services, etc). This position serves as the coordinator for JHM's budget preparation and reporting solutions. This person will collaborate with both central and JHM affiliate teams to ensure that budget guidelines are adhered to, processes are completed promptly, and budget data is accurate and tracked regularly, thus creating a credible and consistent repository for budget reporting and analysis across JHM. Reporting to the Executive Director, Budget & Financial Analysis JHM, this position will require detailed knowledge of budgeting systems and direct working relationships with Decision Support and affiliate financial teams to ensure system readiness for annual budgeting. Responsibilities include both volume/capacity planning, FTE forecasting, and financial preparation, preparing budgeting tools for end-user access, and coordination with various stakeholders to publish instructions, guidelines, and budget assumptions for the affiliates. Prior experience with StrataJazz is essential. This role will support the Executive Director, Budget & Financial Analysis JHM, in efforts already underway to standardize the JHM operating budget process and utilization of our decision support tool across JHM, which includes a transition from EPSi to Strata budgeting over the next 18 months. Longer-term goals will include working in tandem with IT and Decision Support to continue the current efforts to consistently utilize our system capabilities across JHM affiliates, supporting the Executive Director in the integration of capital budgeting and forecasting into the annual operating budget process, and the establishment of standard management reporting capabilities to support financial analysis across JHM.

Requirements

Requires a professional level of knowledge in finance or accounting equivalent to that acquired through completion of a Bachelor's degree program in a college or university.
Seven (7) plus years of progressively responsible experience in financial and cost accounting, operating expense budgeting, and annual operating plan development, preferably in a hospital or healthcare setting environment, including two (2)years of management capacity.
Requires experience in developing and presenting financial information to audiences of various levels, and coordinating staff in providing support services to clients in decentralized or consulting environments.
Prior experience with StrataJazz is essential.