Johns Hopkins Sightline: Unleash Your Impact

The Johns Hopkins Sightline Business Modernization Project is more than just a job - it's a mission. We're tearing down walls to unleash the full potential of our people. Baltimore, ranked a top 2024 destination by the New York Times, is your backdrop as you join a dynamic and entrepreneurial team to reimagine the way Johns Hopkins works. We're not just simplifying processes and transforming technology - we're empowering people to focus on what matters most: research, teaching, patient care and community impact.

Does this sound like you?

• Thrive in fast-paced environments with daily new challenges and opportunities.
• Are passionate about simplifying complex systems to change people?s lives.
• Believe in transformation that empowers, not hinders, the front-line people.
• Have experience in process improvement, technology implementation, or project management.
• Enjoy analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Communicate clearly with a team.
• Possess a desire to grow and learn.

Joining Sightline means you?ll:

• Work with cutting-edge technology.
• Join a collaborative team of experts in higher education and healthcare.
• Build new skills with a team that encourages creativity, innovation, and personal growth.
• Gain valuable experience and expertise in process improvement, technology implementation, and change management. 
• Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package that includes health insurance, retirement savings plans, telework options, and generous paid time off.

Become an architect of change and help shape the future of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Health System alongside a passionate team in Baltimore's vibrant hub.

JHU Finance Program Director/Business Systems Analyst (4 Levels)

The Program Director/Business Systems Analyst roles encompass four distinct levels of expertise within the Johns Hopkins University: Business Systems Analyst I, Business Systems Analyst II, Senior Business Systems Analyst, and Program Director. Each level plays a critical role in Sightline?s success in implementing and optimizing our new ERP system. Successful candidates will be assigned to a specific level based on a combination of their interest and the amount of related experience and education.

General Position Summary:

The Finance Program Director/Business Systems Analyst team focuses on transforming and optimizing financial operations through the new ERP system. Analysts will work closely with finance stakeholders to understand financial processes for all critical subprocesses. By identifying and implementing process improvements and technical solutions, the team ensures accurate financial data management and reporting, enhances decision-making capabilities, and supports the organization's financial health and compliance with regulatory requirements.

As a valued member of the finance team, you will specialize in one or more of these crucial sub-processes: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Budget and Forecasting, Endowments, Fixed Assets and Project Accounting, General Ledger, Reporting, Tax, Treasury, Travel and Expense.

1. Business Systems Analyst I will serve as a business function and system expert for module(s) or sub-modules(s) of the new ERP System focusing on understanding and documenting basic Finance business processes. Working closely with internal stakeholders, the Business Systems Analyst I will utilize those requirements to identify appropriate technical solutions and any associated business process enhancements for the future state system. The position will also be responsible for contributing to associated testing and training activities including documentation and execution.

2. Business Systems Analyst II will include all of the responsibilities above but will expand to include the identification and documentation of requirements for moderately complex business processes. The successful candidate will also be responsible for project management for smaller sub-projects within the Finance functional area.

3. Senior Business Systems Analyst will be responsible for all of the above but will expand to include the identification and documentation of requirements for highly complex processes and moderately sized sub-projects within the Finance functional area. As a more experienced analyst, this position provides ongoing mentorship and guidance to those in the Business Systems Analyst I and II positions.

4. The Program Director will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for a Finance functional team of analysts in support of one or more modules within the new ERP system. The position will lead a team of analysts to guarantee highly effective execution of core discovery, implementation, and testing activities for the Finance functional area including defining standards and processes to ensure conformity with overarching project requirements. The successful candidate will lead project management for the team and ensure alignment with the overall Project Sightline leadership and the broader project team for the Finance functional area.

Full job descriptions for each of the four positions are available here.

Minimum Requirements

All levels require a bachelor?s degree. Business Systems Analyst II, Sr. Business Systems Analyst, and Program Director will require experience with varied interpersonal and technical skills, along with demonstrated skills in interacting with members from all organizational levels to diagnose problems, develop, and implement that could be process or technically oriented. The Program Director will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for a functional team of analysts in support of one or more modules within the new ERP system.

Business Systems Analyst I

• Requires 4 years of progressively responsible experience working in the Finance functional area or working in systems analysis.
• Requires two years? experience as an ERP user.

Business Systems Analyst II

• Requires six years of progressively responsible experience working in the Finance functional area or working in systems analysis.
• Requires three years of experience as an ERP system user.

Sr. Business Systems Analyst

• Requires eight years of progressively responsible experience working in the Finance functional area or working in systems analysis.
• Requires four years of experience as an ERP system user.

Program Director

• Requires ten years of progressively responsible experience working in the Finance functional area or working in systems analysis.
• Requires six years of experience as an ERP system user and some experience leading projects.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a higher education, academic medical center, and/or health care setting.

• Experience with a cloud-based ERP solution such as Workday, Oracle, or SAP.
• Experience with scoping, requirements gathering/definition, documentation, testing, training, and support.
• Lead position: Strategic leadership experience
• Additional experience may substitute for missing education and additional education may substitute for missing experience..

Special Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to listen and effectively synthesize information from subject matter experts; the ability to write and present clearly and concisely; and the ability to facilitate effective meetings and engage participants.
• Ability to create highly effective business analysis and project management artifacts.
• Ability to understand, analyze and document dependencies and impacts in a highly integrated system or within overlapping business processes.
• Ability to effectively work with loosely defined or high-level requirements and schedules.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft applications, especially Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to function effectively within a structured project management environment.
• Ability to provide mentorship and guidance to newer analyst
• Ability to lead, build, and develop highly collaborative cross-functional teams; ability to effectively supervise analyst with a range of experience.

Classified Title: Depends on hire
Role/Level/Range: Depends on hire
Starting Salary Range:  (Low end of PD $62,900 - High end of PG $175,000; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt  
Personnel area: University Administration 

This salary range does not include all components of the Sightline compensation program. This position may be eligible for a discretionary retention and performance bonus, based on individual performance and the project's performance, as determined by the Vice President, Financial and Administrative Systems, Sightline in their sole discretion. Therefore, the actual compensation paid to the selected candidate may vary slightly from the salary range stated herein.

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.

Show more

Show less

Connections working at Johns Hopkins University