R&R
Solution Centers
Open Questions
Who's Who
Mr. Stripey Pants Methodology
100

This role oversees procurement activities, ensures compliance with policies, manages supplier relationships, and leads sourcing strategies. They also provide Solution Center Specialists with guidance. 

Finance Solution Center Manager
100

This team processes staff and academic HR transactions (employee and job updates, terminations, etc.)

HR Solution Center

100

The working title of the role that oversees the Finance and HR Solution Center Leads has been referred to as ________________.

JHU Operations Exec / JHU Exec / TBD Exec

100

This person is the JHU Sightline Lead at Hopkins.

Fernanda Pio Roda

100

Mr. Stripey Pants is made up of four functions. HR, Supply Chain, Finance, and __________.

Sponsored Projects

200

This group prepares and processes travel and expense, completes P-Card transactions, and initiates supplier adds

Finance Solution Center

200

This is the vendor that Johns Hopkins has selected as the service management tool that will connect end users to the Solution Center.

ServiceNow

200

True or false: It is confirmed that Sightline will own the resources and branding of all OPM changes.

False - this is an open question for Laurent

200

This person is the Executive Director, Strategic HR Delivery at JHU

Cherita Hobbs

200

When identifying effort in the current state, two factors were considered: _________ and transactions

Title

300

This role fosters communication and collaboration between research administration positions across different divisions to address questions and share best practices.

Executive Director, Strategic Research Administration

(FKA Research Admin Community Lead)

300

True or false: The lead of the Finance Solution Center has been confirmed to be a manager role.

False: That role level is still TBD.

300

True or false: Johns Hopkins has decided that only managers will complete an activity study to understand the current state activities of each employee.

False - this is an open question.

300

This person is the CFO of JHU

Adile Quennarouch

300

This measure of effort counts 1.0 for any effort a person does in a function. Often compared with FTE.

Headcount

400

This role supports local implementation of HR initiatives, ensuring compliance and responsive service to faculty and staff. Reports through the DBO.

HR Generalist

400

True or false: The Finance Solution Center should serve as the first point of escalation for end users that have procurement questions.

True

400

This is the largest open category of transactions that Hopkins is debating including in the Solution Center (~100k transactions annually)

Non-PO payment requests

400

This Hopkins person has been leading the work of the HR Solution Center creation

April Floyd

400

In the current state, Mr. Stripey Pants is a generalist. In the future, (s)he will be a _____________.

Specialist

500

These roles are the liaison between chairs, faculty, and staff. They manage internal funding sources, manage faculty recruitment, and initiate appointments.

Director of Administration / Department Admins

500

True or false: SOM will not have a Solution Center.

False

500

True or false: All divisions are expected to implement OPM changes at the same time.

False -- BSPH, for example, is already moving forward with centralizing research admin, and HR has already changed their reporting lines in SOM.

500

This person is the Senior Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine and Vice Dean for Finance and Administration, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Cathy Wood

500

In the future state, Mr. Stripey Pants' transactional financial responsibilities will go to ________________.

Finance Solution Center

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