Senior Specialist, US Vaccines Financial Planning & Analysis

Job Description

Under the supervision of the Business Unit Finance Director, the Senior Specialist will support the goals of US Commercial team and growth of our Company’s Human Health business. The Senior Specialist will develop a deep understanding of their business area and participate in forecasting, budgeting, and financial evaluation activity. The Senior Specialist will work closely with cross functional teams, including marketing, sales, pricing, legal, compliance and corporate teams to evaluate business performance and leverage new technologies.

A successful candidate will have an intrinsic curiosity about the healthcare industry, a dedication to serving customers, a passion for learning, and an eagerness to collaborate across a broad network of stakeholders to solve business challenges.

This position supports the US Vaccines portfolio team and is based in Upper Gwynedd, PA.

Key responsibilities include:

•  Support the delivery of FP&A activities (Monthly Close, Budget, Long Range Operating Plan, and other forecasts) for Pediatric and Hepatitis ($300M+) business areas, including evaluation of performance relative to forecast in close partnership with marketing, contracting and manufacturing.

• Maintain strict focus on compliance, ensuring integrity of reported financial results and forward-looking estimates by leveraging analytical models and research tools, contributing to an effective transistion and ongoing support of forecast automation.

• Track and analyze on drivers of product performance (e.g. customer inventory and market demand assessments, market share, sales performance on a customer segment level basis). Assist with presentations of revenue results and forecasts.

• Partner with the demand planning COE to submit and present accurate demand plans, a critical stewardship activity.

• Support implementation of best practices to ensure forecasting accuracy and contribute to the standardization and simplification of portfolio-wide processes where possible.

Position Qualifications

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business-related discipline

• Minimum 2 years experience in Finance / Accounting or business analytics role.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Strong compliance focus, financial acumen, analytical skills and knowledge of planning and reporting processes

• Desire to develop business acumen and provide strategic guidance

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to build diverse relationships

• Expertise in Excel, Power Point, Thinkcell and SAP and financial reporting systems

• Comfortable employing financial modeling methods and tools to collect, analyze, synthesize and validate financial data to identify issues and drive business decisions

• Ability to adopt and apply new technology, techniques, and ways of working in partnership with Digital Data & Analytics teams.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

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