Senior Financial Analyst

Working at Real Chemistry and in the healthcare industry isn’t just a job for us. We got into this field for different reasons, but we all stay for the same reason – to uncover insights, make meaningful connections, infuse creativity, and improve the patient experience by transforming healthcare through AI and ideas.

Real Chemistry creates the world around modern therapies with over 2,000 talented professionals, and for the last 20+ years has, carved out its space at the intersection between healthcare, marketing and communications, data & AI, and the people at the heart of it all. We work with the top 30 pharma and biotech companies and are built for uncommon collaboration—we believe we are best together, bring together experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be. This one-of-a-kind model allows us to work in a way that better reflects how people experience healthcare—all with the intent to transform healthcare from what it is to what it should be. But we can’t do it alone – you in?

Real Chemistry is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join our growing team!  

As an integral member of the team, the Senior Financial Analyst assists the FP&A team with budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for all SG&A departments including our People, Legal, Accounting & Finance, IT, Internal Comms, Operations, Executive, and Selling departments. The ideal candidate is proactive, driven, and resourceful, with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data. You will be a critical part of a highly visible cross-functional team and will help drive strategic decision making. This person will help support business relationships with Senior corporate leaders across the organization and will also partner closely with our accounting and payables teams. This is a terrific opportunity to join a dynamic, fast-growing global agency with over 2,000 employees!

This is a hybrid role, based in any of our US offices—including New York City, Boston, Chicago, Carmel, or San Francisco—or remotely within the US, depending on team and business needs.

What you’ll do: 

• This person will help support business relationships with corporate leaders across the organization and will also partner closely with our accounting, payables and procurement teams

• Support the annual budgeting, quarterly reforecasting, strategic planning and variance analysis processes for SG&A/OPEX expenses for all departments

• Support monthly close process through close partnership with the accounting team

• Create and report out monthly & quarterly internal reporting for budget owners, senior management, including insightful analyses to explain trends and any variance to plans

• Identify key trends and potential risks & opportunities across the business

• Work cross functionally to evaluate strategic initiatives and associated financial impacts and help to incorporate into financial plans

• Run ad-hoc analyses for cross functional leaders and management

• Assist in preparation of monthly financial reporting decks used by senior leadership including board of director materials

• Continuously look to increase efficiency through process automation

• Conduct comprehensive labor and headcount analysis, while maintaining the highest level of confidentiality regarding sensitive employee information

• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and tracking actuals for company-wide non-recurring items

• Active participation in integrating acquisitions by incorporating the acquired company's SG&A expenses into the existing financial framework

This position is a perfect fit for you if: 

• ​Our Company values – Best Together, Impact-Obsessed, Excellence Expected, Evolve Always and Accountability with an “I” – really speak to you. 

• You are adaptable, resilient, and OK with adjusting your scope, responsibilities, and focus as we grow. When things change, so do we. We’re always evolving. 

• You are proactive, driven, and resourceful with strong prioritization skills and a desire to dive into the data. 

• You are highly organized self-starter, able to work independently and under tight deadlines. 

What you should have:  

• 3+ years of experience in FP&A / corporate finance, prior experience developing and assisting cross-functional relationships is highly recommended

• Bachelor’