Sr. Spclst, Fin. Planning & Analysis

Job Description

Position Description:

Reporting into the Finance Director, Large Molecule External Manufacturing, the Senior Specialist within our Manufacturing Division, External Manufacturing (ExM) Finance team will support Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) associated with budget, forecast, LROP, and actuals reporting processes as well as partner and provide business support to assigned areas of the ExM business.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide ongoing financial business support to ExM Vaccines Focus Factory team.

• Support forecast, budget and LROP preparation and submission.

• Execute on monthly close activities as well as provide key insights to leadership on actual results including, projects, other spending, discards, and manufacturing variances.

• Lead the forecasting and reporting for prepaid across all ExM Finance

• Manage financial controls associated with overall External Manufacturing balance sheet items.

• Lead the ExM capital and supplier investment process, including forecasting and reporting, as well as investment monitoring to ensure accounting treatment is compliance with accounting rules.

• Develop and recommend new and/or improved methods, plans, policies, and changes in present practices for the purpose of accumulating, reporting and controlling costs.

• Provide finance support for any other ad hoc request that may develop.

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• BS/BA required, preferably in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 2 years of demonstrated experience in an accounting, finance or forecasting related role.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, collaboration, and problem solving skills

• Ability to lead through change and ambiguity

• Good knowledge of systems (e.g. Excel, Powerpoint, SAP, PowerBI or other analytical tools)

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated experience in a manufacturing or cost accounting related role.

• MBA/CPA

• Ability to work independently and be decisive in ambiguous environment

• Excellent data analytics required alongside ability to take an assumptions-based approach.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Required Skills:

Adaptability, Adaptability, Budget Analysis, Business Financial Planning, Business Management, Business Partnerships, Business Planning, Communication, Cost Accounting, Cost Management, Data Forecasting, Data Visualization, Detail-Oriented, Economic Research, Finance, Finance Strategy, Financial Advising, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Management, Financial Modeling, Financial Review, Investments Analysis, Leadership, Planning Budgeting And Forecasting (PBF) {+ 3 more}

Preferred Skills:

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