Senior Financial Analyst

It’s More Than a Career, It’s a Mission.

Our people are the foundation of our success. By joining our growing team at Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI), a subsidiary of McKesson, you will have the opportunity to become part of one of the largest community-based cancer programs to advance oncology treatments and improve outcomes for cancer patients across the globe. We look for mission-driven candidates who have a desire to advance the fight against cancer and make a difference in the lives of patients diagnosed with cancer every day.

Our Mission

People who live with cancer – those who work to prevent it, fight it, and survive it – are at the heart of every decision we make. Bringing the most innovative medical minds together with the most passionate caregivers in their communities, we are transforming care and personalizing treatment. Through clinical excellence and cutting-edge research, SCRI is redefining cancer care around the world.

Support Research Operations from a financial point-of-view with accurate analyses, effective reporting, financial processes such as budgeting and forecasting, and insightful financial advice.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Developing departmental budgets along with appropriate variances analyses using historical data and insightful prediction techniques to propose recommendations

• Analyzing variances to standard and detecting root causes

• Analyzing historical trends and interpreting them toward predicting future performance based on cause-and-effect relationships

• Developing forecasting models including appropriate variance analyses using historical data and insightful prediction techniques to propose recommendations

• Preparing the Monthly Operating Report for executive management supported by the appropriate data and variance analysis complete with root cause research

• Developing business plans for new ventures, partnerships, and other business relationships providing rationale and justification for positions taken

• Interpreting contract language and independently building financial models that conform to agreement details including what-if models

• Completing financial analyses that accurately reflect business health including contribution margin, EBITDA, ROI etc. along with full explanation and interpretation of results

• Designing reports that communicate performance, identify issues, and contribute to better management decisions including the identification and exploitation of best practices

• Developing profitability analyses for business segments, studies, sponsors, lines of business, etc. using insightful, cost-driver based processes

• Monitoring performance to metrics, explaining variances, and offering ideas for performance improvements

• Analyzing staffing requirements based on activity drivers, monitoring trends, tracking variances, and developing projections with predictive insight

• Initiating and leading process improvement initiatives inside the department as well as cross functionally

• Extracting appropriate data from supporting systems and preparing ad hoc analyses and reports that serve to inform management and improve operations

• Supporting assigned business lines with insightful financial advice based on thorough analyses

Mandatory: The following are mandatory expectations of all SCRI employees.

• Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” philosophy and “Mission and Value Statement.”

• During your employment with SCRI, you will be routinely assigned training requirements. You are expected to complete any training assignments by the due date.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree preferred

• 3+ years of experience as a financial analyst

• Experience with business models and performance metrics related to healthcare or clinical research 

• Advanced knowledge of financial and accounting concepts

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint user

• A Power user of software applications in extracting and analyzing data 

• Self-directed problem solver showing individual initiative with strong work ethic 

• Experienced in presenting effectively and convincingly 

• Naturally curious regarding cause and effect, developing models as a result 

• Able to analyze data and drawing insightful inferences from them 

• A professional communicator orally and in writing 

About Sara