Senior Financial Analyst

This position is responsible for supporting the quarterly forecasting and annual planning rhythms for the Gamete businesses (Sperm & Egg) as well as monthly variance analysis to actual results.  The individual will work closely with key business partners and the accounting team supporting these businesses to further develop and evolve forecasting models, support analysis for investment decisions and ensure business teams understand transactional activity to drive continuous improvement to results.

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women's healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life.

CooperSurgical is at the forefront of delivering innovative assisted reproductive technology and genomic solutions that enhance the work of ART professionals to the benefit of families. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to women's healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options.

CooperSurgical is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CooperCompanies (Nasdaq: COO). CooperSurgical, headquartered in Trumbull, CT, produces and markets a wide array of products and services for use by women's health care clinicians. More information can be found at www.coopersurgical.com .

• Ability to understand variances to actual results in the cost of goods sold area of the P&L and synthesize commentary to a higher level for monthly business reviews
• Responsible to ensure planning and forecasting meets key deadlines provided from the FP&A and Operations FP&A teams
• Actively participate in the annual budget process and quarterly forecast process through preparation of necessary analysis and reporting.  Provide instruction and answer questions relating to budget procedures, identify issues, provide solutions and resolve problems as they arise
• Experience with developing and maintaining models which derive the forecast based on key input assumptions is critical to this role
• Aggregation and forecasting of capital investment needs and support business partners on specific investment analysis decisions
• Analyze inventory, sales planning and production forecast within Gamete in order to forecast year ending inventory to determine appropriate quarterly reserve through the year
• Recommend process and mapping improvements to enable accurate reporting of key metrics
• Strong foundation of accounting understanding in order to be able to understand complex accounting in the Life Sciences areas particularly in Gamete.  Partnering with accounting team is key to be successful in this role.

Travel: 

Minimal travel <5%.  Visit key operational sites 1x/year or as necessary to participate in business sessions

• Prior experience within a manufacturing environment is a plus; understanding of standard cost is strongly desired, but the aptitude to understand unique business models and tailor solutions is essential
• Direct, hands-on experience in creating, tracking and controlling actual, forecast and budget metrics
• Quickness of comprehension, willingness to be hands-on and ability to understand a map through multiple sets of complex Global Charts of Accounts
• Solid acumen and experience with a Financial Consolidation system is a must have (HFM, Adaptive Planning or similar)
• Willingness to take an active role and dig in with your business partners
• Aptitude to and experience with creating financial models within excel to integrate input assumptions to develop a forecast output
• Ability to analyze actual vs. plan results and summarize underlying drivers of variances as well as providing clear and succinct interpretation of results to management
• Excellent Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Teams skills (pivot tables, lookups, sumifs, graphs/charts, etc)
• Prior experience with Navision, Microsoft Dynamics (D365) or a similar ERP system is a plus
• Ability to participate in multi-cultural, global operating environment working with multiple levels of the organization
• Solid foundational understanding of accounting principles, including general working knowledge of US GAAP & SOX; some experience with accounting activity is strongly desired

Work Environment:

• This role is based in an office environment.
• Travel as required to visit related operational sites
• Multi-cultural environment with global interactions
• Role may be partially hybrid, but minimum 2