Associate Director, Finance

Job Overview

Directs financial planning and accounting practices including: budgeting, costing, financial analysis, and long range forecasting. Partners with the business, providing subject matter expertise and direction for the business/function on financial and accounting issues.

Essential Functions
• Understands business partner/client markets and translates strategy into proactive plans to enable successful achievement of business results.
• Ensures that the recording, measurement and reporting of all financial transactions adhere to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), internal IQVIA corporate policies and procedures, government regulations and local business requirements.
• Develops specific business metrics that support timely and actionable information flow for daily operational and long-term strategic planning purposes.
• Directs all aspects of planning and estimation processes related to annual budgeting and strategic plans as well as monthly forecasts.
• May develop pricing strategies, policies and analysis.
• Provides monthly financial reporting to constituencies.
• Serves as key focal point between the head of the business/function supported and the regional CFO or next line management to ensure the business/function is synchronized with the regional plan.
• Ensures achievement of business financial targets by monitoring spending, providing insight, and early warning.
• Identifies and monitors areas of risk and/or opportunity and their financial impact on the business.
• Reviews and analyzes new business initiatives and investments to ensure that they conform with local and IQVIA strategic vision and achieve or exceed minimum return on investment requirements.
• Manages HR, legal, tax and treasury specific financial analysis.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree Graduate degree or equivalent preferred - in Finance, Accounting or Financial Management
• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in business analysis, accounting and finance
• Strong knowledge of US and Greek GAAP
• Knowledge of financial systems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as strong leadership and focus.
• Proven record of results working with senior management.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to translate business issues into financial requirements.
• Technical proficiency with financial application software is essential especially Hyperion and SAP.
• High level of integrity and self-confidence.
• CPA - Certified Public Accountant CPA or other professional financial certification will be considered as an asset.

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