Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Analyst, Financial Planning and AnalysisFuel smarter decisions and operational excellence at our flagship manufacturing site. As an Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis in College Station, Texas, you will be a critical partner to site leadership—translating operational activity into accurate plans, clear insights, and timely actions that improve cost discipline, forecast accuracy, and performance. Your work will enhance transparency, strengthen controls, and directly support on-time delivery and quality across the facility—creating a measurable impact on our site's success and the broader organization.The work we do at FUJIFILM Biotechnologies Texas has never been more important—and we are looking for passionate, mission-driven people like you who want to make a real difference in people's lives.From developing the next vaccine to advancing cell and gene therapies, we collaborate with industry leaders to tackle complex challenges and deliver meaningful solutions.If you're ready to help transform the future of medicine, join FUJIFILM Biotechnologies. We offer a flexible work environment and we're proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your passion, energy, and drive—what we call Genki.Our state-of-the-art biomanufacturing facility is located in College Station, Texas, which combines a small-town feel with vibrant culture, top-notch schools, and close proximity to big city life. Nestled between major hubs, it's a dynamic location that blends convenience with innovation.Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of "giving our world more smiles."What you will doPlan, forecast, and model site performanceLead assigned portions of the annual budget, re-budget, rolling and monthly forecasts in line with site and corporate timelines.Build and maintain detailed indirect overhead budgets and forecasts by department and cost center; maintain financial models, hierarchies, planning assumptions, templates, reconciliations, and key performance indicators.Prepare monthly outlooks and executive-ready reporting packages, dashboards, and presentations; automate recurring reports to improve timeliness and accuracy.Monitor results and explain variances with clear, actionable insightsTrack actuals versus budget, forecast, and prior periods across indirect overhead categories (labor, contracted services, supplies, facilities, maintenance, utilities, information technology, travel, training, and other operating expenses).Produce monthly cost-center reports and concise narratives that explain key variances, business drivers, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.Identify emerging cost trends and forecast gaps; investigate root causes with budget owners and operational leaders and escalate material issues to the Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis.Strengthen month-end integrity and data accuracySupport Day 3 flash and other periodic reporting by gathering, validating, and analyzing operational and financial information.Reconcile data across the general ledger, enterprise resource planning system, planning tools, and reporting outputs; resolve inconsistencies.Partner with Accounting on month-end activities affecting indirect overhead (accruals, prepayments, cost reclassifications) and review accrual estimates and open commitments with business owners.Own indirect overhead cost managementMaintain a clear view of the site's indirect overhead structure, cost centers, spending categories, and financial drivers; validate assumptions tied to operating requirements, production activity, staffing, facilities, and approved initiatives.Track commitments and full-year outlook; review purchase orders, invoices, recurring expenses, contracts, and other inputs to surface timing issues, duplicate charges, unplanned spend, and forecast changes.Create cost-center scorecards and trend analyses; analyze metrics (e.g., cost per unit, per employee, or per department) where supported by reliable data.Support corrective action plans for unfavorable variances; evaluate cost-saving opportunities while balancing operational needs, compliance, service levels, and business continuity.Standardize cost-management practices, definitions, reporting calendars, and forecast assumptions across site functions.Enable cross-functional decision support and toolingPartner with Operations, Commercial, Program Management, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Technology, Accounting, Procurement, Facilities, and Corporate Finance to improve financial transparency.Validate timing of expenses, staffing plans, purchase commitments, and service agreements with cost-center owners.Support cost allocation, shared-service, and interdepartmental charge analyses; promote effective use of enterprise resource planning, planning, business intelligence, and reporting tools.Uphold controls, audits, and complianceAdhere to financial policies, internal controls, and Japan Sarbanes–Oxley and Sarbanes–Oxley requirements.Prepare schedules, reconciliations, explanations, and documentation for internal and external audits.Lead or support ad hoc financial analyses, cost-control initiatives, process improvements, and special projects as assigned.Why this role matters to College Station and the organizationSite performance multiplier: Your analysis and forecasting will directly improve cost visibility and predictability at our College Station, Texas facility—accelerating sound decisions, protecting margins, and enabling reliable delivery for our customers.Enterprise impact: The models, controls, and reporting you build locally will inform best practices across the network, strengthening governance and scaling continuous improvement.Better outcomes for patients: By elevating financial discipline around the operations that support manufacturing, you help ensure resources are invested where they matter most—supporting quality, speed, and dependability.Required skills and abilitiesKnowledge of financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting concepts, financial modeling, and management reporting.Demonstrated experience analyzing and managing indirect overhead or operating expenses in a manufacturing, industrial, life sciences, or comparable site environment.Ability to understand cost-center structures, expense categories, budget ownership, spending drivers, and financial controls.Ability to convert financial and operational data into concise, actionable insights for business partners.Strong analytical, problem-solving, reconciliation, and variance-analysis skills.Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, data analysis, and financial modeling.Experience with an enterprise resource planning system, such as SAP or a comparable system.Experience with enterprise planning or business intelligence tools, such as Anaplan, Adaptive, Hyperion, Microsoft Power BI, or Tableau, is preferred.Working knowledge of general ledger activity, accruals, prepayments, purchase orders, commitments, and month-end close processes.Working knowledge of revenue recognition, financial controls, and audit support is preferred.Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financial information to non-Finance stakeholders.Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet recurring reporting deadlines, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.High ownership, attention to detail, sound judgment, and a continuous-improvement mindset.Ability to build effective working relationships with cost-center owners and cross-functional partners.Minimum qualificationsBachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or a related field.Three or more years of relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, cost analysis, manufacturing finance, accounting, or a related discipline.Experience preparing or supporting budgets, forecasts, monthly reporting, and variance analysis.Experience managing, monitoring, or analyzing indirect overhead or other manufacturing-site operating costs.Experience partnering with operational or functional leaders to understand spending drivers and improve cost visibility.Preferred qualificationsExperience supporting finance activities at a manufacturing site or other complex operating location.Experience with SAP or a comparable enterprise resource planning system.Experience with Anaplan, Adaptive, Hyperion, Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, or comparable planning and reporting tools.Experience supporting financial controls, Japan Sarbanes–Oxley and Sarbanes–Oxley requirements, and internal or external audits.Experience analyzing labor, contractor, facilities, maintenance, utilities, procurement, or shared-service costs.Progress toward a professional certification,