Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis - Specialty Products (Upstream)

What Financial Planning & Analysis contributes to Cardinal Health

Finance oversees the accounting, tax, financial plans and policies of the organization, establishes and maintains fiscal controls, prepares and interprets financial reports, oversees financial systems and safeguards the organization's assets.

Financial Planning & Analysis provides strategic partnership and objective guidance to business units. It leads cross functional efforts to enable forward looking, actionable insights with a focus on driving strategic value that influences key business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Finance partner for the Specialty Products Upstream Marketing team, who manages the Specialty product portfolio strategy, including product lifecycle management (PLM), new product launches, SKU rationalization, etc.

• Responsible for modeling the impact of new product launches and creating business cases for projects requiring capital; works closely with R&D, Manufacturing, Sourcing, regional teams to build projections

• Key participant in PLM process, which defines the strategy and key initiatives for each category

• Partners cross functionally with Planning, Downstream Marketing, International teams to build five-year demand plans for Specialty categories

• Responsible for budgeting, forecasting and reporting on the Specialty Upstream Marketing team expenses

• Creates monthly results review deck for Specialty

• Report on global sales and margin results and drivers for Specialty

• Partners closely with the US and International Finance teams supporting the downstream organization

• Manage the E&O inventory reserve process for the Specialty portfolio

• Help manage product allocation process between regions and resolve supply issues/expedited freight requests

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field preferred, or equivalent work experience preferred

• Intermediate/Advanced Microsoft Excel skills preferred

• Business Partnering experience preferred

Anticipated salary range: $105,100 - $150,100

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• 401k savings plan

• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Work-Life resources

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 06/30/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

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