Finance Analyst

Finance Analyst

Pay Range: $30 to $35 an hour.

Client Industry: Pharmaceutical

Job Mode: Hybrid – Monday & Friday Remote; Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Onsite. (Flexibility is required to work onsite on Mondays or Fridays when business needs, projects, or deadlines require.)

Duration: 12 Months Contract (Possibility of Extension based on business needs and performance)

Job Summary:

This position supports a Finance team within a large enterprise environment by driving financial process improvements, planning activities, reporting, and ad hoc financial analysis.

The role will focus on improving the structure, efficiency, and automation of financial planning and consolidation files.

The position will support financial planning cycles, budget tracking, monthly close activities, variance analysis, and management reporting.

The ideal candidate will have strong financial and analytical capabilities along with advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, Power Query, SAP BPC, and ERP systems.

Strong organizational, communication, problem solving, and business partnership skills are essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist Finance leadership with improving the structure, efficiency, and automation of financial planning and consolidation files.
• Review financial working papers and identify opportunities to remove, modify, standardize, or add content.
• Establish standardized spending categories and frameworks across financial working files.
• Support automation and refresh processes for ERP system actuals within financial planning files.
• Develop and improve processes for landing, integrating, and refreshing financial data.
• Assist with financial planning, Latest Best Estimate, and Long Range Planning cycles using SAP BPC.
• Support promotional, marketing, and sales force budget tracking and analysis.
• Analyze monthly actual results against financial plans and forecasts to identify risks, variances, and opportunities.
• Assist with monthly close activities, including headcount reporting and variance analysis.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages and highlight key financial trends, issues, risks, and opportunities.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required.
• Provide backup support and coverage for Finance team members when needed.
• Support ongoing financial process improvement and automation initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 4 or more years of Finance or Accounting experience.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and Power Query.
• Strong understanding and experience with SAP BPC and ERP systems.
• Experience supporting financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, or consolidation activities.
• Experience performing variance analysis and analyzing actual results against financial plans or forecasts.
• Strong financial, analytical, and problem solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly.
• Strong business partnership and cross functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience automating Excel based financial reporting or planning processes.
• Advanced Power BI dashboard development experience.
• Experience with financial data automation and integration.
• Experience supporting management reporting and executive level financial presentations.
• Experience with promotional, marketing, or sales force budget management.

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable