| Position Title: | Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist | Department: | Accounting |
| Reports To: | VP of Finance | Work Location: | East Brunswick |
| Position Summary: |
| The Financial Planning & Analysis Specialist is responsible for assessing key business trends, understanding their implications, and working with the business on tactics and strategies to maximize performance. A key responsibility will be to take data/inputs and turn them into information and output, that leads to positive outcomes for the enterprise. A strong candidate will be able to synthesize and present the data in a way that helps management understand the market landscape leading to positive results. Collaborating cross-functionally, possessing a creative problem-solving, mindset, and showing a strong curiosity about what drives results are critical success factors for the role. |
| Essential Duties & Responsibilities: |
| • Analyzes business trends and what they imply for future results
• Assessing Risks and Opportunities based on current performance and trends • Leads and aligns financial forecasts and long-range planning processes with our business leaders. Drives business value by providing financial and analytical counsel to facilitate decision-making around strategic business initiatives. • Analyze and present monthly performance results and develop a commentary on variances including a clear understanding of the impact on business performance historically and on a go-forward basis • Develop and distribute reporting in conjunction with the VP of Finance that provides clear analytical results including key drivers underpinning the results. • Develop KPI metrics and other tools to evaluate performance across the business. • Manages annual budget processes, incorporating business initiatives, economic trends, and operational effectiveness. Aligns budget to business strategies and gains alignment from business partners. • Performs customer and product profitability analysis. Identifies opportunities to drive revenue growth/margin expansion. • Identifies and executes upon process improvement opportunities. Demonstrates proficiency in technical tools and financial systems (Excel, PowerPoint, and SAP). |
| Position Requirements: | |
| Education: | |
| Required: | B.A./B.S. in Accounting/Finance from an accredited college or university |
| Experience: | |
| Required: | • Minimum of 3 – 5 years of relevant accounting/finance work experience preferably in the pharmaceutical industry
• Managerial experience and ability to develop others’ desired |
| Specialized Training or Technical Knowledge Licenses, Certifications Needed: | |
| • Advanced Microsoft Excel experience; pivot tables and the v-lookup function | |
| Company / Industry-Related Knowledge: | |
| Pharmaceutical Industry | |
| Job-Specific Competencies: |
| • Excellent Leadership skills: Ability to lead a team and/or work with cross departments |
| • High Organization Skills; Prioritizes Very well – flexible to work on new important Initiatives |
| • Clearly articulates the status of all deliverables of the Department |
| • Finds efficiencies in Operations and Analyses, while maintaining high compliance |
| • Strong Collaboration, Communication, Verbal, and Written communication skills |
| • Strong analytical, interpersonal, and organizational skills |
| • Demonstrates innate curiosity about the business and what drives performance |
| Physical Requirements: | Able to sit for long periods of time |
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