Senior Financial Analyst

Role Summary

Senior Financial Analyst. This role is a key member of the Finance organization that directly supports corporate accounting and business support functions. It partners with departments to ensure proper accounting, analyzes budget to actual results, and acts as the primary finance contact. The role leads departmental accruals and journal entries and assists with ad hoc requests as needed.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain business relationships with department leads to provide business partnering and quality service from the Finance Department.
• Support, research, and understand the recording of monthly departmental transactions and activities, including relevant cash transactions.
• Support reconciliations of monthly business activity and agree the general ledger to the relevant source materials, including direct vendor verifications.
• Assist with the preparation of monthly and quarterly management reports of operational results.
• Responsible for the management of Departments‚Äô operational expenses and projected spend.
• Works closely with various departments and Accounting to appropriately budget, forecast, and account for business activities.
• Provide support with annual budgeting/forecasting, financial account coding, purchase requisitions/purchase orders, and finance related questions.
• Perform monthly and quarterly accruals for supported departments and lead meetings to review vendor verifications, projected spend, and accrual data.
• Communicate with other departments and vendors as needed to ensure all invoices are processed and that all financial information is correct at the end of each month.
• Determine vouchered and unvouchered liabilities, assist with general ledger close, as well as support strategic vendor relationships.
• Assist the finance group and other key personnel with the Adaptive budgeting platform.
• Prepare schedules in support of internal and external auditor requests.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor‚Äôs degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred.
• Required: Minimum of four years of relevant experience, or equivalent public accounting experience, preferably within pharmaceutical or life science companies.
• Required: Experience with internal controls and procedures for financial reporting under SOX 404.
• Required: Familiarity with large data sets and systems such as Microsoft 365, Adaptive Insights, or equivalent.
• Required: Strong understanding of accounting principles including balance sheets and income statements.
• Required: Ability to extract pertinent data from ERP systems or other sources.
• Required: Excellent verbal and writing skills; strong attention to detail and accuracy.

Skills

• Financial analysis and budgeting/forecasting
• General ledger and month-end close processes
• Data extraction and manipulation from ERP systems
• SOX compliance and internal controls
• Communication and collaboration with multiple departments
• Adaptability with budgeting tools (Adaptive Insights) and MS Office

Education

• Bachelor‚Äôs degree required, preferably in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred.

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team; high ethical standards of integrity and quality.
• Innovative and dynamic approach; self-starter who can also thrive in a team environment.
• Ability to align with company values in interactions with employees, vendors, customers, and others.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment/Travel

• Sedentary work; exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally; extensive sitting and computer use.
• Close visual acuity to perform data analysis and reading.