Senior Financial Analyst

Role Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst supports the company’s financial planning and analysis process with a focus on operating expenses, forecasting, budget management, and consolidated financial reporting. This role partners with leaders across sales, marketing, market access, and medical affairs to provide timely, accurate, and insightful finance analysis. The role supports the FP&A team in maintaining and enhancing the corporate financial model, ensuring high quality data inputs and meaningful management reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Financial Planning & Forecasting
  • Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes across commercial, medical and G&A functions
  • Prepare and update detailed expense templates and forecasts; consolidate departmental inputs for review
  • Collaborate with FP&A leadership to ensure all financial assumptions are accurate and consistent with company objectives
  • Present financial data to all levels of the organization to highlight important drivers and metrics, demonstrating a clear understanding of the business objectives and how it translates into financial information
• Expense Management & Reporting
  • Consolidate and distribute monthly department reports of YTD Operating Expenses vs. budget/forecast to department leaders
  • Collaborate with Accounting, HR, and departmental finance contacts to reconcile data and ensure consistency between actuals and forecasts
  • Partner with functional leaders to track spending, headcount, and vendor commitments; highlight variances and key cost drivers
• Business Partnering
  • Assist with the preparation of presentations and summaries for department reviews and leadership meetings
  • Act as the key finance business partner to leaders across all G&A functions
  • Partner with budget owners to manage spend within targeted goals and analyze opportunities for spend optimization
• Modeling & Systems Support
  • Support new system implantation through planning and execution
  • Assist in maintaining and updating the corporate financial planning model and related FP&A tools
  • Prepare supporting schedules and data inputs for corporate consolidation and scenario analyses
  • Contribute to process improvements to increase forecasting efficiency and reporting quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor‚Äôs Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• 3-5 years of experience in FP&A or corporate finance, ideally within pharmaceuticals, biotech or life sciences
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
• Familiarity with FP&A systems
• Strong analytical, organization and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Competencies: Methodical, Interpersonal skills, Written and Verbal Communication skills, Strategic, Professionalism, Organizational skills, Self-directed, Teamwork, Adaptability
• Working Conditions: Position may require periodic evening and weekend work, as necessary to fulfill obligations. Periodic overnight travel. This is a hybrid role based in Xeris‚Äô Chicago office and requires a minimum of three days per week in the office. On-site requirement may change at management‚Äôs discretion.

Education

• As listed in Qualifications (Bachelor‚Äôs Degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field)

Additional Requirements

• Note: This description is not all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet ongoing needs.