Role Summary
Senior Sales Financial Analyst responsible for owning critical sales reporting, supporting Gross-to-Net (GTN) execution, and turning complex data into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders in a large pharma business. Will work across multiple systems and stakeholders to ensure sales numbers are accurate, well-controlled, and tell the right story. Ideal for candidates with a CPA transitioning from public accounting to a high-impact industry role, building end-to-end expertise in sales reporting and GTN, and gaining hands-on experience with SAP and TM1.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and distribute high-visibility sales reports to stakeholders across the organization, including senior management, providing clear and timely performance insights.
- Support multiple businesses in monthly sales reporting and close activities, ensuring deliverables are accurate, complete, and produced on schedule.
- Reconcile sales reporting systems and subledgers to ensure data integrity; investigate variances, perform root-cause analysis, and partner with Digital/IT and cross-functional teams to drive timely and sustainable resolution.
- Prepare monthly accounting entries, true-ups, and account reconciliations impacting Gross-to-Net (GTN) sales across SAP and Vistex; ensure outputs are supportable and audit-ready.
- Maintain and update GTN rates in SAP and Vistex, ensuring changes are properly reflected in reporting, analysis, and downstream systems.
- Perform strategic analyses, including sales and price/volume analysis, and synthesize key drivers into management-ready reporting and presentations.
- Leverage SAP and reporting/close tools (e.g., IBM Planning Analytics/TM1, Blackline, and other automation/AI-enabled solutions) to improve efficiency, control, and insight generation.
Qualifications
- Required: Bachelorโs degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 3+ years of financial/accounting experience.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint (pivot tables, lookups, macros, etc.).
- Strong analytical capabilities with attention to detail.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Customer focused and results orientated mindset.
- Solid business acumen with the ability to connect numbers to business drivers.
Skills
- SAP and Vistex experience; IBM Planning Analytics/TM1; familiarity with Blackline and automation/AI-enabled solutions.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; data visualization and presentation of insights to senior leadership.
- Financial close processes, GTN concepts, and variance analysis.
Education
- Bachelorโs degree in Accounting or Finance