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Senior Manager, Finance

Employer
Parexel
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Salary
Competitive
Start date
17 Oct 2019
Closing date
8 Nov 2019

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Discipline
Finance / Administration, Finance
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Experienced (non-manager)

Job Details


The Senior Manager is expected to lead a high-performing group, providing strong, actionable support to PLs as well as other operational project staff. Serving as a "player-coach" to his/her team, the Senior Manager is expected to establish him/herself as a strong source for perspective on the factors affecting project forecast variances and profitability. Senior Manager responsibilities include coordination of the processes around project revenue and forecasting, project reporting, and review of project unbilled/deferred positions. Senior Managers are expected to enforce standards, proactively manage risk areas, provide solutions, and implement of process improvements. This position will require excellent leadership, communication skills and the ability/willingness to collaborate across functions and regions. Position success will be measured by the overall quality and timeliness of project reporting as well as revenue recognition and forecast accuracy. In partnering with Project Leaders / Directors the Senior Manager is expected to maximize financial goals and performance (e.g. revenue, profitability, cash flow, etc.). In doing so, this senior leader will serve as a partner to a specific customer or set of customers, as well as establish standards and policies for project financial management analytics and decision support across Parexel.

Key Accountabilities
  • Provide accurate, transparent, and timely financial and non-financial analysis to support project leadership in project and project portfolio decision making process.
  • Clearly articulate financial implications of business decisions / choices and provide retrospective analysis as well as drive forward looking actions at portfolio level.
  • For assigned projects / accounts, oversee activity on balance sheet analysis. Ensure resolution of aged items.
  • Monitor key project financial management performance indicators, identify and implement areas for improvement, develop solutions to improve project and portfolio financial outcomes.
  • Provides leadership and guidance to FBPs in the project analysis requirements for defined projects.
  • Monitors compliance with the execution of financial processes and preparation of monthly business analysis (e.g. revenues and costs, actuals vs. forecast, variances) for defined projects at portfolio level.
  • Analyzes and reports on relevant and impactful set of project metrics at portfolio and/or account level.
  • Leverages understanding of the business context to synthesize financial and operational data into meaningful business insights that highlight performance, risk, and opportunities at portfolio or customer level.
  • Develop and manage business partner relationships with product leadership and functional leads / management to facilitate proper project/client performance and information flow.
  • Proactively engage and challenge project and portfolio leadership to achieve financial and business goals; work closely with business and FBPs to meet financial goals and influence financially sound decision making.
  • Partner with Commercial Finance and clients as needed on MSA or work order financial items and in meeting client reporting and forecasting deliverables.
  • Ensure team discipline in meeting monthly deadlines and with the requisite quality.
  • Mobilize staff and monitor performance to ensure successful financial and operational performance at account level. Set the agenda and objectives for team that ties into overall company financial goals and finance team objectives.
  • Undertake the full range of duties relevant to the leadership, management and development of the team to ensure their performance meets and or exceeds both the business and their own personal goals/objectives.
  • Mentors, Coaches, Trains FBPs and FBP Manager on customer requirements, financial and organizational processes and systems.


Qualifications

Education
  • BA in Finance or Accounting; MA in Finance or MBA, or equivalent experience required.
  • Professional designation like CPA, CFA, CMA a plus.

Minimum Work Experience
  • Extensive and progressive Finance and Management roles with strong analytical and partnering track record.

Language Skills
  • Strong command of the English language, both written and verbal.

Company

Parexel International Corporation is a leading global biopharmaceutical services organization, providing a broad range of knowledge-based contract research, consulting, and medical communications services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Committed to providing solutions that expedite time-to-market and peak-market penetration, Parexel has developed significant expertise across the development and commercialization continuum, from drug development and regulatory consulting to clinical pharmacology, clinical trials management, medical education and reimbursement. Parexel Informatics, Inc., a subsidiary of Parexel, provides advanced technology solutions, including medical imaging, to facilitate the clinical development process.

 

Mission: Parexel’s mission is to combine the strength of our expertise, experience and innovation to advance the worldwide success of the bio/pharmaceutical and medical device industries in preventing and curing disease.

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
+44 1895 238000
Location
The Quays
101-105 Oxford Road
Uxbridge
Middx
UB8 1LZ
GB

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