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Summary:

Serves as financial analyst for Business Unit Controller(s) and Associate Director(s) Finance. Prepares, reconciles, analyzes and reports Business Unit(s) revenue, contracts, projects, and associated metrics. Produces financial and other business analyses, interpretation, and investigation of data for operations for assigned projects and contracts. Ensures all reporting activities are accurate and prepared within established timelines.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Supports Business Unit Finance Manager in:

• Review project level revenue on a monthly basis;
• Drafts project level actual versus budget/forecast variance analysis monthly as well as monthly reports for distribution in analyzing monthly results;
• Reconcile business unit revenue against monthly forecast for the BU
• Reviews monthly forecasting of financial results (backlog);
• Meets established deadlines for Revenue and Backlog submissions;
• Reviews, with assistance, executed Work Orders and Change Orders for bonus or other anomalies;
• Perform detailed analysis of BU expenses to provide adequate explanations for variances from forecast and budget;
• Develop and improve upon budgeting and forecasting models;
• Ensure SOX compliance for monthly controls;
• Perform various ad-hoc analyses related to customer reconciliations, labor expenditures, project hours analyses versus budget, low margin review, audit requests, etc.

2. Works closely with Business Unit Controller and Finance Manager to:

• Captures, assesses and consolidates results;
• Drafts key reports such as monthly expense analysis, monthly utilization, headcount, revenue backlog analysis, and/or gross profit for assigned area;
• Develop executive summary with key metrics for the month

3. Attends project meetings as applicable to support assigned areas. Attends project kick-off meetings to capture and process relevant data for set up of newly awarded projects onto financial systems and schedules. Attends monthly project review (MPRs) meetings to ensure understanding/concurrence of project status, potential issues and the accuracy of the forecast.

4. Monitors the overall health of assigned projects including but not limited to revenues, gross profit, receivables, and unbilled amounts as well as project close outs and reconciliations.Job Skills and Qualifications:

• BA/BS degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent education and experience;
• Pharmaceutical or CRO experience preferred;
• Strong English proficiency;
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) is essential.
• Experience with Oracle Finance is preferred;
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills;
• Excellent financial, communication, and interpersonal skills as well as a high level of personal motivation to achieve;
• Demonstrated ability to work with confidential and sensitive data;
• Ability to perform several tasks simultaneously to meet deadlines is necessary;

This job excludes Colorado applicants.

Disclaimer:

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.