Who we are

We’re a global, midsize CRO that pushes boundaries, innovates and invents because the path to a cure for the world’s most persistent diseases is not paved by those who play it safe. It is built by those who take pioneering, creative approaches and implement them with quality and excellence.

We are Worldwide Clinical Trials, and we are a global team of almost 2,500 experts, bright thinkers, dreamers and doers and, together, we are changing the way the world experiences CROs - in the best possible way.

Our mission is to work with passion and purpose every day to improve lives and we are looking for others who value this same pursuit.

What a FP&A Manager does at Worldwide

As a senior finance professional at Worldwide you will be able to help develop the FP&A agenda to drive costs savings, efficiency gains and promote accelerated growth. The role partners with major parts of the business to support allocated teams in all matters financial including education, achieving targets, forecasting, special projects, efficiency etc. The key is bringing finance to life to help supported teams deliver in line with business objectives and will include challenge & influencing as much as supporting.

What you will do

• Partnering with significant areas of the business, often including multiple departments, to enable deliver of financial targets through comprehensive financial analysis and trend identification
• Lead annual budget discussion with departmental heads to achieve corporate goals while achieving departmental initiatives
• Work closely with Financial accounting to develop more efficient process across finance including leading cross finance teams to implement change
• Monthly review of financial statements in order to ensure accuracy and identify potential hurdles in a timely manner
• Lead major FP&A activities on behalf of the entire FP&A team e.g. Budgeting.
• Establish FP&A as an integral support function to the business through close collaboration and understanding of Worldwide and specifically the department supported
• May include the management and training of Finance Business Partners
• Provide the initiative to help drive positive change within the monthly financial close process

What you will bring to the role

• Ability to influence at the highest levels within the organisation
• Able to develop plans to deliver initiatives within the business
• Lead major FP&A projects e.g. annual budgeting exercise
• Implement change initiatives impacting on finance and non-finance teams
• Understanding of external factors influencing on WCT and of the financial aspects.

Your experience

• Bachelor degree or equivalent ideally with an accounting qualification
• 5+ years of FP&A experience
• Experience of financial accounting and the use of accounting systems
• Experience of process improvement specifically driving efficiency gains within the business.
• Demonstrable experience of implementing change initiatives within a growing organization
• Demonstrable proficiency of financial trend analysis
• Experience of process improvement
• Managerial experience

Why Worldwide

At Worldwide, we balance fun with the serious business of changing lives. We have a values-driven culture that is built from the ground up. We empower our team members to treat every clinical trial like a patient’s life depends on it - because it does. Our leaders are in the trenches with you - committed to advancing science and moving mountains for our customers.

Interested in hearing more about Worldwide or our roles? Check out our careers page at www.worldwide.com/careers!