Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (US)

Financial Planning & Analysis

• In collaboration with Sr. Director and stakeholders, manage end to end company level expense budget preparation and use of budgeting software to generate comprehensive reports to provide insight to budget owners and finance.
• In collaboration with analysts in FP&A, creation of analytics and reports with IT or other stakeholders that are sustainable and provide insight to stakeholders on hiring, pricing or profitability decisions.
• Actively seek and manage methods and/or systems to enhance overall product line efficiency and performance by identifying cost-saving opportunities at the department and study level.
• As a support resource to stakeholders from the product lines, identify areas for improvement and develop solutions to prevent project delays and help the company meet its revenue, budgeting, and projection goals.
• Assist in training and support of Project Directors/Project Mangers on activity recognition, applicable costing methodology and forecasting processes.
• As the starting point for revenue recognition, oversee and review the monthly project recognition and the reproducibility and accuracy of product line dashboards, supporting Product line owners/Project.
• In collaboration with analysts in FP&A, support product line owners, Finance, and business development with assessments of project profitability and revenue related metrics.
• In collaboration with analysts in FP&A, manage and oversee the process of project governance and provide suggestions/reporting and improvements on the financial progress of projects in business units.

Revenue Management Operations

• Support improvements to department and organizational operational efficiencies including changes to processes and the selection or building of new technologies.
• Ensure the timely verification and processing of change orders and statements of work.
• Support or oversee the creation of technical material for statements of work, change orders and related vendor agreements.

Team Management and Engagement

• Identify and quantify resource requirements for ongoing and future work; Interview, hire, onboard and train new staff as appropriate.
• Supervise, mentor, provide leadership and oversee development of direct reports by setting individual objectives and key results to support department and company strategies and objectives .
• Evaluate training needs and conduct performance reviews for assigned staff.
• Set priorities and oversee activities for assigned staff. 

Qualifications

• MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 1 - 3 years of related experience
• PREFERRED EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 4 - 6 years of related experience
• MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (Honors) bachelor’s degree
• PREFERRED EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: Master’s degree
• English language proficiency required

Additonal Knowledge / Skills

• Experience and technical expertise in company level budgeting software is mandatory.
• CRO experience is highly preferred.
• Skilled in use of spreadsheet, data visualization software (PowerBI etc), database and/or data-mining software
• Project Management experience considered an asset.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• People management experience preferred