Senior Financial Analyst

The Senior Financial Analyst will focus on supporting the FP&A team, providing strategic insights and financial modeling in support of R&D programs, clinical trials, partnerships, and corporate initiatives. The ideal candidate has strong financial acumen and understands the unique cash flow dynamics, funding cycles, and cost structures of a biotech organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist with the creation of the monthly cash forecasts for the business by working with other stakeholders to compile the organizational view
• Primary modeling resource for the FP&A team to support forecasting requests, analyze performance as well as ad hoc questions and analyses
• Manage aggregation of monthly backlog files from the various business units
• Create and update the draft backlog forecast from the supporting files provided by other stakeholders
• Work with the business units to quality-check and verify results
• Prepare the periodic budgets and forecasts for the business using the backlog files as well as other supporting documents prepared in the business, including labor and indirect costs
• Prepare the monthly reporting decks and Excel templates to present to leadership and PE stakeholders
• Work closely with the VP of Finance on supporting analyses and build additional views as needed
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a job-related area or equivalent relevant academic or vocational qualification
• MBA or CPA is preferred
• 5 years of relevant work experience in Finance/Accounting to include global Biopharma CRO industry experience
• Advanced level of skill in Microsoft Excel including financial modeling and PowerPoint for analysis and presentation of data
• Experience with PowerBI is a plus
• Extremely detail-oriented and possess the ability to process data while looking for inconsistences with other sources
• Ability to look at a current state situation and offer ideas on how to improve the processes
• Collaborative working style, ability to foster effective working relationships and build trust across a team environment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, matrixed, challenging environment with changing priorities
• Experience working in a private equity backed environment is a plus
• Good understanding of financial and accounting metrics and how they impact each other
• Ability to apply advanced knowledge, skills, and expertise to analysis
• Excellent analytical and quantitative skills
• May travel between corporate locations

Compensation depends on experience: $100K-$120K per year.