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Finance Analyst

New Haven, CT 06510

Posted: 08/14/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Number: 613186 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description


When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
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MBR: 60

This is what you will do:

The company is seeking candidates for an FP&A Manager position within its Cash Flow FP&A team, based in Boston, Massachusetts or New Haven, CT. The Cash Flow FP&A team provides overall finance planning and analysis, decision support, and finance operations support to assist Alexion managements strategic Cash planning. The FP&A Manager - Legal Entity Forecast & Cash Flow role is a key member of the FP&A team, reporting to the Associate Director of Enterprise FP&A.

You will be responsible for:
  • Assist with consolidated quarterly Legal Entity Forecast (LEF) to ensure proper profitability of different entities in accordance with IC agreements and optimization of Long Term Effective Tax Rate (ETR)
  • Support the integration of any one-time transactions into the current and future LEF models, complying with appropriate rules and regulations
  • Attend and participate in all cross-functional meetings, including with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and Accounting to stay aware of all current and future events that impact the LEF models
  • Work with IT business partners to drive accuracy, consistency, efficiencies, and standardization into existing financial systems
  • Pull data from all financial systems, including actuals and forecast, to analyze run rates and trends from a legal entity profitability perspective
  • Support the annual cash flow forecast for the current year plus out years as required
  • Preparing monthly reporting, specific to discounts and rebates. Monitoring performance against forecast, investigating variances, and initiating corrective actions
  • Working with FP&A, Accounting, Inventory & Treasury to ensure consistency in Balance Sheet results
  • Ad-hoc reporting, analysis and special projects as requested

You will need to have:
  • Bachelors Degree in accounting, finance, or related field
  • 4 to 8 years of experience in planning and analysis, accounting, or related corporate finance analysis position
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint modeling skills and experience with the design and functionality of financial accounting, planning, and reporting systems
  • Ability to develop strong partnership/team building relationships with the business and across functions, and comfortable operating in a matrix environment
  • Demonstrates initiative, maintains a positive attitude, and is a self-starter
  • Demonstrates internal client service mindset and project management skills, including the confidence to escalate issues in a timely fashion and an accountable culture/system of quality control and assurance
  • Excellent organizational, communication, interpersonal, and analytical abilities with a strong desire to make a positive impact on the business performance.
  • The duties of this role are generally conducted in an office environment. As is typical of an office-based role, employees must be able, with or without an accommodation to: use a computer; engage in communications via phone, video, and electronic messaging; engage in problem solving and non-linear thought, analysis, and dialogue; collaborate with others; maintain general availability during standard business hours.

We would prefer for you to have:
  • Experience in working with Anaplan, Qlik, SAP, and Hyperion
  • Capable of designing and implementing systems and data structures effective for automating reporting and analysis solutions

The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.

Planet Pharma is an equal opportunity employer. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at Planet Pharma, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at Planet Pharma.