Senior Financial Analyst

The R&D Regulatory Affairs Finance team supports the leadership in strategic planning and execution of both current and long-term goals around resource and budget management. This position supports the ongoing financial planning and analysis related to Plan, Update, LRP (Long Range Plan) and Latest Best Estimate (LBE) for Regulatory Affairs. This budget consists of regulatory and filing fees, employee costs and professional services. The Senior Financial Analyst will be a critical contributor to the team, interacting with all levels of the business.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the budget in the Plan/LRP/Update/LBE planning cycles for Regulatory Affairs with a primary focus on the Intercontinental and Europe Regions. Ensure expense forecasts are accurate and demonstrate willingness to work constructively with the business personnel to provide financial guidance and ensure compliance to policy.
• Responsible for financial close activities, including accruals and reclasses. Responsible for ensuring monthly financial results are delivered accurately and timely and executive summaries with commentary are prepared and delivered to the team.
• Support headcount reporting. Track actual headcount and Open positions, as well as levels of contractor support.
• Provide financial guidance to the Regulatory Affairs Intercontinental and Europe team. Ability to work with the business personnel to translate plans and actions into their financial impact which can be understood by management.
• Maintain controls to assure the integrity of assets and compliance with GAAP and corporate financial policies and procedures.
• Assists with all financial aspects of key functional projects, systems initiatives, and integration activities to ensure finance requirements are implemented appropriately and process efficiencies are realized.
• Work closely with both Finance and Business leaders utilizing strong interpersonal communication, analytical skills, leadership, and judgment skills.
• Support leadership within function with ability to influence others with no direct reporting as well as ability to operate independently, identify and implement process improvements, and establish and adjust priorities to achieve objectives.
• Self-starter with ability to operate independently, drive processes, identify and implement process improvements, establish, and adjust priorities to achieve objectives and operate with speed and agility.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written), with all levels of management and including the ability to listen well and to influence others that do not report directly.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting preferred. CPA or MBA a plus.
• Preferred 4+ years of progressive and related experience in Finance and/or Accounting.
• Strong financial, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Proficiency in Excel skills.
• Knowledge of SAP, BPC, and PowerBI a plus.