Category
Sales and Marketing
Description
Job Responsibilities:
- Support the preparation of executive management financial reports and consolidation of global financial results.
- Analyze sales performance by market and product type;
- Prepare commentaries on key financial drivers;
- Prepare reports analyzing key line items on the income statement and balance sheet
- Perform complex month end analyses of business activities to identify issues and drivers. Develop charts for visual presentation of financial performance.
- Provide analytical support for ad hoc business reviews and initiatives. Develop business/financial models for short/long term forecasts for executive review.
- Develop scenario analyses to support executive decision making;
- Create complex financial models by collecting data from other business units;
- Develop sales and margin forecasts by incorporating product lunch estimates and assumptions.
- Support the annual budget cycle from data collection/validation to scenario analysis and creation of report packs for executive review.
- Work with cost center owners in the development of their budgets
- Validate the accuracy of data in SAP
- Develop reports and analyses to effectively explain the roll up of the budget and key drivers
- Manage budget timelines with budget owners to ensure information is received to allow for analysis and review.
- Work with other Finance staff and senior management to accomplish timelines, address issues and pursue process improvements.
- Work with Finance colleagues to prepare reports and validate SAP entries for monthly financial reporting cycle
- Work with all levels of management to resolve issues and answer questions
- Work on champion changes in SAP and other reporting tools to improve quality of financial reporting
- Support the design, development and delivery of new global reporting methodologies and business processes.
- Work with global business units to improve quality of financial reporting data
- Develop reports to capture global financial activity
Job Requirements:
Education
- University degree specializing in Finance, CPA required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- 5-7 years business/financial analysis experience (pharmaceutical/ Manufacturing experience an asset)
- Strong analytical and problem solving ability
- Exposure to consolidated financial statements required
- Strict attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to present concepts at all levels in an organization, particularly at the senior management level
- Strong ability to anticipate management information requirements
- Able to work independently in a proactive manner
- Excellent organizational abilities
- Advanced technical proficiency in all aspects in Excel,Access and PowerPoint
- Specialist knowledge and experience in an SAP environment and in managing complex reporting systems.