Finance Business Analysis (SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST)

JOB TITLE: SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
START DATE: October 21st 2024
DURATION: 12 months

This position's responsibility is to be the Senior Financial Analyst for the site supporting primarily the Finance Business partner Lead and the Cost Accounting Lead. Working as an agile thought partner, this role will be a trusted advisor
* Support Finance Business Partner Lead in financial planning, forecasting and analysis as well as
monthly close processes, as well as support the Cost Accounting Lead in updating product costs and performing product cost analysis while ensuring compliance with SOX, IFRS, etc.
Support continuous improvement of processes, controls and systems/tools.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Administer semi-annual financial planning processes and provide supporting analyses to the Finance Business Partner Lead
Assist in developing simple value-added financial models and analytical tools to support function objectives and projects
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to proactively problem-solve discrepancies (TBS, Site Departments, Regional Finance team); main contact with TBS for all Inventoy related queries, discrepancy eleviations
Support the development, deployment and use of the financial planning system and financial models and become key user for various Finance systems
Manage the monthly financial close process and collaborate with company Business Solutions to initiate entries on an ongoing basis
Collaborate with the pre-defined Business partners to develop detailed explanation for variances between actual and plan
Prepare and distribute monthly reporting packages and analyses. Identify opportunities for automation, streamlining and enhancement
Educate functional management on the use of reporting tools and Finance concept
Support Cost Accounting Lead to perform product costing analysis including updating product costs for the annual cost change and monthly analysis of work order variances and costing for new products where required
Support local fixed asset, asset tagging and verification, and project support where required
Ensuring SOX controls compliance and audit support where required
Other unexpected support linked to ad hoc projects.

REQUIREMENTS:
- Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting
- Min of 5 years of overall business experience, including internships in accounting, financial planning or decision analytics roles preferred
- Experience in Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry, including cost accounting experience in operations
- Strong analytical and computer software skills (TM1, SAP, Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Office, Suite -Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, C3ME)
- Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements affecting other stakeholders
- Experience in working with all levels and disciplines of people within a large organization
- Highly and solid analytical skills with strong ability to analyze and understand large amounts of data
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and the ability to persuasively convey critical elements of complex issues
- Good English and French Skills.

KEY SKILLS:
Technical/Functional (LINE) Expertise:
Strong knowledge in financial planning and business investment analysis modeling (NPV, ROI)
Experience with production or cost accounting including performing standard costing and manufacturing variance analysis

Leadership:
Relationship management - establish productive relationships with own group and cross-functional teams. Ability to effectively articulate ideas and problem-solve across a variety of settings
Business & Commercial Accumen - understand, articulate and define the basic issues and trends affecting the company at the regional and global level, including opportunities and risks
Demonstrate self awareness and maintain momentum and personal effectiveness

Decision-making & Autonomy:
Possess avanced analytical and crititcal thinking skills demonstrating the ability to problem-solve, make informed recommendations, based on monthly financial results and predictive analysis

Interaction:
Establish credibility and acts responsibly to earn the confidence, trust and respect of others, while setting priorities and meeting specific deadlines in a changing environment
Foster team collaboration and flexibility in a team environment across multiple- timezones

Innovation:
Understand digital Finance trends and leverage new technologies to enhance the quality of forecasting and predictive modeling
Proactively take ownership over activities and projects, asking thought-provoking questions in effort to achieve best results

Complexity:
Express ideas in a clear, concise manner appropriate to the audience
Bring an outside-in perspective to problem-solving and decision- making

If you are interested in the position and believe you are the perfect fit, do not hesitate to contact me directly:

Alba Jansa:

Email: alba.jansa(at)experis.ch

Whatsapp Business : +41 76 811 63 99