Associate Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (Hybrid - Rahway, NJ)

MSD•Rahway, NJ

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Under the guidance of the Director, Financial Planning and Analysis in the Human Health (HH) Finance Center of Excellence (CoE), this position is primarily responsible for the reporting and analysis of the consolidated HH commercial business. The Associate Director will provide operational and analytical support to ensure the integrity of divisional forecasts, Budgets and Long-Range Operating Plans (LROP) and will develop presentation materials for senior leadership. There will also be an opportunity to support HH operational and strategic initiatives, finance initiatives, and various HH senior management requests, enabling the candidate to obtain broad exposure to the commercial operations. In performing these tasks, this position interacts with all areas of HH Finance, as well as Corporate Finance and other divisional Finance teams.

Requirements

BA/BS Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other relevant degree, OR MBA
Minimum 5+ years of financial/accounting or relevant business experience
Demonstrated proficiency with Excel financial modeling and PowerPoint presentations
Strong analytical skills with quality orientation and attention to detail
Effective problem solving and communication skills (both written and oral)
Ability to work simultaneously on multiple tasks under tight deadlines, effectively prioritize workload and complete tasks promptly and accurately.
Strong customer focus/orientation with an ability to work well in a team environment and foster professional relationships

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, or CFA with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) experience
Experience with BPC
Highly motivated with ability to work autonomously, and in a matrix organization

Responsibilities

Ensuring efficient, accurate and meaningful management reporting analysis for HH Finance and operational leadership in support of each monthly/quarterly close and planning cycles.
Create and support analytics while understanding and communicating the business drivers of underlying variances to prior year and prior forecasts.
Provide strategic insights and coordinate the preparation of financial review materials for the HH Global/International leadership teams. Includes the development of presentation materials for distribution to the HH Leadership Team, Executive Team, Board of Directors and Senior Management.
Partner with Finance teams that are stakeholders in the global planning process (e.g., HH international, regional/ local market teams, Business Support Centers across all geographies, Global Process Organization, etc.) to ensure high quality planning and coordination.
Ad hoc analyses – Prepare analyses to support the global HH Business, including Monthly/quarterly forecast updates, Expense diagnostic analytics, Operational improvement initiatives and Strategic initiatives.
Review HH performance and trends for opportunities and risks.
Planning – Interact with the other arms of the HH CoE to ensure systems, calendar and processes are all within the reporting and analysis requirements needed to support the business.
Identify and support the rollout of digital analytic capabilities to drive improved business insights and efficiencies.