Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

MSD • Rahway, NJ

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our Finance team brings together our financial perspectives into our overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives. The Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will be a key financial and strategic business partner supporting assigned divisional client organization in our Manufacturing and Research and Development Divisions. The incumbent will lead a team of finance professionals, responsible for forecasting and analytics, supporting both internal and external stakeholders, overseeing monthly close activities, and tracking of actuals.

Requirements

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance/Accounting, Science, or Engineering
• Minimum of 15 years of operations or Finance experience
• Effective with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Capital Budgeting
• Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
• Decision Making
• Detail-Oriented
• Ethical Compliance
• Executive Presence
• Financial Analysis
• Management Controls
• People Leadership
• People Performance Management
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Preparation of Financial Reports
• Relationship Management
• Strategic Planning
• Variance Analysis

Nice To Haves

• Preferred: MBA or other Masters/PhD in Business, Finance, Science, or Engineering
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to develop business operations models
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Excellent attention to detail to ensure accurate and on-time deliverables
• Strong business and financial acumen
• Demonstrated effectiveness working with teams, including Third Parties
• Proactive approach to problem solving, including solutions at times may be “outside of the box”
• Demonstrated ability to influence, build and maintain team, client and peer relationships
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Passion and intellectual curiosity with respect to healthcare industry
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
• Understanding of the drug discovery and development process and/or vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Sufficient knowledge of our company's pipeline/ product line
• Strong computer skills especially working with SAP, BPC, Power BI, and MS Excel

Responsibilities

• Provide financial and strategic support to client organization
• Serve as part of the leadership team of both client and divisional finance organization
• Partner on strategic as well as tactical fronts to manage the progression of the pipeline with due financial considerations
• Support the development of robust and realistic financial plans and help articulate those plans in clear and concise manner to the various stakeholders
• Provide financial support for the formulation and evaluation of capital investment proposals and to help prepare and present the business cases to the various governance bodies
• Develop and maintain strong relationship and partnership with counterparts across the enterprise to support integrated program views
• Collaborate seamlessly with various finance and business stakeholders to help advance business goals
• Have an enterprise mind-set and be able to articulate fully integrated costs and investment considerations and potential trade-offs
• Provide financial support to pipeline and supply chain and capacity decision making, with the knowledge of key drivers to relevant governance committees
• Analyze and report actual financial results and to discuss adjustments needed to the projected spend to stay aligned with the approved financial plans
• Understand operational productivity drivers of the business and to develop/ maintain financial metrics to measure actual performance vs. what’s expected
• Oversee various critical financial processes and to take proactive steps to align with the evolving business needs and ensure that the processes run efficiently and effectively
• Ensure full compliance with the accounting requirements and maintain sound financial internal control environment
• Lead and/or to participate in various special initiatives/ projects
• Lead a team of talented professionals and provide guidance and leadership to the team on various business support aspects
• Help team members realize their full career aspirations and to proactively seek ways to attract new talent

Benefits

• The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.
• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.
• More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees