Finance Lead

PerkinElmer•Customer Site - PA, PA

1d•$100,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Finance Lead owns the financial relationship with a major strategic account and serves as the senior finance contact for the client. The role partners with operations, commercial, sourcing, procurement, central finance, and client finance teams to shape budgets, forecasts, and commercial decisions. It translates service delivery and operational metrics into clear financial insights, supports account performance, and builds trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders. The position covers financial planning, budgeting and forecasting; purchase order and contract governance; monthly financial close and journaling; spend management and analysis; billing and revenue assurance; commercial and margin support; operational decision support; sourcing and procurement analysis; financial governance and process improvement; and leadership and development of a small team of finance analysts. The role is based at a customer site in Pennsylvania.

Requirements

Significant finance experience in a client-facing or account-based role, ideally covering budgets, forecasts, billing, and commercial support for sizeable accounts or portfolios.
Background in services, managed services, or professional services with complex delivery and billing models.
Ability to work across operations, commercial, sourcing, and client finance stakeholders and translate between them.
Strong judgment, a partnership mindset, and the ability to participate effectively in senior client conversations.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Expert experience in Excel.
Strong capabilities in financial governance and control in complex services environments; executive-level client communication and stakeholder management; forecasting, variance analysis, and financial risk management; commercial acumen and margin optimization; process definition, SOP development, and governance; and team leadership and development.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated industries.
Exposure to multi-site and multi-country service delivery models.
Experience with long-term outsourcing or managed services contracts.
Professional accounting qualification such as CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Lead development of annual and in-year client budgets with operational leaders and client finance teams.
Own rolling forecasts, monthly reforecasts, variance analysis, and identification of financial risks and opportunities.
Track forecast versus actuals across spend categories and client locations, and ensure financial plans align with contractual scope, pricing models, and operational delivery plans.
Ensure client purchase orders are received, validated, and tracked against approved budgets and contractual entitlements.
Reconcile purchase orders to forecasts, invoices, and contracts, resolve discrepancies, and maintain auditable links among budgets, contracts, purchase orders, and invoices.
Own monthly financial close activities for assigned client sites, including accruals and cost allocations.
Ensure journals are complete, accurate, and compliant with internal controls and external accounting standards; partner with central finance and accounting to resolve close issues on time.
Manage and report financial performance across contracted services, headcount and labor, ad hoc time and materials, parts, and pass-through costs.
Provide cost drivers, trend analysis, and forward-looking financial insights to support financial and operational decisions.
Serve as the primary finance contact for the client account and engage with senior operations and finance stakeholders.
Present financial performance, forecasts, risks, and opportunities in client reviews, governance forums, and other discussions.
Support pricing, costing, and margin analysis for new business, scope changes, and contract amendments.
Assess financial impacts of operational changes, service model adjustments, and productivity initiatives, and support commercial decisions with robust analysis and appropriate governance approvals.
Provide financial insight for workforce planning, service delivery trade-offs, and productivity analysis; translate operational metrics into financial implications.
Partner with sourcing and procurement teams on spend analysis, vendor comparisons, and cost models.
Support identification, validation, and tracking of savings against baseline budgets and forecasts.
Review billing weekly and monthly to ensure invoices are accurate, timely, and contractually compliant with pricing models, contracts, and purchase orders.
Resolve billing discrepancies and disputes efficiently while maintaining client confidence.
Define, document, and implement financial processes and SOPs where gaps exist; ensure adherence to forecasting, approval, and governance frameworks and maintain audit readiness.
Lead, coach, and develop a small team of finance analysts; set expectations, review outputs, and build their capabilities in forecasting, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.