Senior Financial Planning & Analyst

Ardena; Gent; Sur place; EUR 95 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Ardena is a global CDMO/CRO and a leading developer of innovative therapies. The Senior FP&A Analyst will deliver accurate budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting across multiple sites, translating operational data into clear financial insights for leadership.

This hands-on role requires strong analytical skills, experience with complex financial models, and collaboration with site finance, operations, and senior leadership to drive commercial and strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required.
• Professional qualification preferred (e.g., CFA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Experience with FP&A, financial modeling, or corporate finance in manufacturing or life sciences is desirable.

Responsabilités

• Support budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting across sites and units.
• Build and maintain detailed financial models for revenue, cost, capex, and headcount.
• Challenge forecast assumptions with site finance and operations teams; provide insights.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packs with variance analysis and commentary.
• Develop KPI dashboards tracking financial and operational performance by site and program.

Connaissances

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

FP&A tools

Power BI

Tableau

Anaplan

Communication skills

English fluency

Independent working

Multi-site experience

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Professional qualification preferred (e.g., CFA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Outils

ERP systems

Description du poste

At Ardena, we’re helping shape the future of medicine. Our teams work on the development of innovative and complex therapies that can improve the lives of patients around the world.

As a global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) and Contract Research Organization (CRO), Ardena partners with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to turn scientific ideas into real treatments. From early development to manufacturing and regulatory support, we help bring new medicines to market faster and with the highest quality standards.

With more than 750 colleagues across Europe and the United States, Ardena offers expertise in drug substance and drug product development, manufacturing, bioanalytical services, clinical logistics, fill & finish, and CMC regulatory support.

But what truly makes Ardena special is our people. We are a science‑driven and people‑focused company where collaboration, innovation, and curiosity are encouraged.

We offer an international environment where you can learn, take initiative, and grow your career across teams, functions, and locations. Our way of working is guided by our CARE values: Communicative, Accountable, Reliable, and Excellent. These values shape how we collaborate, solve challenges, and support each other every day.

At Ardena, you’re not just building your career — you’re helping build the future of medicine.

SENIOR FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYST

The Senior FP&A Analyst plays a key role in delivering accurate, insightful financial planning and analysis to support decision‑making across the group. This role owns significant portions of the budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting processes, partnering closely with site and functional finance teams to translate operational data into clear financial insight for leadership.

This is a hands‑on analytical role suited to someone who wants to build deep commercial and financial understanding of a multi‑site CDMO business with a clear path toward broader FP&A leadership.

Your Key Responsibilities

Planning & Forecasting

• Support the annual budgeting process and rolling forecasts, consolidating site/business unit inputs and identifying key risks and opportunities.
• Build and maintain detailed financial models covering revenue, cost, capex, and headcount for sites or business units.
• Partner with site finance and operational teams to challenge and refine forecast assumptions, and understanding of key drivers.
• Support scenario and sensitivity analysis for management and board reporting.

Reporting & Analysis

• Support the preparation of monthly management reporting packs by providing variance analysis, forecast updates, and insightful commentary on business performance and key drivers.
• Maintain and enhance KPI dashboards tracking financial and operational performance by site, client, and program.
• Analyse margin and unit economics by client/program to support commercial and pricing discussions.
• Investigate and explain key drivers of performance variances, working directly with operational stakeholders to understand root causes.
• Prepare ad‑hoc analysis for the CFO, Head of FP&A and Treasury, and senior leadership as needed.

Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted finance partner, supporting the understanding of financial performance and planning inputs.
• Support business case development for capex investments, new projects, or contract evaluations with rigorous financial modeling.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives, including reporting automation, template standardization, and system enhancements.

Cross‑Functional & Ad Hoc

• Support the Head of FP&A and Treasury on group‑level projects, including long‑range planning, investor/board reporting, and M&A or due diligence analysis as required.
• Collaborate with accounting/controlling teams to ensure alignment between actuals and forecast/budget assumptions.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior FP&A team members as the function grows.

YOUR PROFILE

Experience

• 5–10 years of progressive finance experience, with a strong grounding in FP&A, financial modeling, or corporate finance.
• Experience in a manufacturing, life sciences, CDMO/CMO, or other operationally complex industry preferred.
• Experience working with multi‑site or multi‑entity organizations is a plus.
• Prior exposure to budgeting/forecasting cycles and management reporting in a fast‑paced environment.

Skills & Attributes

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with FP&A/BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Anaplan) strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into clear, actionable insight.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present financial information to non‑finance stakeholders.
• High attention to detail combined with the ability to see the bigger commercial picture.
• Comfortable working independently, managing multiple deadlines in a growing, evolving organization.
• Fluent in English; additional European languages an advantage given multi‑site footprint.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field required.
• Professional qualification preferred (e.g., CFA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA).

WE OFFER

• A competitive & comprehensive remuneration package, including attractive extra‑legal benefits.
• Opportunities for professional growth within a rapidly expanding international organization, a dynamic and collaborative working environment contributing to innovative drug development.