Senior Financial Analyst

Danaher; Chesham Bois; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading life sciences company in Chesham Bois is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst. In this role, you will support the finance management team for the Greater Europe region, managing forecasting, budgeting, and expense analysis. The ideal candidate has a background in finance/accounting, is ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualified, and possesses exceptional MS Excel skills. This position offers an opportunity to drive impactful financial insights across international markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting, ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualification.
• Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis.
• Strong MS Excel skills; ability to develop financial models.

Responsibilities

• Drive monthly forecasting and annual budgeting processes.
• Regular checks on pricing and margin; analyze outliers.
• Assist with development of common tools and processes.

Skills

Finance and accounting expertise

Strong MS Excel skills

Financial planning and analysis

Advanced financial modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting

ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualification

Tools

ERP systems (e.g., BCP, Hyperion, Oracle)

BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)

Job description

Overview

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences’ mission is to empower those seeking answers to life’s most important scientific and healthcare questions. With a legacy spanning 80+ years, we have long been a trusted partner to our customers, who are working to transform science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As part of our team of more than 2,900 associates across 130 countries, you’ll help drive our vision of accelerating answers—and our commitment to excellence.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.

Do you want to work in a dynamic finance team partnering with Commercial and responsible for the Greater Europe region? Do you enjoy collaborating with the business to drive the Commercial forecast [revenue, bookings, cost and expense] and target delivery? Then read on!

We are currently seeking a Senior Financial Analyst for the Greater Europe region who will be responsible providing analytical support to the Life Sciences commercial and finance management team for Western Europe, CEE, CIS, Russia & Israel. The role also provides expense management support to Sales Ops [EU & North America] and Sales EU. They must be able to extract, review, and report results for metrics assigned for oversight. This position reports to the Greater Europe Senior Manager.

Responsibilities

• Drive monthly forecasting and annual budgeting processes for revenue, bookings, headcount and expenses, including detailed bottom-up planning, walk-forward analysis, and proactive management of variances. Calculation and communication of sales accruals.
• Regular checks on pricing and margin, analysis of outliers and understanding of key variance drivers with detailed comments.
• Monthly review and assessment of EU sales inventory to ensure effective asset classification, validation of location, usage and where necessary provision for write-off and global demo inventory reporting.
• Assist the Europe LS finance managers with development and maintenance of common tools and processes relating to the planning, review, and reporting responsibilities of the team.
• Providing ad-hoc analysis, actionable insights, and general finance support to drive business objectives supporting the Greater EU Commercial and Finance team, Shared Service Finance and the Senior Finance Director Global Commercial.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a Finance / Accounting related discipline or equivalent.
• ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified
• Expertise in finance and accounting with emphasis on budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, and financial modeling.
• Strong to advanced MS Excel skills (financial modeling, pivot tables etc.) and experience with ERP systems (e.g., BCP, Hyperion, Oracle) and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
• Ability to develop financial models and trackers in Excel from scratch or streamline existing models and trackers to drive more efficient reporting and analysis

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Experience in Commercial Finance within the Life Science industry
• Fluency in another European Language

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Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.