2027 Future Talent Program - Finance Leadership Development Program, Data Analysis Specialist

MSD Malaysia; Rahway (NJ); On-site; USD 87,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance (for

Retirement benefits (401(k))

Paid holidays

Vacation

Sick days

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, United States, offers the Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP) within MCAAS Innovation to develop future leaders in finance, analytics, and risk management. Participants rotate across audit teams, work with data analytics, and gain exposure to global healthcare systems.

Join a cross‑functional team leveraging Power BI, UiPath, Dataiku, and Python to drive insights, improve controls, and advance your career through structured rotations and mentorship.

Qualifications

• Current seniors enrolled in a BS in Finance, Business Analytics, or Accountancy preferred, but all business majors may be considered.
• Strong data analytical skills, including transformation, modeling, analysis, and visualization.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support audit teams with data requests from different financial, accounting, and compliance systems within the company.
• Create analytical projects and dashboards with various datasets to drive real-time risk assessments and control insights utilizing Power BI and other Microsoft applications.
• Experiment and sandbox with new systems and technology to drive new learnings and greater support capabilities.
• Develop automations to drive time savings and process efficiencies with technologies like UiPath, Dataiku, and Python.
• Participate team projects working with different team members and deliver outputs within deadline with agile project management methods.
• Participate in the execution of financial, operational, SOX 404 and IT audits, integrated audits, and process audits, both domestic and abroad to maintain a strong internal control environment at our Company’s.

Skills

Alteryx

Data Analysis

Data Visualization

SQL Databases

Business Intelligence

Microsoft Excel

Stakeholder Management

Education

BS in Finance, Business Analytics, or Accountancy

Tools

Power BI

UiPath

Dataiku

Python

Excel

SAP

Job description

Our Finance team brings financial perspectives into 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.

Position Overview: Finance at our Company is committed to developing future leaders through its Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP). Individuals are provided with an entry point through Corporate Audit and Assurance Services (MCAAS) to develop a breadth of experience including finance, accounting, analytics, risk management, and special project opportunities. MCAAS Innovation FLDP participants will be placed within the MCAAS Innovation team. This dynamic cross‑functional team helps drive the use of enhanced data and analytic capabilities in audit and across the finance organization. MCAAS Innovation provides individuals with a space to experiment and encourages them to bring forward new and innovative ideas for accessing data and gaining visual insights. Within this role, individuals will learn our Company's various financial, accounting, and compliance systems and utilize emerging technologies to drive insights and improve efficiency. Individuals within this role will marry finance and accounting principles with data and technical acumen. MCAAS Innovation FLDP participants will also have the opportunity to rotate onto multiple audit teams. These teams collaborate with stakeholders across the Finance organization, helping to solve vital business needs for Finance by leveraging data analytics and understanding implications on global healthcare systems. Audit assignments are unique to each individual’s skill set, professional interests, and development opportunities. These assignments can either be domestic or internationally focused, creating a unique chance to collaborate with auditees and colleagues from all around the world daily. After 24‑36 months in the Finance Leadership Development Program, individuals advance their career development through opportunities across Finance and the greater organization. The purpose of this leadership development experience is to prepare young talent for the future so that the company is empowered to innovate and fulfill its purpose of using the power of leading‑edge science to save and improve lives around the world.

Program Overview: By joining the FLDP, individuals will gain an understanding of how the company is fulfilling its purpose of inventing medicines to improve people’s lives. The FLDP will allow individuals to gain knowledge on products, healthcare systems, payors, and regulatory and reputational risks while working intimately with our global business operations. In addition, individuals will use data analytics to gain insights into business practices and the execution of the company’s strategy; this includes a deeper knowledge of internal controls, business compliance, and risk management. Individuals will be based in the global headquarters in Rahway, NJ.

Responsibilities

• Support audit teams with data requests from different financial, accounting, and compliance systems within the company.
• Create analytical projects and dashboards with various datasets to drive real-time risk assessments and control insights utilizing Power BI and other Microsoft applications.
• Experiment and sandbox with new systems and technology to drive new learnings and greater support capabilities.
• Develop automations to drive time savings and process efficiencies with technologies like UiPath, Dataiku, and Python.
• Participate team projects working with different team members and deliver outputs within deadline with agile project management methods.
• Participate in the execution of financial, operational, SOX 404 and IT audits, integrated audits, and process audits, both domestic and abroad to maintain a strong internal control environment at our Company’s.

Opportunity to Innovate in a Changing World through our Ways of Working

• WIN AS ONE TEAM – We will empower you to work across the company developing and leveraging a network of relationships to achieve high‑level business insights.
• FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS – You will learn how to evaluate business operations, processes, and internal controls to effectively complete risk‑based audits. Individuals are empowered to develop their skillsets through a wide breadth of engagements, across various business lines.
• ACT WITH URGENCY – We act promptly as our company actively evolves in a changing world. Additionally, MCAAS acts as a trusted advisor, supporting the enterprise via advisory engagements.
• EXPERIMENT, LEARN, AND ADAPT – We challenge the way we work every day as our Senior Leaders are committed to continuously evaluating new ways of working through ideation and experimentation. Individuals will be part of a culture where every experiment is taken as a lesson learned, which is part of the innovative process.
• EMBRACE INCLUSION – We are dedicated to bringing backgrounds, cultures, and mindsets into our team. We believe in creating an environment when everyone can bring their full self to work and feel they are part of a team.
• SPEAK UP AND BE OPEN‑MINDED – We work to break down silos and share our knowledge to better connect people and data. Individuals will be challenged to critically problem solve, act as trusted advisors, and utilize data & analytic applications to provide business insights. FLDP participants will prepare and deliver presentations to both peers and leaders, sharing their successes and lessons learned.

Position Qualifications

• Current Seniors enrolled in a BS in Finance, Business Analytics, or Accountancy preferred, but all business majors may be considered (including Management, Marketing, or Economics). Academic curriculum focus on data analytics is preferred.
• Strong passion for data, technology, and finance.
• Strong data analytical skills, including transformation, modeling, analysis, and visualization.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Proven success in a collaborative, team‑oriented environment.
• Creative vision, a passion for learning, and willingness to share new ideas.
• Ability to self‑motivate and take responsibility for personal growth and development.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with client and business process owners as well as finance colleagues.
• Effective written and verbal communications skills.
• Strong time management skills and the ability to work autonomously and within a team.
• Attention to detail and the ability to multi‑task.
• Demonstration of ethics and integrity within a professional work environment.

Travel

Up to 20% of the time, both domestic and international.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• Previous internship or work experience in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or Data Analytics.
• GPA of 3.3 or above.
• Basic experience with Power BI or related business intelligence software.
• Basic experience with UiPath, Dataiku, Alteryx or related automation software.
• Basic experience with SAP.
• Basic programming knowledge with Python, R, or related languages.
• Basic SQL knowledge and relational database understanding.

Required Skills

• Alteryx
• Alteryx
• Business Analysis
• Business Decisions
• Business Intelligence (BI)
• Business Models
• Business Process Implementation
• Competency Management
• Data Analysis
• Data Analysis Tools
• Database Queries
• Data Management
• Data Modeling
• Data Visualization
• Decision Making
• Ideation
• Leading Project Teams
• Measurement Analysis
• Microsoft Applications
• Multitasking
• Openness to Change
• Prioritization
• Process Analytics
• SQL Databases
• Stakeholder Relationship Management

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.

The salary range for this role is $87,300.00 - $137,400.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit: EEOC Know Your Rights EEOC GINA Supplement.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.

US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

Job Posting End Date: 10/5/2026.

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

This is a full‑time position starting in July 2027.

We are a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where we have codified our legacy for over a century. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global health care.