Director, Finance

Clarivate; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned Director of Financial Planning and Analysis to join their dynamic finance team. In this pivotal role, you will provide essential financial business partnership and reporting within the Life Sciences and Healthcare segment. Your expertise will guide the consolidation of P&L, sales analysis, and the development of critical financial metrics. Collaborating with a talented team across global offices, you will influence financial strategies and drive performance improvements. If you are passionate about financial excellence and want to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is for you!

Qualifications

• 10+ years of FP&A experience with strong skills in financial analysis and modeling.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support financial reporting and consolidation for LS&H segment.
• Analyze variances and assist in planning and forecasting processes.
• Manage one Lead Financial Analyst and provide ad-hoc reporting.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Financial Modeling

Planning and Forecasting

Management Reporting

Revenue and Expenses Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance

Master’s degree

Job description

Clarivate is seeking to hire an experienced Director, Financial Planning and Analysis to join our global finance organization! Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A (or VP of FP&A), you will play a key role in providing financial business partnership, reporting, and consolidation within the Life Sciences and Healthcare Segment of Clarivate. The scope of this role will include, but is not limited to, full P&L consolidation for the LS&H segment, sales and revenue analysis, development and maintenance of monthly revenue and metrics reporting and variance analysis, planning and forecasting processes, operating and capital expense analysis, and working with business partners to develop additional reporting tools/metrics.

About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments...

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance
• 10+ years of relevant FP&A experience
• Revenue and Expenses experience
• Proven experience in financial analysis, financial modeling, planning, forecasting, and management reporting

It would be great if you also had...

• Master’s degree a plus
• Experience with supporting a subscription-based organization and/or a professional services business preferred
• Proven experience in financial analysis, financial modeling, planning, forecasting, and management reporting

What will you be doing in this role?...

• Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end closing activities for LS&H segment and provide accurate financial reporting and consolidation. Analyze variances to plan and forecasts and validate drivers with the LS&H FP&A team.
• Consolidate and maintain subscription Net Sales, ACV/ARR, revenue reporting, and metrics.
• Assist the existing team in the annual financial plan and quarterly forecast processes by leading the coordination of sales, revenue, and retention forecasting and liaising with the various LS&H FP&A teams to identify deal type, mix, and timing.
• Assist the existing team in the creation of additional revenue and customer metrics/performance reporting/dashboards while maintaining current analytics.
• Work closely with Finance Directors on analyzing operating expenses and monitoring performance to plan/forecast.
• Work with different functional teams to ensure revenue and customer data integrity and perform any necessary data clean-up.
• Assist in preparing the segment Monthly Business Reports and Quarterly Board of Directors Update.
• Provide analysis and financial modeling in support of business initiatives, business cases, and product profitability reporting.
• Perform ad-hoc reporting and analysis as needed.
• Manage one Lead Financial Analyst.

About the Team

The LSH FP&A Team consists of 12+ individuals, located across the US, Europe, and India. You will work with colleagues across the company and on a global scale. You will be interacting with executive leadership across the LSH segment and reporting to the Sr Director of FP&A while working closely with the VP of FP&A for LSH.

Hours of Work

This is a hybrid position based out of one of our Clarivate US office locations in the eastern time zone (Philadelphia, PA; Boston, MA; Alexandria, VA; Ann Arbor, MI; Overland Park, KS). Ability to be flexible with working hours across regions and time zones worldwide.

Clarivate is an Equal Opportunity Employer Vets/Minorities/Women/Disabled