Financial Analyst, FP&A

Centricity Research; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision insurance

Enhanced EAP – mental health support

Flexible PTO + paid holidays

Continuing education reimbursement

401(k) / RRSP with company match and v

Immediate vesting

Job summary

Centricity Research is seeking a Financial Analyst, FP&A to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. This remote Canada role focuses on recurring reporting, variance analysis, cash-flow management, and rolling forecasts while strengthening the FP&A function.

As you grow, you will become a trusted finance partner to operational, clinical, and site leaders, maintaining models, automating reporting, and building dashboards for KPI tracking and decision support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Experience in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or similar analytical role.
• Strong Excel skills: lookups, pivot tables, SUMIFS, sensitivity/scenario modeling.
• Comfort with learning new financial systems and automating processes.
• Solid grasp of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and unit economics.

Responsibilities

• Support budgeting, forecasting, and rolling forecasts across cost centers.
• Build and improve financial models for site performance and trial economics.
• Prepare monthly/quarterly reviews with variance commentary and recommendations.
• Create dashboards/reports in Excel/Power BI for self-service insights.
• Collaborate with operations, clinical, and site leaders to strengthen planning processes.
• Help establish recurring FP&A tasks and best practices as the function grows.

Skills

Excel proficiency

Financial modeling

Variance analysis

KPI tracking

Dashboards

Cross-functional partnership

SQL familiarity

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

NetSuite Planning & Budgeting

Anaplan

Workday Adaptive Planning

Job description

Centricity Research is one of North America's largest clinical research networks and a fully centralized Integrated Research Organization (IRO). We conduct Phase I-IV clinical trials across more than 35 therapeutic areas, partnering with leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies to advance healthcare through innovative clinical research. Join our growing team and build a rewarding career while helping bring new treatments to patients.

About the Role

We're looking for a Financial Analyst, FP&A to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis across corporate and site-level cost centers. This remote Canada role will focus on recurring reporting, variance analysis, cash-flow management, and rolling forecasts while helping strengthen our growing FP&A function.

Over time, you'll grow into a trusted finance partner to operational, clinical, and site leaders. You'll help maintain shared models, automate recurring reporting, and create useful dashboards. This role is a great fit for someone analytical, curious, adaptable, and eager to learn and collaborate.

What You'll Do

• Budgeting & Forecasting: Support the annual budgeting process and periodic re-forecasts, build and maintain rolling forecasts, and track variances to flag risks and opportunities early.
• Financial Modeling: Build and continuously improve financial models supporting site performance, study/trial economics, and new business cases, and develop KPI and unit-economics tracking (cost per site, trial margin, revenue per therapeutic area).
• Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted finance partner to operational, clinical, and site leaders, preparing monthly and quarterly business reviews with variance commentary and recommendations.
• Dashboards & Reporting: Build dashboards and reporting packages in Excel, Power BI, or similar tools that give stakeholders self-service visibility into their numbers.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with other FP&A analysts on the shared financial model, helping maintain data integrity and building repeatable analytics processes rather than one-off analyses.
• FP&A Function Buildout: Help establish core recurring tasks and best practices as the function matures, including resource optimization analysis and integrated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow modeling.

You Might Be a Great Fit If You:

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field is preferred; equivalent education or relevant experience will also be considered.
• Bring relevant experience or demonstrated capability in FP&A, corporate finance, accounting, or a similarly analytical role. Early-career through experienced candidates are welcome.
• Have strong Excel skills for your career stage, including lookups, pivot tables, SUMIFS, and sensitivity or scenario modeling, along with sound financial-modeling fundamentals.
• Are curious, coachable, and comfortable learning new financial systems and tools, with an interest in automating or streamlining manual processes.
• Have a solid grasp of core accounting and finance principles (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, unit economics).
• Communicate financial information clearly to non-finance audiences and build strong, collaborative working relationships.
• Are proactive, adaptable, and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and contribute wherever help is needed.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, biotech, pharma, or a clinical research organization (CRO/IRO/site network) is a plus, not a requirement.
• Familiarity with planning or BI tools such as Workday Adaptive Planning, Anaplan, NetSuite Planning and Budgeting, Power BI, or Tableau is an asset.
• Exposure to ERP systems such as NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or Microsoft Dynamics, or working knowledge of SQL, is an asset.
• A CPA designation, or active pursuit of one, is preferred but not required.

Why Centricity Research?

Our Mission

We connect people to scientific advancements through groundbreaking research within a deeply human experience.

Our Core Values

• Quality : We aim for excellence and integrity in everything we do - because lives depend on it.
• Care : We show up for each other, our customers, and our mission - always going the extra mile.
• Be the Change You Seek : We're adaptable, forward-thinking, and constantly improving - for the betterment of all.
• One Team : We collaborate, support one another, and succeed together.
• Grow for Good : We grow with purpose - to expand access to research and improve global health.
• Own It : We take initiative, deliver results, and follow through - with passion and accountability.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Enhanced EAP – mental health support
• Flexible PTO + paid holidays
• Continuing education reimbursement
• 401(k) / RRSP with company match and immediate vesting

We’re an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and will provide accommodations during the hiring process upon request.