FP&A Analyst — Revenue Forecasting & Insights

LGC Clinical Diagnostics

Milford (MA)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 128,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

LGC Clinical Diagnostics, a global manufacturer of quality management tools and reagents, seeks an FP&A Analyst to join the Financial Planning & Analysis team. You will partner with the Diagnostics & Genomics sales and marketing groups on revenue planning and reporting, drive month-end close tasks, and support forecasting and variance analysis across product lines and customers.

You will collaborate with finance colleagues to deliver insights, prepare journal entries, and support the budgeting

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related analytical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of 2 years of financial analysis, business analysis, FP&A, sales analysis, or related analytical experience.
Strong Excel and financial modelling skills, including the ability to analyze large datasets, reconcile information, prepare variance analysis, and develop actionable reporting.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain financial results, trends, risks, opportunities, and business drivers to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
ERP experience required; SAP experience preferred.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet recurring finance deadlines, work independently in a dynamic environment, and maintain confidentiality of financial and business information.

Responsibilities

Produce timely and precise weekly and monthly sales reporting including detailed comparisons against forecast and budget, delivering revenue commentary, customer and product-line analysis, and continual forecast support.
Perform recurring tactical reporting and analytical tasks. These include weekly sales updates, forecast tracking, and monthly close support. You will also handle forecast check-ins, commercial and marketing business partnering, variance explanations, and ad hoc financial analysis.
Collaborate regularly on revenue tracking and performance with sales and commercial leadership, product management, demand planning, and finance colleagues to deliver key insights and forecast updates.
Prepare revenue and cost of sales journal entries and reconciliations during the monthly close process. Calculate commissions and work with the local Controlling team to ensure an accurate and timely month-end close.
Support annual budget and quarterly forecast preparation, collaborating with commercial, marketing, and site finance leaders to coordinate Adaptive Planning updates with revenue and product cost of sales. Support Business Objects planning cycle loads and assist site finance throughout the process and validation.
Use FP&A skills combined with experience in SAP, Tableau, Adaptive planning, and modeling to improve processes related to revenue reporting and forecasting, and to analyze sales performance at both customer and product-line levels. Help maintain dashboards and reports as required and coordinate with the business analytics team to ensure data accuracy.
Perform other finance, reporting, planning, analysis, and business support duties as required to meet organizational needs.