Project Financial Analyst II

Syneos Health, Inc.; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 56,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k matching

Stock purchase plan

Commissions/bonus

Job summary

Syneos Health, Inc. in Morrisville, NC is seeking a Project Financial Analyst II to drive budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting for global management. The role requires strong analytical ability and collaboration across teams to deliver actionable insights.

Responsibilities include producing client reports, analyzing financial data, and delivering monthly commentary for senior leaders. Two years of financial experience and Pharma/CRO exposure are preferred. Competitive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Financial forecasting, budgeting and reporting experience.
• Ability to build forecasts across cohorts and trial specifications.
• MS Office proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and accounting software experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work with confidential data with high attention to detail.
• Excellent financial and interpersonal skills, with strong motivation to achieve.
• Ability to multitask to meet deadlines.
• 2 years of financially relevant experience.
• Experience in Pharma/CRO preferred.

Responsibilities

• Produces and presents client reporting and facilitates financial discussions with stakeholders.
• Prepares, interprets and analyzes financial data, business metrics and ad-hoc reports for global management.
• Prepares reports including budgets, cost rates, forecasting, headcount and revenue backlog; produces ad hoc reports.
• Develops monthly financial reports and commentary for senior management; suggests improvements in timeliness and accuracy.
• Acts as a key contact for interpretation of financial results in assigned area.
• Provides insights on growth trends and profitability in assigned area.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Budgeting

MS Office

Accounting software

Tools

Microsoft Office

Oracle Finance

Job description

Description

Project Financial Analyst II

Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.

Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape.

Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need.

Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.

Job Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

• Produces and presents client reporting and facilitates customer-facing financial discussions to ensure clear financial communication and strong stakeholder engagement.
• Prepares, interprets and analyzes financial data, business metrics, and ad-hoc reports for global management.
• Prepares key reports such as annual cost and expense budgets, cost rates, cost and expense forecasting, monthly utilization, headcount, revenue backlog analysis, and/or gross profit for assigned area. Produces ad hoc reports as required.
• Develops and produces monthly financial reports and commentary, as well as other financial analysis and metrics as required by senior management. Offers methods for improving results by reviewing timeliness, accuracy and efficiencies in reporting.
• Serves as a key contact point for interpretation and investigation of financial results in assigned area.
• Provides financial insights to business growth trends and profitability in assigned area.
• Assists management and others within Finance department with miscellaneous projects as directed by supervisor.
• Develops and delivers financial reporting, controls and procedures to ensure financial information is reported accurately and timely for group deadlines.
• Updates and costs study budget based on updated trial specifications.

Additional Qualifications

• Ability to utilize protocol and subject data to identify how to build subject visit forecast (i.e., split offorecast by multiple cohorts/arms, split by different subject status)
• Identify inconsistency within data (i.e., significant change in visit rate for 1 site, currency error due to typo KWW instead of KRW)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is essential. Proficiency with accounting software packages is necessary and experience with Oracle Finance is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work with confidential and sensitive data is required.
• Requires exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Excellent financial, communication, and interpersonal skills are required as well as a high level of personal motivation to achieve.
• The ability to perform several tasks simultaneously to meet deadlines is necessary.
• 2 years of financial relevant experience.
• Experience in Pharma/CRO preferred.

Disclaimer

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

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Physical Requirements: Position requires the ability to occasionally move about inside the office to access filing cabinets, office equipment, etc. and to move between office locations; ability to maintain a stationary position for prolonged periods of time; ability to occasionally manipulate (e.g., lift, carry, move) office items and packages of light to medium weights of 10-35 pounds; ability to constantly operate a computer and other office productivity equipment (e.g., scanner, phone, printer, copier); ability to perceive and assess written materials for prolonged periods of time; and ability to frequently communicate with colleagues on the phone, by email, and in-person.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. The noise level in the work environment is low. This is a largely sedentary role.

At Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include:

• company car or car allowance
• Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision
• Company match 401k
• eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance
• flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time

Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range

$56,400.00 - $95,900.00

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.

http://www.syneoshealth.com

Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.

Summary

The Financial Analyst II is an intermediate-level finance role responsible for analyzing financial data, developing insights, and driving decision support for business stakeholders. This role requires a strong understanding of financial processes, forecasting methodologies, and business drivers. The Financial Analyst II owns components of budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling, provides actionable insights, and partners with functional leaders to improve financial performance. The role also contributes to process improvements, reporting enhancements, and cross-functional initiatives.