Senior Financial Analyst

Kindeva; Missouri; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kindeva is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst in the United States to drive financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close activities. You will partner with cost center owners and functional leaders to translate data into meaningful insights and drive disciplined financial decisions.

The role emphasizes strong analytical skills, data storytelling, and collaboration with Supply Chain and Operations to optimize costs, inventory, and production performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in cost accounting and financial analysis, FP&A, or related roles.
• Advanced financial modeling and Excel skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data and communicate insights.
• Experience working closely with non-finance stakeholders and influencing decisions.
• Hands-on experience with budgeting, forecasting, standard cost development, and month-end close activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and scenario planning.
• Lead detailed analysis of operating performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities across cost centers and functions.
• Translate financial results into clear narratives that explain what the numbers are telling us, not just what they are.
• Play a key role in the annual budgeting and standard cost creation processes.
• Identify and communicate expected future costs across Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering during recurring forecast cycles.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages with meaningful insights and actionable recommendations.
• Partner with budget owners to analyze spending, explain variances, and drive improved financial discipline.
• Act as a finance partner to cost center owners across the business, helping leaders understand cost behavior, trends, and impact the business has on the numbers.
• Influence operational decision-making through strong financial insight and collaboration.
• Partner closely with Supply Chain to analyze inventory-related metrics, working capital trends, and operational drivers.
• Provide reporting, analysis, and insight related to inventory and production performance.
• Actively participate in the monthly close process.
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules.
• Support account reconciliations and variance explanations.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting automation, and data quality.
• Support systems enhancements and analytics tools as needed.
• Contribute to building scalable finance processes in a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

Skills

Advanced financial modeling

Excel skills

FP&A

Cost accounting

Data storytelling

Stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field

Tools

D365

SAP

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

At Kindeva we make products that save lives, ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the world.

The Impact You Will Make

This is an exciting new opportunity as a Senior Financial Analyst plays a critical role in supporting financial decision-making across the organization by transforming complex data into clear, actionable insights. This role goes beyond reporting what happened to helping leaders understand why it happened, what it means, and what actions to take next.

Reporting to the Controller, the Sr. Financial Analyst will be heavily involved in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and month-end close activities, while serving as a trusted finance partner to functional leaders. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical rigor, intellectual curiosity, and the confidence to influence stakeholders through data-driven storytelling.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning, Analysis & Modeling

• Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and scenario planning
• Lead detailed analysis of operating performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities across cost centers and functions
• Translate financial results into clear narratives that explain what the numbers are telling us, not just what they are

Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting

• Play a key role in the annual budgeting and standard cost creation processes
• Identify and communicate expected future costs across Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering during recurring forecast cycles.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packages with meaningful insights and actionable recommendations
• Partner with budget owners to analyze spending, explain variances, and drive improved financial discipline

Business Partnership

• Act as a finance partner to cost center owners across the business, helping leaders understand cost behavior, trends, and impact the business has on the numbers
• Influence operational decision-making through strong financial insight and collaboration
• Partner closely with Supply Chain to analyze inventory-related metrics, working capital trends, and operational drivers
• Provide reporting, analysis, and insight related to inventory and production performance

Month-End Close

• Actively participate in the monthly close process
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules
• Support account reconciliations and variance explanations
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting automation, and data quality
• Support systems enhancements and analytics tools as needed
• Contribute to building scalable finance processes in a regulated pharmaceutical manufacturing environment

Required

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field
• 5+ years of progressive experience in cost accounting and financial analysis, FP&A, or related roles
• Advanced financial modeling and Excel skills
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret complex data and communicate insights clearly
• Experience working closely with non-finance stakeholders and influencing decisions
• Hands-on experience with budgeting, forecasting, standard cost development, and month-end close activities

Preferred

• Experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences, manufacturing, or CDMO environments
• Experience partnering with Supply Chain or Operations
• ERP system experience (e.g., D365, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar)
• Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualization tools

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