Senior Manager Finance

WuXi AppTec; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

WuXi AppTec is seeking a Sr. Manager Finance to lead the finance staff and partner with US Testing, Biology, and operating units. Responsibilities include monthly reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis, plus oversight of the data warehouse and reporting to the China corporate team.

The role is hybrid in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and requires collaboration with IT and sales for commission calculations, data integrity in Power BI, and adoption of AI tools to enhance reporting quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, or equivalent experience; MBA, CPA, or CMA a plus.
• 2+ years of experience managing or mentoring staff.
• Experience in life sciences, CRO, pharmaceutical industry is a plus.
• History of interfacing with Sr. Management and presenting financial results.
• Great Plains, JDE, SAP S/4, or equivalent ERP system.
• Experience with financial reporting tools, such as LucaNet, QlikView, PowerBI, and AI exposure.

Responsibilities

• Provide business partner support for US Testing, Biology, and US operating units.
• Communicate monthly financial variance analysis, KPI tracking, and cost saving progress against goals.
• Lead monthly/quarterly forecasting and long-range planning.
• Partner with sales leadership to develop and maintain commission calculations for US/EU sales.
• Prepare financial information for COO’s executive presentations.
• Manage, coach, and develop finance staff, including goal-setting, performance reviews, and workload prioritization.
• Oversee budgeting efforts with stakeholders and submissions to Corporate.
• Analyze potential capital investment for ROI.
• Assist in modeling US costs including benefit models, bonus analysis, salary rate modeling.

Skills

Finance leadership

ERP systems

Power BI

LucaNet

QlikView

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting

MBA, CPA, or CMA (plus)

Tools

Great Plains

JDE

SAP S/4

Power BI

LucaNet

QlikView

Job description

The Sr. Manager Finance is responsible for leading the finance staff in providing financial business partnership to the US Testing, Biology, and operating units. This will include monthly reporting, budgeting, variance analysis, forecasting, commission modeling, and other ad-hoc analysis. This position will also be responsible for the oversight of the company data warehouse and data reporting to the China corporate team.

This role is hybrid in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

• Provide business partner support for US Testing, Biology, and US operating units
  • Communicate monthly financial variance analysis, KPI tracking, and cost saving progress against goals.
  • Lead monthly/quarterly forecasting and long-range planning
  • Partner with sales leadership to develop, maintain, and prepare commission calculations for US/EU sales
  • Prepare financial information for COO’s executive presentations
  • Manage, coach, and develop finance staff, including goal-setting, performance reviews, and workload prioritization
  • Lead budgeting efforts with stakeholders and submissions to Corporate
  • Analyze potential capital investment for ROI
  • Assist in modeling US costs including benefit models, bonus analysis, salary rate modeling, etc.
• Oversight of company data warehouse and corporate reporting
  • Responsible for data integrity of the financial Power BI data
  • Interface with Corporate staff on data consistency & reporting tools
  • Work with accounting team to implement master data
• Drive the finance department's adoption of AI tools and automation
  • Participate with IT in deployment of AI initiatives
  • Improve efficiency and quality of financial reporting
  • Develop automated reporting and variance analysis
• Work with accounting team to implement master data
• Normally receives minimal instructions on routine work and detailed instructions on new assignments.
• Ability to work in a team environment and independently as required
• May be required to work Holidays and weekends
• Contributes to the overall operations and to the achievement of departmental goals
• Perform job specific tasks in compliance with applicable Regulations, International Standards, and WuXi AppTec Policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Other duties as assigned

Experience / Education

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, (or equivalent and experience); MBA, CPA, or CMA a plus
• 2+ years of experience managing or mentoring staff
• Experience in life sciences, CRO, pharmaceutical industry is a plus
• History of interfacing with Sr. Management and presenting financial results
• Great Plains, JDE, SAP S/4, or equivalent ERP system
• Experience with financial reporting tools, such as LucaNet, Qlikview, PowerBI, and AI exposure

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Proficient in Oral & Written communication skills
• Expertly proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)
• Fluent Mandarin speaker is a plus
• Occasional travel may be required

The anticipated annual base salary range is: $130,000 to $160,000

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability

This job description does not state or imply that the above are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Employees holding this position will be required to perform any other job-related duties as requested by Management.