Strategic IT FP&A Senior Financial Analyst

Syneos Health; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 68,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Syneos Health is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to support the Finance Manager and IT team with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

The role involves partnering with accounting, finance, and procurement on billing initiatives and distributing key financial reports to cost center owners. Ideal candidates have a BS/BA in business-related fields, progressive accounting experience in CRO/pharma, and strong MS Office and Oracle ERP experience.

Qualifications

• BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Progressive accounting experience, preferably within the CRO or pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience working with large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Oracle Financial experience is preferred.
• Ability to perform several tasks simultaneously, organize and prioritize those tasks to meet deadlines in a fast paced environment.
• Effective presentation, documentation, and interpersonal skills with a team-oriented approach.
• Able to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, and external agencies to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving, and results.
• Strong work ethics, professional attitude and reliable. Strong problem-solving skills, research and resolution skills and data analysis.
• Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager to accomplish objectives.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), email and voice mail.
• Strong in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Manager to provide ongoing financial support/partnership to the IT Team. This includes support of financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis.
• Partner with accounting, finance and procurement teams on billing initiatives.
• Distribute and assist with the interpretation of key financial reports to respective cost center owners.
• Relationship building, including influencing and rapport skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Assists with ensuring accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
• Prepares monthly intercompany accountreconciliationsand required journal entries. Ensures invoices are sent to intercompany partners.
• Performs appropriate analysis of expenses ensuring accurate coding, adequacy of accruals, and resolves accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
• Facilitates positive relationships with General Ledger (GL) team members including international accounting personnel as well as other departments. Participate in cross functional teams as needed.
• Works closely with manager to track budgets and support the presentation to Executive Leadership teams.
• Assists with the process of loading annual budget and quarterly forecast into Oracle
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• Special projects as assigned with an emphasis on attention to detail.

Skills

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Budgeting

Reporting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS/BA in Business, Accounting, Finance

Pharma/CRO industry experience preferred

Tools

Oracle Financials

Job description

Syneos Health is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to support the Finance Manager and IT team with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

The role involves partnering with accounting, finance, and procurement on billing initiatives and distributing key financial reports to cost center owners. Ideal candidates have a BS/BA in business-related fields, progressive accounting experience in CRO/pharma, and strong MS Office and Oracle ERP experience.