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Title: Financial/Business Analyst

Hiring Organization: Connexion Systems & Engineering

Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type

• Duration: 1+ year contract, potential contract-to-hire
• Pay rate: $25-$29/hr
• Job Location: Durham, NC
• Shift: Mon-Fri, 9am – 5pm, HYBRID (3 onsite, 2 remote)
• Job#: bh14570

Financial/Business Analyst
 

Overview:

The financial/business analyst for FP&A controlling is responsible for accounting, forecasting, and reporting the results of all North America Commercial Bioscience Division. 

The analyst will work with the North America Executive Leadership responsible for these departments and corporate finance to make sure the organization of over (USD)300M expenses is meeting all financial requirements including but not limited to: budgeted spending, headcount, purchasing, monthly analysis, and compliance with all policies and procedures.

Duties:

• Providing month-end accounting, financial forecasting, and management reporting for numerous Sales. Marketing & Shared Service cost centers totaling approx. (USD)300M in annual spending.
• Specific tasks include monthly cost & headcount results, daily sales reconciliation, invoice/purchasing support, monthly invoice reconciliation and accruals, headcount approvals, variances analysis versus /budget/forecast by for Global & NA Commercial groups providing risks/opportunities, and providing monthly reporting of Financial targets/metrics for the NA Commercial Leadership.
• This position is also responsible for supporting Mid-Year plan and Annual Budget process by coordinating with US-based Commercial Sales & Marketing groups on estimated operating spends & headcount
• This position is also responsible for any ad hoc requests from various internal customers
• NOTE:  For the right candidate, this could be a temp-to-hire position.

Skills:

• Mastery of MS Excel, including several functions (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables, etc.)
• Proven knowledge of accounting procedures and practices
• Experience with financial forecasting of cost center budgeting and experience/knowledge of IT tools such as SAP BI for budgeting and reporting
• Ability to analyze and interpret data, identify inaccuracies, and prepare variance reports for executive level management reporting
• Must possess extensive knowledge of SAP as well as additional computer skills (ie Microsoft Office including excel, word, PowerPoint)
• Must possess thorough understanding of financial policies and procedures in order to ensure legal, tax, and regulatory compliance and communicate requirements to colleagues
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to interact and manage effectively with all levels of personnel throughout General and Administrative functions
• Must be detail oriented and have ability to prioritize work in order to meet deadlines
• Must have effective problem-solving skills, the ability to multi-tasks and prioritize work, and the confidence to proactively anticipate and avoid financial or communication issues

Occupational demands:

• Standard corporate office demands

Education:     

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting/business/finance, and +2 years of related experience (preferred)

-or-

• Associates, and 4+ years of related experience (preferred)

-or-

• High School Diploma, and 6+ years of related experience

Required Skills: 

ACCOUNTING

BI

BUDGET

BUDGETING

COMMERCIAL SALES

Additional Skills:

DETAIL ORIENTED

EXCEL

EXECUTIVE LEVEL

FINANCIAL FORECASTING

FORECASTING

INVOICE

MARKETING

METRICS

MICROSOFT OFFICE

PIVOT TABLES

POWERPOINT

PROBLEM-SOLVING

PURCHASING

RECONCILIATION

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

SAP

WORD

BIOSCIENCE

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

BUYING/PROCUREMENT

CORPORATE FINANCE

FINANCE

FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS

FP&A

MICROSOFT EXCEL

MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

MICROSOFT WORD

MS EXCEL

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