Financial Planning & Analysis - Senior Manager (Life Sciences)

As a member of our Business Transformation team, you work as an extension of our client’s team. Your work will focus on supporting the FP&A function of our client’s finance organization, including modeling, budgeting and forecasting, interim management, as well as high impact initiatives including restructuring, sell-side diligence, carve-outs, M&A integration, and other non-routine transactions. A Life Sciences background is required for this role.

Specific responsibilities include:

·       Lead and/or support project teams engaged in the successful delivery of a wide range of FP&A initiatives aligning finance with business strategy.

·       Help develop Finance strategies by assessing a client’s business challenges/needs/gaps, diagnosing the root problems, and recommending an approach leveraging CFGI assets.

·       Develop and apply an understanding of sales and spending trends, to manage financial risk and identify opportunities.

·       Provide best-in-class business partnering support, and deliver quality reports and analysis used to make informed business decisions.

·       Identify and support CFGI business development initiatives; participate in and lead all aspects of the proposal development process.

·       Develop thought capital and disseminate information around current and emerging trends.

·       Maintain an understanding of advancements in technology and innovations which are happening across digital, analytics, the CFO ecosystem, and broader marketplace.

Who you are:

·       Finance focused with a minimum of eight years’ experience in finance and/or accounting, with experience working in the Pharma, Biotech, Medical devices, or any other Life Sciences industries. Client service experience in top professional services firms (i.e., Big 4 or large regional) is highly preferred, but not required.

·       Experienced with building a Gross-to-Net revenue model, as well as robust assumptions around research contract work, clinical trials, manufacturing, and commercial activities.

·       Advanced understanding of the FP&A function within a finance organization.

·       Extensive experience and understanding of three statement financials and associated modelling.

·       Significant engagement management experience as well as business, practice, and people development.  Ability to concurrently manage internal firm and external client requirements.

·       Transactional experience (M&A, divestures, refinancing, capital raises) and associated scenario modelling a plus.

·       Working knowledge and expertise in analytics, forecasting, and finance technologies (process, planning analytics, core Financial).

·       Experience with Finance technologies such as Adaptive Workday, Planful, OneStream, Anaplan, Cognos, Oracle Hyperion, Tableau, Alteryx, Power BI, Fusion, etc. a plus.

·       ERP technology understanding (SAP / Oracle / Workday, etc.).

·       Experience leading a project, leading a project team and the ability to lead key requirement workshops with clients.

·       Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate with clients, document requirements, and articulate the value proposition and business case for various finance transformation solutions.