Essential Functions of the Job (Key responsibilities)
• Work closely with Accounting Services group to ensure all Commercial/Medical Affairs accruals are reviewed for accuracy and completeness from Gappify accrual system.
• Improve accrual Gappify response rate from internal budget owners.
• Perform month-end close activities for certain commercial activities not handled by Accounting Services group.
• Review invoicing and related transactions generated by A/P to ensure proper accounting.
• Provide guidance to administrative assistants and project managers on proper treatment of requisitions. (coding block, processing, approval, etc.).
• Create and review departmental reports to compare actual expenses vs. budget creating ad hoc reports in Hyperion and/or PeopleSoft to provide transparency and accountability of budgeted spend.
• Review expenditures in PeopleSoft to ensure proper accounting treatment. Re-class entries and change PO to reflect proper coding when necessary.
• Note any large expenditures/outliers and prepare review with Head of US Commercial Finance, AVP FP&A and VP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer.
• Perform run rate analysis vs. Budget / Forecast for all expenditures.
• Maintain the US Business Open PO Report file to track spending for all of US Business to manage commitments and coordination with Procurement to analyze category spend.
• Review project spend with Commercial and Medical Affairs team members including department heads.
• Develop Op-Ex dashboard reporting using Business Objects and roll out to stakeholders.
• Assist Head of US Commercial Finance and Senior Director, Finance of Dermatology Business Unit with Annual Budget presentation including development of slides to support the US Oncology/Dermatology Business Unit Budget presentations.
• Liaison with external auditors in supporting and understanding accruals, as required.
• Continuous Process Improvement – Assist in financial process improvement initiatives and develop metrics for measuring effectiveness and efficiency while meeting business needs.
• Understand the business drivers and make recommendations to teams around resource allocations.
• Ad hoc projects including sales, royalty reporting and support to the Corporate Strategic Plan.
• Individual will serve as critical customer facing/business partnering role.
Qualifications (Minimal acceptable level of education, work experience, and competency)• BS degree in finance-related field or equivalent.
• 5+ years of progressive, relevant work experience in financial planning, analysis, modeling and accounting.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills to support budget owners and department heads.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.
• SAP (or comparable ERP system) and Hyperion experience recommended.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced and complex environment.
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. Management reserves the right to change or modify such duties as required.
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