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!! Immediate Interview !!

Title – Financial Analyst III

Location – Santa Monica, CA

Duration – 7+ Months

Start Date – ASAP

Interview Process – Phone, In-person

This position supports the collection and distribution of financial information to leaders and others throughout our client and provides financial leadership to the Company's project and department reporting activities. It works with all levels of our client staff and with Finance colleagues to assist in our clients' preparation of strategic and long- range financial plans, short-term forecasts and operating budgets. This includes ownership of the company's monthly review processes for Research and Technical Operations cost centers. Additionally, this position provides financial leadership to all early-stage research programs. 

This role is a business partner to our client management and routinely interacts with management through the Senior Director/VP level to provide decision support services and guidance for resource allocation. 

As a key participant in evaluating and improving our client's financial data systems and services, the position manages the Adaptive Planning tool, and identifies opportunities in data analysis / business intelligence tools, and other systems providing financial information for the Company. It also manages key financial processes including, but not limited to, employee time tracking, chart of account maintenance, significant components of MTP and Budget preparation, and monthly reporting. 

The position also plays a key role in identifying and realizing business process improvement opportunities across the company. 

Additional scope information: 

• The Fiscal Year budgets are approximately $100-125m of Expense; $5-10m of Capital Investment 
• Approximately 22 cost center budgets 
• Approximately 21 project budgets 


Essential Job Responsibilities :

1. Key participant in our clients FP&A processes, including management of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting. Provides clear communication between finance and its stakeholders in other departments regarding financial results and business activities. Coordinate with internal/external partners to insure accuracy and timeliness of reporting 

2. Provides financial leadership to early-stage research programs as finance representative on project development teams. Provides support for decision analysis, resource management and process improvements. 

3. Finance partner to Research and Technical Operations cost centers. Analyzes financial project results, identifying causes of variances to plans and their implications. Reviews results and variances with line business partners. Delivers advisory services to line management with improved reporting on project expenses, departmental expenses, capital, and headcount. Develops key performance indicators and dashboards for review with cost owners. 

4. Manages company-wide time tracking and reporting; drive improvements in compliance across all employees and develop meaningful analyses to aid in planning and decision making. 

5. Contributes business intelligence data from interactions with internal and external business partners to improve organizational information about activities. Manages information-sharing process across Finance team to ensure all members are up-to-date on the latest developments 

6. Plans and implement changes that improve effectiveness, accuracy, timeliness, and productivity of the Finance group. 

7. Manages the Adaptive budget planning system to ensure readiness for annual and long-range forecasts, accuracy of actual results and up-to-date chart of accounts. 

8. Contributes to successful preparation of long-range plans, short-term forecasts and annual operating budgets through management of key components of process, including indirect costs and preparation of executive-level presentations. 

9. Manages our client Chart of Accounts, coordinating new WBS elements with master data and ensuring that all reporting hierarchies are up-to-date and accurately reflect the nature of the work performed at the Company. 

10. Promotes an environment of financial stewardship and effective business and financial controls. 

Required Qualifications: 

1. MBA is required. 
2. 5 + years of work experience with increasing responsibility. Experience in R&D within the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries is highly desired. Biologics experience is preferred. 
3. A history of effectively influencing senior business partners. 
4. Flexibility and adaptability to operate effectively in a small team and fast paced environment. 
5. Demonstrated success working in a matrix operating environment. 
6. An effective and persuasive communicator orally and in writing 
7. Proven success in organizing information and delivering it in a concise, executive format

Thanks and Regards,

Ishant

Sr. IT Recruiter

Technocraft Solutions LLC | Partner with xDimension Technology         

Email: ishant@technocraftsol.com

Contact: (972)2324173 Ext 113

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