Senior Finance Associate
Aditi Consulting
2024-11-07 16:43:25
Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Job type: fulltime
Job industry: Accounting
Job description
Summary:
Provide financial planning and analysis services to External Supply functions. Provide analytical support to senior management in preparing long-range plans, annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and reviewing actual results of operations compared to forecasts. Provide analytical support to senior management related to key decisions, such as capital budgeting and pricing analyses. Educate senior management and staff of functional areas regarding Company financial policies and procedures and assist them in interpreting and applying those policies. Additionally, the individual in this role will help identify opportunities for operational efficiencies and cost savings within the functional areas; present those opportunities to senior managers; and assist in implementing them.
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Forecast, Budget and Financial Close Activities
In accordance with timeline cadence, collect and prepare financial data from External Supply teams in support of reporting cycle consolidation efforts
Provide analytical support to senior management in preparing long-range plans, budgets, rolling forecasts, and reviewing actual results of operations compared to forecasts
Extensive use of advanced Excel skills and Smartsheet application
Lead financial review meetings with senior leadership as needed
Provide project status updates, feedback, and appropriate reporting
Financial compliance tracking and reporting
Educational and Professional Qualifications:
Strong analytical and critical thinking, pattern recognition, and problem-solving capabilities
Experience in budget and finance planning
Effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
Facilitate development of solutions to critical business issues
Effectively define objectives to enable effective metric generation and reporting
Able to successfully manage workload to timelines and to work autonomously or as part of a team and under pressure, with a sense of urgency, to meet deadlines
Keen attention to detail with an aptitude for problem-solving and ability to proactively address potential issues
Able to thrive in a high-volume, deadline-driven work environment
Demonstrated experience handling large data sets and supporting initiatives for data integrity
Mastery of Advanced Excel skills is required
Experience working in Smartsheet, SAP and Microsoft Teams preferred
Experience in biotech/pharma operations/manufacturing/process development a plus
3+ years of direct experience in financial processes
Project management experience a plus
Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:
Mastery of Advanced Excel skills (vLookup, pivot, Index/Match, nested table formulas, etc.)
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
Ability to successfully manage workload to timelines and to work autonomously or as part of a team and under pressure, with a sense of urgency, to meet deadlines
Compensation:
The pay rate range above is the base hourly pay range that Aditi Consulting reasonably expects to pay someone for this position (compensation may vary outside of this range depending on several factors, including but not limited to, a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, location and end client requirements).
Benefits and Ancillaries:
Medical, dental, vision, PTO benefits and ancillaries may be available for eligible Aditi Consulting employees and vary based on the plan options selected by the employee.
Aditi Consulting LLC uses AI technology to engage candidates during the sourcing process. AI technology is used to gather data only and does not replace human-based decision making in employment decisions.