Finance Analyst

Title: Finance Analyst - L3
Location: Buffalo, NY
Duration: Minimum 12 Months
Client: Largest Pharmaceutical company in the USA.

Decision support and simplification:
• Provide expert advice to customer groups by proactively identifying opportunities and raising challenges to meet business objectives and mitigate risks
• Create nonstandard financial analysis and present trends
• Provide financial analysis as requested
• Work with Shared Management Accounting Services to ensure successful month end processes and reporting
• Support Sr. Finance Partner in development and implementation of standard costing model for annual standard cost setting of products to commercial, and generation of standard costs for NPI products
• Provide analytical support on an as needed basis to strategic activities such as business development (Value Engineering improvements), business evaluation proposals etc.
• Execute post-acquisition integration activities (e.g., GPS savings tracking, capital cost- savings project tracking)
Financial management and governance:
• Manage financial management activities for Oak Hill site in support of delivering business strategies and maintaining strong financial governance
• Accountable for risk identification and management for strong financial governance
• Review management accounts (actual, forecasts, budgets) to assist senior embedded business finance support in signing off on income statement and balance sheet
• Develop close working relationships with functional departments to ensure good financial understanding, control and identification of cost saving opportunities
• Assist in the management of corporate approvals (e.g., compliance with corporate development and ABAC requirements)

Qualifications

Influence and relationship building:
• Assist in the management of financial activities / issues for external business partnerships (e.g., third-party supplier, outsourcing partner, etc.)
• Educate customer groups on financial aspects of business decisions and resource allocations.
Professional qualification (e.g., CPA, MBA, Financial Accounting or Business degree)
Business / Accounting
Qualification:
• Experience working in business / functional unit
• Experience working in commercial P&L environment
• Demonstrated business skills executed with integrity and independent judgment
• Ability to effectively use negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Experience working with client groups with ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at various levels
• Understanding of underlying business drivers
• Proficient financial knowledge of modeling, analysis, evaluation, and forecasting
• Experience working in cross-functional teams and across a matrixed environment
• Good interpersonal skills demonstrated by creation of a network of key partners within Finance and the business and the ability to bridge communications gap between finance and non-finance
• Understanding of systems and processes as they affect the financial results (JDE, Prism, DCS, etc.)
• Excellent computer skills including Excel, Word, PowerPoint

Additional Information

If you have any questions releated to this Job feel free to reach me @ 973-507-7521

Best Regards

Pramod Galande:)

About the Company

Artech is the #1 ranked IT Staffing Company in the US owned my woman (MWBE), according to Staffing Industry Analysts' 2016 annual report. Artech provides technical expertise to fill gaps in clients' immediate skill-sets availability, deliver emerging technology skill-sets, refresh existing skill base, allow for flexibility in project planning and execution phases, and provide budgeting/financial flexibility by offering contingent labor as a variable cost.