Merck · 9 hours ago
Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
USA - New Jersey - Rahway
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$210K/yr - $331K/yr
15+ years expMerck is a leading pharmaceutical company focused on advancing medical innovation and improving lives. The Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis will serve as a key financial and strategic business partner, leading a team responsible for forecasting, analytics, and supporting both internal and external stakeholders in the Manufacturing and Research and Development Divisions.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Provide financial and strategic support to client organization
Serve as part of the leadership team of both client and divisional finance organization
Partner on strategic as well as tactical fronts to manage the progression of the pipeline with due financial considerations
Support the development of robust and realistic financial plans and help articulate those plans in clear and concise manner to the various stakeholders
Provide financial support for the formulation and evaluation of capital investment proposals and to help prepare and present the business cases to the various governance bodies
Develop and maintain strong relationship and partnership with counterparts across the enterprise to support integrated program views
Collaborate seamlessly with various finance and business stakeholders to help advance business goals
Have an enterprise mind-set and be able to articulate fully integrated costs and investment considerations and potential trade-offs
Provide financial support to pipeline and supply chain and capacity decision making, with the knowledge of key drivers to relevant governance committees
Analyze and report actual financial results and to discuss adjustments needed to the projected spend to stay aligned with the approved financial plans
Understand operational productivity drivers of the business and to develop/ maintain financial metrics to measure actual performance vs. what’s expected
Oversee various critical financial processes and to take proactive steps to align with the evolving business needs and ensure that the processes run efficiently and effectively
Ensure full compliance with the accounting requirements and maintain sound financial internal control environment
Lead and/or to participate in various special initiatives/ projects
Lead a team of talented professionals and provide guidance and leadership to the team on various business support aspects
Help team members realize their full career aspirations and to proactively seek ways to attract new talent
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance/Accounting, Science, or Engineering
Minimum of 15 years of operations or Finance experience
Effective with Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Capital Budgeting
Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
Decision Making
Detail-Oriented
Ethical Compliance
Executive Presence
Financial Analysis
Management Controls
People Leadership
People Performance Management
Pharmaceutical Industry
Preparation of Financial Reports
Relationship Management
Strategic Planning
Variance Analysis
Preferred
MBA or other Masters/PhD in Business, Finance, Science, or Engineering
Excellent analytical skills and the ability to develop business operations models
Strong organizational and time management skills
Excellent attention to detail to ensure accurate and on-time deliverables
Strong business and financial acumen
Demonstrated effectiveness working with teams, including Third Parties
Proactive approach to problem solving, including solutions at times may be “outside of the box”
Demonstrated ability to influence, build and maintain team, client and peer relationships
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
Passion and intellectual curiosity with respect to healthcare industry
Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry
Understanding of the drug discovery and development process and/or vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturing
Sufficient knowledge of our company's pipeline/ product line
Strong computer skills especially working with SAP, BPC, Power BI, and MS Excel
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
Retirement benefits, including 401(k)
Paid holidays
Vacation
Compassionate and sick days
Company
Merck
Merck is a biopharmaceutical company that offers medicines and vaccines for various diseases.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.59MKey Investors
Private Capital AdvisorsGavi, the Vaccine Alliance
2018-11-25Post Ipo Equity· $0.59M
2016-01-21Series Unknown· $5M
1980-12-19IPO
Leadership Team
Betty Larson
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Dean Li
Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories
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