Financial Analyst

Job Title: Financial Analyst
Location: Branchburg, NJ 08876
Duration: 3 Months+ (possibility of extension)

Pay Range: $40.17 - $46.06/hr. on W2


Job Description:
This role is accountable for financial reporting and planning for the total Branchburg site scorecard. This includes preparing management reporting for the Site Leadership Team, Client Manufacturing Finance, and the local Site Finance leader and leading the FP&A team through forecasts, business plan, and strategic plan. He or she must be able to effectively communicate the drivers behind the reporting variances and prepare presentations and reports that clearly explain the financial performance/financial plan to all key stakeholders involved. He or she will be working closely with others on the team to be able to consolidate all finance/accounting related items at Branchburg.

• Responsible for the financial support for all departments at the manufacturing site (30+ cost centers). This includes partnering with the Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Facilities, and Global Services organizations to lead and develop forecasts and business plan for these departments and analyze the actual results to understand the variances.
• Provide updated forecasts based on trends and analysis. It is critical that he or she can effectively communicate variances, analysis, and updated forecasts to the Finance & Accounting organization and department leaders.
• Owner of Local Capital financial processes: Annually, Branchburg has new local projects that are spread across approximately 50-100 projects.
• Primary owner of all capital investment requests and ensures all of the proper documentation has been included (Business Case, Estimate Summary, Corporate Investment Decision Model) and that the proper signatures and ATS are obtained.
• Work with the Local Engineering Team and the Client Corporate Capital Team to provide quarterly forecasts and monthly reporting around the actual spend vs. business plan, including insight around the drivers behind the variances.
• Responsible for making sure capital projects are closed out in a timely manner to ensure the site recognizes appropriate timing for the depreciation of the assets that will be placed in service.
• Responsible for any Capital Audits from either internal or external sources.
• Accountable for all of Branchburg’s fixed assets on site:
• Maintain an accurate record of the site’s fixed assets, continuously adding new assets (through the Cap Form) and removing assets throughout the year (through the NVC Form).
• Communicate with engineering, facilities, and manufacturing departments to ensure appropriate action for assets that are new, removed, or moved to a different building/location.
• Responsible for the Annual Fixed Asset Inventory that involves evaluation of hundreds of local assets.
• Central point of contact for the financial reporting systems.
• Maintain hierarchies for local cost centers & cost elements and coordinate the inputting of data for business plan & verify the accuracy and completeness of data entry.
• Partner with the Assoc. VP of HR to plan, report, and analyze the Compensation & Benefits expense at Branchburg.
• Plan Branchburg’s C&B during the Business Plan/Strategic Plan seasons, while providing forecasts and reasons for variances throughout each year.
• Responsible for any ad-hoc requested analysis driven by the Assoc. VP of FP&A and/or site department managers and internal/external auditors.
• Responsible for any month-end closing financial or accounting items not explicitly mentioned above for the departments he or she controls financially.

 
Basic Requirements:

• 2 to 5 years of FP&A experience.

Additional Preferences:

• 2 to 5 years of Pharmaceutical or Biotech experience.
• Experience with SAP for Analysis/Planning.

 
Education Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Finance or Economics.
• Must be able to adapt in a high pace environment.