Financial Analyst II - Biofire
Salt Lake City, UT
About the Job
Position Summary:
This role can be based in St Louis, Salt Lake City, or the surrounding areas and cannot be fully remote.
R&D Financial Analyst is a business partner for our Global Research and Development teams and supports the performance monitoring, budget, forecast, and portfolio processes. This role also supports the month-end close process and works with the accounting team with full-cycle accounting processes. The ideal candidate is someone with excellent oral and written communication skills; attention to detail, and ability to work with diverse teams of people across multiple locations & time-zones. Someone with time management skills and ability to meet deadlines, as well as a self-starter with a desire to develop and evolve in a dynamic global company.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Supports budget, forecast and strategic plan processes for the Global R&D teams.
- Collaborates with senior management and department heads to support consistent and accurate reporting for R&D budgets. Work with HR business partners to build and monitor the headcount and salary budget.
- Creates monthly dashboard reporting and analysis of expenditures, headcount, project expenses, and capital purchases.
- Supports analysis and reporting for R&D scope, including project analysis, and provide ad-hoc reporting to support management in decision-making.
- Leads monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process for R&D. Ensure that financial rules and procedures are followed by the business and are in line with corporate processes.
- Supports the R&D team with preparation of project budgets, cost proposals, and forecasts for R&D related activities.
- Serve as business partner to local departments and as liaison with the global controlling team.
- Support the tax team with the R&D Tax Credit Analysis.
- Supports internal monthly and ad-hoc reporting and accounting group day-to-day business process.
- Review and approve purchase orders and capital requests for adherence to budget.
- Participate in global finance initiatives.
- Perform all work in compliance with company quality procedures and standards
Education, Skills, & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting or related field with 5+ years of experience in the Finance/Accounting field with experience or knowledge in financial planning & analysis.
- FP&A, Forecasting, and Budgeting experience is HIGHLY desired
- Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills necessary.
- SAP knowledge preferred.
- Experience with tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Power Query is a plus
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