Senior Financial Analyst (m/w/d)

This position’s responsibility is to be the Senior Financial Analyst for the site supporting primarily the Finance Business partner Lead and the Cost Accounting Lead. Working as an agile thought partner, this role will be a trusted advisor to Support Finance Business Partner Lead in financial planning, forecasting and analysis as well as monthly close processes, as well as support the Cost Accounting Lead in updating product costs and performing product cost analysis while ensuring compliance with SOX, IFRS, etc.
Support continuous improvement of processes, controls and systems/tools.

Industry: Biotech
Skills: Business Analyst,Finance Analyst

Start of project: 21.10.2024

Duration of the project : 12 months 

Location: Neuenburg, Schweiz

KEY SKILLS:

Technical/Functional (LINE) Expertise:
Strong knowledge in financial planning and business investment analysis modeling (NPV, ROI)
Experience with production or cost accounting including performing standard costing and manufacturing variance analysis
Leadership:
Relationship management – establish productive relationships with own group and cross-functional teams. Ability to effectively articulate ideas and problem-solve across a variety of settings
Business & Commercial Accumen - understand, articulate and define the basic issues and trends affecting the company at the regional and global level, including opportunities and risks
Demonstrate self awareness and maintain momentum and personal effectiveness
Decision-making & Autonomy:
Possess avanced analytical and crititcal thinking skills demonstrating the ability to problem-solve, make informed recommendations, based on monthly financial results and predictive analysis
Interaction:
Establish credibility and acts responsibly to earn the confidence, trust and respect of others, while setting priorities and meeting specific deadlines in a changing environment
Foster team collaboration and flexibility in a team environment across multiple- timezones
Innovation:
Understand digital Finance trends and leverage new technologies to enhance the quality of forecasting and predictive modeling
Proactively take ownership over activities and projects, asking thought-provoking questions in effort to achieve best results
Complexity:
Express ideas in a clear, concise manner appropriate to the audience
Bring an outside-in perspective to problem-solving and decision- making

REQUIREMENTS:

- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting
- Min of 5 years of overall business experience, including internships in accounting, financial planning or decision analytics roles preferred
- Experience in Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry, including cost accounting experience in operations
- Strong analytical and computer software skills (TM1, SAP, Power BI, Tableau, Microsoft Office, Suite –Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, C3ME)
- Experience in identifying and implementing process improvements affecting other stakeholders
- Experience in working with all levels and disciplines of people within a large organization
- Highly and solid analytical skills with strong ability to analyze and understand large amounts of data
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and the ability to persuasively convey critical elements of complex issues
- Good English and French Skills.