Manufacturing Senior Financial Analyst

Why Patients Need You

Your in-depth knowledge and financial skills will enable reaching more patients with quality and affordable products supplied by our best-in-class manufacturing and supply organization. Whether you are part of establishing, coordinating, improving, or administering financial operations, your role is critical to getting our medicines in the hands of the people who need them most, faster, and more efficiently than ever before.

What You Will Achieve

This is a role that requires financial expertise to undertake financial, accounting, and internal controls activities at the Pfizer Rocky Mount site, delivering periodic financial close and reporting, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, controls and compliance. Your analysis, findings, narratives, and recommendations will be presented to the Pfizer management team on site and/or above site, supporting decision making and resource allocations. You will develop, maintain, and improve financial and operational processes, working as a finance business partner and integrator, having a view of end-to-end processes as they impact the financials. You will keep accurate financial controls and reporting for compliance purposes and deliver insightful financial information. You will support planning processes and monitor execution to ultimately deliver value and financial results for our shareholders.

How You Will Achieve It

You will employ your analytical skills with attention to detail and see the big picture are same time. You will apply your financial knowledge and data analysis skills to translate a problem into an opportunity to deliver timely and insightful information that will aid management to take actionable results.

As a Sr. analyst your actions and judgement will contribute towards the achievement of goals and objectives of the team. Your drive and ability to manage time and conflicting priorities will help in completing critical deliverables. Your innovative use of data analytics, visualization tools and communication skills will facilitate in engaging productive discussions to create value.

You will act as a leader in everything you do, in consonance to Pfizer Values, Our Purpose Blueprint and with the mindset of Actionable Attitudes to help Pfizer to deliver Breakthroughs that Changes Patients’ Lives.

Role Summary

The Senior Finance Analyst, Rocky Mount Finance Team supports month-end-close activities, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and controls for the Site and works in cooperation with shared services and PGS finance team. The role requires an individual who is capable of driving business partnership, drive efficiency through continuous improvement, contributes to the completion of complex projects, operates in a matrix environment, and manage competing priorities.

Role responsibilities

• Preparation and analysis of financial records for the Site, including P&L, BS, Capital, financial packages, decks, and narratives that are part of the financial reporting and analysis processes.
• Ensure quality, accuracy and timelines of month-end-close, quarterly and annual deliverables, preparing or reviewing journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, roll forwards, variance analysis and maintaining proper financial records and controls in compliance to SOX.
• Implement, monitor and track KPIs to proactively report business performance, highlighting risks/opportunities, trends and be able to link operational facts to financial performance
• Review inventory, spending, cost accounting and transactional purchase and work orders to ensure accurate bookkeeping, correct account classification, budget/forecast controls and prepare explanations and commentaries.
• Support the periodic preparation and analysis of financial forecasts, annual budget and plans, including all P&L lines, capital and expenses categories such as payroll, depreciation, services, operational costs with different view of direct/indirect, fixed/variable, labor/overhead, being able to prepare multifaceted dimension and base comparisons.
• Provide support to the site operations presenting financial results, past and future projections and facilitating with follow ups and actions within the site or above site organization
• Identify and lead continuous process improvement initiatives and actively participate in strategic, operational and functional initiatives driving change and challenging the status quo in a positive attitude
• Coordinate financial planning, controls and performance of projects, new product development, capital projects, restructuring and other transformational activities
• Coordinate and facilitate financial matters working in conjunction with Shared Services team. Revise and direct financial activities when needed
• Engage in inventory and fixed assets cycle counting, physical counting and impairment review processes
• Develop, maintain and review desk level procedures, SOPs and training materials
• Ensure effective control environment, supporting audits, ensuring compliance with GAAP, Sarbanes-Oxley, Pfizer policies, GMP, and other external standards
• Drive and cultivate financial acumen and teamwork across functional areas at the site, engage with above site finance, corporate and other PGS and Business functions
• Other ad-hoc analysis and assignments as directed by Site Finance lead or manager.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, economics or related business degree
• 5+ years of experience as a financial analyst in FP&A, Manufacturing/Corporate/Business finance
• Successful track records operating in a manufacturing environment and matrix organization
• Proven knowledge and ability to use ERP (SAP, Oracle, etc.), consolidation reporting (Hyperion), data analytics and business intelligence tools
• Microsoft Office capabilities, excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills to produce fast and sound financial modeling, projections and analysis
• Teamwork, communication, time management, problem solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA, master's degree or Post degree with concentration in finance or accounting
• CPA, CMA certification
• Relevant pharmaceutical industry experience in manufacturing & supply operations
• Big 4 experience, consulting or auditing
• SME in FP&A, Inventory Valuation and Cost Accounting
• Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC and Financial reporting experience
• SQL, data analytics tools

Physical/Mental Requirements

• Sitting, walking, driving, ability to perform mathematical calculations
• Ability to translate large amount of data and information into actionable insights and recommendations.

Other job details

• Rocky Mount Site in NC
• Hybrid schedule, according to the company policy or 3 days /week on premise, also depends on business needs
• Minimum travel required

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

• Sitting, standing, walking, ability to perform mathematical calculations, ability to perform complex data analysis, ability to translate large amount of data and information into actionable insights and recommendations.

 

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $78,000.00 to $130,000.00. In addition, this position is eligible for participation in Pfizer’s Global Performance Plan with a bonus target of 10.0% of the base salary. We offer comprehensive and generous benefits and programs to help our colleagues lead healthy lives and to support each of life’s moments. Benefits offered include a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage. Learn more at Pfizer Candidate Site – U.S. Benefits | (uscandidates.mypfizerbenefits.com). Pfizer compensation structures and benefit packages are aligned based on the location of hire. The United States salary range provided does not apply to Tampa, FL or any location outside of the United States.

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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