Senior Finance Analyst

Miejsce pracy: Warszawa

Your responsibilities

As part of the local finance team of our Company Poland, contributes to budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, P&L analysis and reporting while ensuring that activities are compliant with company guidance and policies.

A person is responsible for supporting business decision making and ensuring that financial targets are met by closely partnering with the local Business Units, Market Access, Policy & Communications, Digital, Data & Analytics, and Medical Affairs.

The Analyst is instrumental in utilizing extensive strategic financial and analytical expertise to deliver valuable insights, establish goals, and lead transformative initiatives that guarantee long-term business sustainability.

Your responsibilities:

As Senior Financial Analyst (FP&A) your main responsibilities are:

• Supports Human Health and Medical Affairs budget and forecasts related to sales, headcount and expenses, including templates preparation, assumptions gathering and best in class collaboration with budget owners.

• Coordinates monthly expenses & headcount analysis and actively participates in the accruals process, verifies/prepare monthly expenses reconciliations and initiates any corrective actions needed to secure the most accurate financial accounts.

• Supports mid-month / end-of-month estimates and provide ad-hoc financial predictions or analytics to both local and regional teams (i.e. PVA, presentations, etc.)

• Prepares and supports periodic performance evaluation, including business results reporting and variance analysis provided to the business.

• Actively recommends changes, adjustment, corrective actions and improvements to secure company P&L, objectives and strategy.

• Challenge and drive continuous improvement of existing processes through optimization, standardization, stability, bringing the best benchmarks and working as one team with MER COE and other local markets.

• Update process flows, operating manuals, training guides, and standard operating procedures as needed in close cooperation with the FP&A Lead

• Support internal and external audits

• Support global or regional initiatives (e.g., business systems, processes, policies etc.)

Our requirements

• Outstanding business savviness, interdisciplinary curiosity and learning readiness which strengthen business relationship and partnering with local and regional teams and stakeholders.

• Innovation & Change Catalyst attitude which allows to question status-quo, initiate & lead improvements, which help to bring FP&A function to the future design.

• Excellent communication and ‘Story Arc’: Communicates and delivers the financial data, processes effectively and creatively so it is clearly understood and resonates with various stakeholders. Adjusts to audience as necessary.

• Ability to create positive relationships across functions and contribute to diverse and inclusive work environment.

• Self-motivated, proactive self-starter and details oriented

• Bachelor/Master education in Finance, or Accounting or other business-related discipline with accounting experience

• Any professional certification completed or in progress would be an asset (ACCA, CIMA, BR, etc.)

• 5+ years of financial analysis, accounting, planning, or reporting experience, followed by clear understanding of accounting principles & business forecasting concept.

• Proficiency in financial modeling, forecasting techniques, and advanced Excel functions, including advances solutions (i.e. complex formulas creation, macros, power-queries, followed by self-learning attitude). Power BI knowledge is an asset.

• Strong knowledge of financial planning and reporting systems (e.g., LPT, BPC, SAP, FSA)

• Fluent in English, Polish preferred

What we offer

We welcome you to a truly global, dynamic and challenging environment with great opportunities for personal development. Our benefits are very competitive, and the summary below will give you an idea of what you can expect.

• Competitive salary package

• Annual Incentive Plan (bonus) and pension plan

• Attractive cafeteria including private medical care, group life insurance and multisport card.

• Volunteering days

• Hybrid working model.

Our Company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. Today, we are building a new kind of healthcare company – one that is ready to help create a healthier future for all of us. Our ability to excel depends on the integrity, knowledge, imagination, skill, diversity and teamwork of an individual like you. To this end, we strive to create an environment of mutual respect, encouragement and teamwork. As part of our global team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with talented and dedicated colleagues while developing and expanding your career.

Our employees are the key to our company’s success. We demonstrate our commitment to our employees by offering a competitive and valuable rewards program. Our Company’s benefits are designed to support the wide range of goals, needs and lifestyles of our employees, and many of the people that matter the most in their lives.

MSD Poland

Who we are … We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. What we look for … Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

Location: Warszawa, PL

Posted Date: 10/29/2024