Req ID #: 227683
Tranent, Scotland, GB;
Saffron Walden, England, GB;
High Peak, England, GB;
Margate, England, GB
3rd
Full time
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

The role;

• Plans and conducts complex studies to determine cost of business activities including NPV and ROI.
• Reviews costs and performs cost benefit analysis related to projects and/or programs.
• Develops financial reports for forecasting, trending and results analysis.
• Interprets financial transactions in order for Sr. Management to make economic or business decisions.
• Supports the execution of the strategic planning and forecasting process.
• Generate monthly/quarterly global functional expense tracking information and segmentation data.
• Extract KPI data for analysis and create scorecards/dashboards using data.
• Summarise analytic and project results into presentations.
• Assists in the analysis of financial data and extracts and defines relevant information; interprets data for the purpose of determining past financial performance and/or to project a financial probability.
• Assist with process improvement activities.

Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A./ B.S.) or equivalent in Accounting or related discipline.
Experience: Proven track record of related experience and training. Experience in Life Science industry preferred.
Other: Knowledge of SAP a plus. Working knowledge of SOX requirements. Expert knowledge of Excel required. Self-starter and ability to work independently
About Corporate FunctionsThe Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles RiverCharles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 80% of the drugs approved by the FDA in the last five years.
At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction