Senior Financial Analyst

at  BioLife Solutions

BioLife Solutions is repeatedly named one of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, a list curated by Seattle Business Magazine. We welcome you to apply to join our dynamic, high-energy team. Here you will find a performance-based, family-oriented environment where authentic communication and treating colleagues with respect are required. Our employees receive a competitive benefits package, which includes generous company stock awards and a 401k matching program.
BioLife Solutions is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of class-defining cell and gene therapy bioproduction tools and services. Our solutions facilitate basic and applied research and commercialization of new therapies by maintaining the health of biologic source material and finished products during manufacturing, storage, and distribution. Our solutions offer commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post-preservation viability and function of biologic materials. Our tools portfolio includes our proprietary, serum-free and protein-free, fully defined CryoStor® freeze media and HypoThermosol® shipping and storage media, ThawSTAR® family of automated, water-free thawing products, evo® cold chain management system, and Custom Biogenic Systems high-capacity storage freezers. Services include SciSafe biologic and pharmaceutical materials storage. For more information, please visit: www.biolifesolutions.com.
General Summary and Purpose: The Senior Financial Analyst is a core team member of the Finance Team. The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for creating and compiling financial metrics to help senior management make timely business decisions. This position adheres to tight deadlines and a multitude of supporting roles. The Senior Financial Analyst will have contact with senior management, which requires strong interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal. The Senior Financial Analyst must have strong U.S. GAAP knowledge required in interpreting the monthly operating results.

Duties and Responsibilities: Finance:

• Performs monthly financial analytics, such as:
• Variance analytics and KPIs for internal reporting
• Cashflow forecasting financial review and GL coding
• Sales analytics o Concentration analysis for financial filings
• Personnel fluctuations
• Fixed assets spend o Inventory standard variances
• Contributes to the preparation of detailed annual financial budgets, reforecasting and providing deliverables to senior management
• Maintains month end and weekly operating reports and distributes KPI reports to senior management
• Assists in the design and maintenance of clean data requirements for all consolidated operations, including data validation criteria
• Works closely with accounting on GL coding and variances
• Supports the construction of long-term forecasts for financial statements
• Provides the accounting team with SOX compliance testing and documentation for finance-owned processes
• Supports SEC reporting with required disclosures and MD&A
• Leverages enterprise-level tools such as Power BI, Adaptive Workday Planning, NetSuite and UKG

• Completes ad hoc requests for miscellaneous data requests and financial modeling projects.

  Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Job Requirements:

• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced work environment, and accomplish those tasks in a detailed, timely manner.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, while maintaining a high level of organization.
• Ability to streamline functions and passion to learn and grow
• Ability to quickly learn new software applications and create ad hoc reports
• Willingness to work long hours, when necessary
• Ability to work well with others in a fast paced, dynamic environment Required

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Minimum 3-years of experience in a corporate setting performing financial analysis functions or similar duties
• Proficient in ERP software and Microsoft Office Suite
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel
• Proficient understanding of GAAP accounting
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with team members across the business Preferred Experience:
• Experience working in a public company in a SOX environment
• Experience with creation of financial statement and cash flow forecasting
• Understanding of inventory costing and forecasting
• Experience with NetSuite and Adaptive

BioLife Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
BioLife Solutions provides a substance-free workplace, and all offers of employment will be contingent on opiate drug test and background check.
The US base salary range for this position at full-time is $81,329 - $130,104 per year. Our salary ranges are determined by position, level, location, and market competitive benchmarks. Individual pay within a level is determined by work location (including geographic pay zone region), job related skills, experience, education, and training.
The BioLife Solutions total rewards program includes, but is not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401K with generous match, life and disability insurance as well as time off programs of Vacation and Sick time. Additionally, we believe in our team members sharing the success of our business and therefore we may provide cash bonus or stock equity grants based on company performance as a part of our total rewards package.

• Performs monthly financial analytics, such as:
• Variance analytics and KPIs for internal reporting
• Cashflow forecasting financial review and GL coding
• Sales analytics o Concentration analysis for financial filings
• Personnel fluctuations
• Fixed assets spend o Inventory standard variances
• Contributes to the preparation of detailed annual financial budgets, reforecasting and providing deliverables to senior management
• Maintains month end and weekly operating reports and distributes KPI reports to senior management
• Assists in the design and maintenance of clean data requirements for all consolidated operations, including data validation criteria
• Works closely with accounting on GL coding and variances
• Supports the construction of long-term forecasts for financial statements
• Provides the accounting team with SOX compliance testing and documentation for finance-owned processes
• Supports SEC reporting with required disclosures and MD&A
• Leverages enterprise-level tools such as Power BI, Adaptive Workday Planning, NetSuite and UKG
• Completes ad hoc requests for miscellaneous data requests and financial modeling projects