Sr. Analyst, Accounting Operations

at  CSL Behring

THE OPPORTUNITY:

Reporting to the Head of Finance & Operations of our Canada affiliate, as the Sr. Analyst, Accounting Operations, you will be a member of the Canada Commercial Finance Team and be responsible for assuring the fidelity of the entity’s accounting records. You will serve as a business partner to assigned brand managers and department heads (Director level) by building strong relationships and developing a deep understanding of the commercial strategy and portfolio, partnering with leaders regarding overall financial performance, working to understand broader financial implications of proposed decisions and provides input to drive short-term and longer-term goals, and by providing valuable insights about financial planning and analysis with a strong focus on revenue and operating expense. This is a hybrid role, which requires some onsite work. #LI-hybrid

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree with major(s) in Finance, Accounting or other related Business field, including Economics, Business Administration, etc. is required.
• Professional certification as a CPA is required.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in General Accounting, financial planning and analysis or business analysis, in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Intellectually curious and openness to explore new technology, process improvements. Is results driven and strives to exceed expectations. The position also requires the ability to build and maintain strong relationships and collaborate effectively with multiple levels and cross functionally within a region. Can manage multiple overlapping priorities.
• Expert level Excel including data analysis functionality, good skills in other MS Office applications; SAP S/4 and Business Intelligence/Financial Consolidation applications (e.g. BW/BI, SAP BPC, SAC) as well as QlikView, Qlik Sense, Power BI, and Tableau. Model N would be advantageous.

• General Accounting: Support the completion of the monthly financial reports along with the December and June Statutory reporting requirements. IC/IG reconciliations, Foreign Exchange revaluations, Fixed Asset Register, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, Journal preparation and parking.
• Decision Support: Support the development of analysis to provide additional guidance and insights to enable resource prioritization and assess value creation to business leaders.
• Planning: Support Brand Managers as they develop plans by helping managers understand the financial impacts of their plans and decisions as well as providing advice about the Finance Calendar and key delivery dates.
• Responsible for analysis and content preparation to support Forecasting and Budgeting Expenditure process.
• Insights: Clearly define business needs and review both ad-hoc and routine reporting and analytics to ensure they meet needs and are well understood.
• Perform ad-hoc analyses and reporting for Volume, Sales, Gross to Net, OPEX, FTE, Receivables and other Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Operational Excellence: Participate in regional, global functional and cross-functional process and technology projects that drive productivity and deliver operational excellence.
• Challenge status quo and continuously optimize ways of working.
• Support delivery of the Finance Strategy and have collective ownership for Global Finance team development initiatives. Effectively manage without formal authority in matrix environment.
• Internal Control: Provide external financial audit support at half year and full year, including preparation of documentation and analysis as required, as well as interfacing with auditors to provide business insight for items as requested and resolution of issues raised in accordance with agreed timelines.
• Support ensuring that financial processes follow CSL policies and that proper controls are in place, as applicable
• Financial Stewardship over the Patient Support Program (+$4M). Ensuring accuracy of billing, financial analysis of expenditures and contracts. Influencing and managing financial oversight of vendor along with analysis of cost of program. Specific areas of cost growth and cost constraint to help Leadership Team understand the “why and where” costs are changing.
• Act as deputy to the Supply Manager and Head of Finance and Operations, Canada during any absences.
• Preparation of government reporting for Patented Medicine Pricing Review Board (PMPRB) and Stats Canada – Capital Expenditures, Import/Export valuations.