Senior Financial Analyst, Enterprise CRS Finance

The Senior Financial Analyst in the SBU Finance group plays a key role in supporting the management reporting and financial planning and financial accuracy for key business lines. The Senior Financial Analyst is directly responsible to support the decision making process driving the business performance and to develop financial models and metrics to track and drive performance. An essential prerequisite for this role is a good understanding of in depth analytics that drive business performance with the use of various data sources to support decisions and tradeoffs. This role requires the ability to review complex financial data in order to provide comprehensive and in depth analysis.

The Senior Financial Analyst is expected to establish him/herself as a strong partner to all relevant finance leaders. They will take a lead role in coordinating the forecasting and budgeting processes for their respective business lines. This role will deal with a myriad of competing requests from various stakeholders and will require the requisite communication and prioritization skills to drive knowledge and data based results. The role requires an approach that adapts models and scenario planning and processes to an ever changing growth oriented environment using leading metrics as an evaluation of performance.

Qualifications• Masters ability to listen, interpret, influence, challenge, build relationships, resolve conflict, presentation and discussion facilitation, conflict resolution and negotiation in a matrix structure. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Recommend and implement ways to improve efficiency, eliminate waste, reduce cost, and increase customer satisfaction.

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of financial analysis and modeling especially Hyperion, excel and power point as well as familiarity with Oracle. Will need to be proficient in preparing excel based “what if” models and recognizes and addresses issues with data integrity.

• Entrepreneurial demeanor with demonstrated ability to partner with leadership in driving top line opportunities.

• Financial Acumen & Control: Prioritizes risks and develops solutions to achieve business objectives while remaining compliant with financial and accounting standards.

• Drives for Results - High energy self-starter with a strong drive for results. Proactively identifies and informs stakeholders about opportunities and risks to improve efficiency and profitability. Adapts approach and prioritizes activities as necessary to deal with uncertainty and change.

• Strong analytical and process improvement skills.

• Ability to flourish / function in ambiguity and solve problems in such an environment.EEO DisclaimerParexel is an equal opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, which in the US includes race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.