Sr. Commercial Finance Lead

Overview

The work we do at FDB has never been more important—and we are looking for talented candidates to join us. We are growing our locations, our capabilities, and our teams, and looking for passionate, mission-driven people like you who want to make a real difference in people’s lives. Join FDB and help create the next vaccine, cure, or gene therapy in partnership with some of the most innovative biopharma companies across the globe. We are proud to cultivate a culture that will fuel your passion, energy and drive - what FDB call Genki.

The Sr. Commercial Finance Lead is responsible for the analysis of financial status and coordination of agreement to recommended actions. Financial planning and strategy with process Improvement, problem solving, delivery of company revenue to contract terms and understanding of program profitability.

External US

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Engages with business partners to understand business processes, performance, highlight risks, opportunities in transparent and consultative manner to foster well informed decisions. 
• Collaborate and Influence business partner to understand financial risk and opportunities.
• Review contract pricing to customers examining the ROS and resources required for the execution of the project.  Lead investigations into variation and alignment to understanding and mitigating deviation to standard price model.
• Responsible for and maintains through performance of monthly actual revenue/forecasting/variance process to provide detailed summary reporting and analysis of results, trends and issues impacting business area and financial reporting.  Targets additional areas for continued improvement by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses.
• Updates costing model annually based on current asset setup and resource requirements.
• Identifies financial status by comparing and analyzing results; monitoring variances; identifying trends; recommendation of actions to management  with plans and/or forecasts.
• Implement and maintain audit internal controls and policies to comply with legistiation, harmoniization and best practices. 
• Follows controls and serves as lead support for internal and external audits as needed
• Review external client legal contracts for financial impact and soundness
• Develops, maintains, and report Financial Program Profitability to the organization.
• Lead finance reconcilliations of client projects versus internal accounting systems
• Supports Budgeting and forecasting activities
• Set up/maintain client projects (SAP and/or Excel)
• Responsible for and Approve Inter-company sales agreements
• Finance lead for specific business objectives, as required
• Adhere to safety requirements.
• Adhere to all Company training schedules in timely manner
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications
• Supports other requests as assigned.

BACKGROUND REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree (Business or accounting preferred)
• Strong analytical capabilities, able to process and communicate cause and effect of actions
• Experience with IFRS and GAAP Revenue Recognition principles and an understanding of basic accounting rules and concepts (focus on ASC 606)
• Prior experience with SAP S4/Hana and Keyed-In highly preferred
• Prior experience in forecasting, budgeting and variance analytics highly preferred
• Ability to be proactive, multi-task and prioritize work assignments with limited supervision
• Good understanding of program management and biologics drug development market/business preferred CPA Preferred
• Excellent customer service, presentation, team interation and communication skills (written and verbal) across functional and inter-company boundaries.
• Able to challenge and influence critical business decisions while developing and maintaining relationships with diverse internal and external business customers.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion
• Team oriented person who has excellent problem solving/ judgment skills with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Advanced skills in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Visio)
• Willingness to learn new skills

FDBU works with technical data, technology and materials that are subject to U.S. export laws and regulations. This position will require access to technical data, technology and source code that is controlled under U.S. export laws and regulations, including but not limited to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations at 22 C.F.R. Parts 120 – 130 and Export Administration Regulations in 15 C.F.R. Part 730 – 774, as may be amended. To conform to these laws and regulations, applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents of the U.S., protected individuals as defined by 8 USC 1324(b)(a)(3) (i.e., asylees and refugees) or otherwise eligible for an export authorization from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce. Offers of employment will be contingent on the Company’s ability to secure an export authorization.

FDBU is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identify or any other protected class. If an accommodation to the application process is needed, please e-mail FDBUHR@fujifilm.com.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of FUJIFILM about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at FUJIFILM via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of FUJIFILM, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by FUJIFILM for this requisition and a valid agreement with FUJIFILM is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of the FUJIFILM agency engagement process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.