Project Financial Analyst II

Overview

Project Financial Analyst II

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. Our Clinical Development model centers the customer and the patient. We strive to simplify and streamline our work to be easier to work with and for. Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers to help our customers achieve their goals.

We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies because we are passionate to change lives.

Discover what our 29,000 employees across 110 countries already know:
WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

• We are passionate about developing our people through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people.
• We continuously build the company we want to work for and that customers want to work with. We value diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to foster belonging.

Job Summary

Serves as financial analyst for Business Unit Controller(s) and Associate Director(s) Finance. Prepares, reconciles, analyzes and reports Business Unit revenue, contracts, projects, and associated metrics. Produces financial and other business analyses, interpretation, and investigation of data for operations for assigned projects and contracts. Ensures all reporting activities are accurate and prepared within established timelines.

Core Responsibilities

• Supports Business Unit Controller in: records revenue each month for Unit, Fee for Service and Fixed Price contracts.
• Loads project budgets into Oracle/Revenue Wizard and maintains key member lists and other project data in Oracle and associated systems and schedules.
• Drafts project level actual versus budget/forecast variance analysis monthly and monthly reports for distribution.
• Drafts monthly forecasting of financial results (backlog).
• Meets established deadlines for Revenue and Backlog submittals.
• Timely preparation of project close out reconciliations.
• Reviews, with assistance, executed Work Orders and Change Orders for bonus or other anomalies.
• Works closely with Business Unit Controller to capture, assess, and consolidate results; drafts key reports such as annual cost and expense budgets, cost rates, cost and expense forecasting, monthly utilization, headcount, revenue backlog analysis, and/or gross profit for assigned area.
• Updates predefined reports.
• Attends project meetings as applicable to support assigned areas; attends project kick-off meetings to capture data for set up of newly awarded projects in financial systems and schedules; attends monthly project review (MPRs) to ensure understanding of project status and forecast accuracy.
• Monitors the overall health of assigned projects including revenues, gross profit, receivables, unbilled amounts, project close outs and reconciliations.

Education Requirements

• Minimum 4 Year / Bachelor’s degree; BA/BS in Business, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent education and experience.

Additional Qualifications

• Pharmaceutical or CRO experience preferred.
• Strong English proficiency. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is essential.
• Proficiency with accounting software packages.
• Experience with Oracle Finance is preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.
• Excellent financial and interpersonal skills with high personal motivation.
• Ability to handle confidential data and perform multiple tasks to meet deadlines.

Disclaimer

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company may assign other tasks at its sole discretion. Equivalent experience, skills,…