Senior Financial Analyst – Hybrid

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for providing insights, solutions, and decision support to internal Finance and business partners to drive the five-year strategic plan and financial stewardship goals. This role requires proactive analysis of the business, including operating metrics and financial activities. As the subject matter expert of financial activities for the given area served, this individual will be responsible to build collaborative relationships with internal customers and present financial materials that can be understood by non-financial customers. This individual leads the communication and timeline of internal financial processes (close, forecast, budget, etc.). The ideal candidate will also create ad hoc reports to support financial processes, special projects, and long-range plans. This individual assists the financial aspect of annual planning, forecasting and the monthly close process and ensures financially sounds business plans. In addition, being motivated to learn the business, challenge the status quo, and identify solutions to problems – while embracing a positive team culture focused on democratizing cellular therapy – will ensure success in this role. Finally, this individual will be a critical partner in decision making opportunities. We have 4 openings: 2 for Medical Analysis & Pricing, 1 for Operations Aalysis and 1 for Planning & Analysis. These are hybrid positions in Minneapolis.

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Accountabilities

Support of NMDP Cost Centers:

• Will partner across the FP&A team to consolidate P&L financial impacts and business drivers for multiple financial processes including month-end close, forecast, and budget.
• Leads communication and ensures execution of financial process timelines (close, forecast, budget, etc.). Will also enhance existing financial reports and processes to drive a better understanding of the P&L and key business drivers.
• Leads creation of internal Executive-Level financial materials for both the month-end actuals variance drivers and forecast. Will also be responsible for annual budget material creation that is presented to the Audit & Finance Committee & Board of Directors.
• Leads the development of a new long-range planning model and will partner across FP&A team to consolidate inputs and key drivers.
• Connect business and operational strategies to financial and business driver metrics through analysis and reporting and ad-hoc projects as assigned.
• Seek opportunities to leverage systems to eliminate redundant processes.

Knowledge Of

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong knowledge of current trends in Financial Planning and Analysis including complex financial modeling of P&L components and underlying business drivers.
• Build reporting packages and facilitate financial processes e.g. actuals variance analysis, forecast, and budget.
• Proficient in Excel and Microsoft Office and ability to work within a financial system.
• GAAP knowledge preferred.

Ability To

• Analyze business strategies and their impact on financials to influence business decisions.
• Connect area that you support to overall organizational business and financial strategies.
• Aptitude to solve ambiguous problems with a proactive mindset.
• Work in cross functional teams and have outstanding relationship building capabilities.
• Meet deadlines and prioritize work.
• Strong communication skills and ability to be understood by non-financial customers.
• Desire to constantly seek and offer constructive feedback.

Education And/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or other related financial field.
• Minimum three years of financial planning and analysis, including revenue and expenses management responsibilities, modeling and financial reporting.
• Experience with Hyperion (SmartView / Essbase), OBIEE, Looker (or another data visualization tool), or equivalent finance system, desired.

Proof of COVID-19 vaccination with acceptable documentation is required for employment. NMDP will consider all requests for medical or religious accommodation.

Additional Information

• Number of Openings: 4
• Pay Basis: Yearly
• Schedule: Full-time
• Driver Policy: No