Fp&a Senior Specialist

The FP&A Senior Specialist role is responsible for supporting financial planning and reporting activities delivered from the BSC - Americas to a specific set of markets / regions / divisions.

The BSC will be responsible for the following FP&A activities:

- Working with the commercial markets to develop the budgets and forecasts
- Prepare standard reporting packages each period for the business and finance management consumption
- Support market, region, division finance and business by providing analysis and reporting services
- Develop, enhance, and maintain relationships with finance and business customers

Provide support to finance and commercial leaders

Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Support the achievement of finance and business objectives by providing high quality FP&A support as defined in RDC scope of services to assigned divisional, regional & local finance clients
- Work collaboratively with in-market finance and business partners to provide reporting for assigned markets / divisions on monthly actual results and periodic forecasts
- Participate in the development of certain budgeting and forecasting processes in collaboration with respective finance clients in markets and regions
- Develop deep market knowledge through constant interaction with in-market finance colleagues
- Prepare ad-hoc reports & analysis using company financial reporting tools and enterprise systems
- Migrate FP&A processes from markets while transforming them to achieve expected synergies
- Enhance budgeting and forecasting processes through continuous improvement efforts
- Contribute to ongoing Merck efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives
- Be accountable for accuracy and achieve required accuracy on all defined KPIs and SLA’s
- Lead a small team of individuals performing similar activities in support of client areas
- Develop a culture of collaboration among the team and the department
- Maintain consistent and efficient processes to maintain and produce standardized FP&A services while ensuring compliance will all quality and control requirements
- Ensure compliance with company policies while supporting company mission & values
- Bring a high level of energy and desire to contribute to creating a high performing FP&A team

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**Education & Experience**

**Required**:

- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis and 2 years in current position supporting financial planning and analyses, forecasting, and management reporting and analytics
- Minimum of 7 years of total Finance experience
- FP&A experience must at least 1 year supporting commercial organizations (revenue generating)
- Minimum of 1 year of people management / supervisor experience
- Strong FP&A planning and reporting skills
- Self-starter able to manage work and problem solve independently
- Working proficiency of US GAAP
- Business Level fluency 90% (oral and written) in Spanish and English languages

**Preferred**:

- Portuguese language skills
- Professional experience at an organization with operations across multiple countries
- Experience with internal controls and process standardization preferred
- FP&A support for Sales and Marketing organizations
- Pharmaceutical industry experience
- CPA or MBA
- ** Technical Skills Requirements**
- Experience with Large ERP’s and query tools, especially desirable would be experience with SAP or BPC
- Advanced PC skills (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint) required
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret corporate financial statements
- Works effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, under pressure and with a high degree of professionalism
- Team player with a focus on collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organization skills to coordinate and manage multiple projects and activities
- Demonstrated commitment to education and professional development
- Ability to operate independently and navigate through change or uncertainty
- Problem solving and analytical skills with a proactive management style to implement new processes
- Possess a high degree of integrity and personal ethics in implementing corporate policies and procedures
- Results oriented, sense of urgency, knows how to prioritize, ability to communicate and to create rapport with stakeholders, effective communication. Process improvement orientation, innovation and change agent. Migration experience

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**Employee Status**:
Regular

**Relocation**:
No relocation

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**Number of Openings**:
1
**Requisition ID**:R183477