You manage financial planning and analysis, with a focus on developing KPIs and monitoring performance. Your role includes ensuring compliance and recommending actions to address any performance issues.
Anforderungen
- •Bachelor's degree in accounting
- •Minimum 3 years financial work experience
- •Strong understanding of Accounting Principles
- •Knowledge of Controllership processes
- •Strong skills in financial systems
- •Expert skills in Microsoft Excel
- •Excellent communication skills
- •Fluent in English and German
Deine Aufgaben
- •Conduct financial planning and analysis activities.
- •Perform forecasting and variance analysis.
- •Develop and maintain performance KPIs for growth.
- •Analyze actuals versus plan and present findings.
- •Monitor progress on initiatives using KPIs.
- •Recommend actions for performance deviations.
- •Ensure compliance with financial controls and record keeping.
Deine Vorteile
Comprehensive benefit programs
Health care program
Paid time off
Original Beschreibung
# Elevecta Finance Analyst
**Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany** | **Full time**
**Bring more to life.**
Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?
You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.
Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies.
At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us – working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career.
The **Finance Analyst (f/m/d)** is responsible for leading the annual planning and monthly forecasting cycles, preparing and reporting monthly actuals and forecasts to the Genomic Medicine Finance team, while acting as the main partner for the broader Elevecta Leadership team.
This position reports to the Finance Leader, Viral Vector and is part of the Genomic Medicine Finance Team located in *Cologne, Germany* and will be an on-site role.
**What you will do:**
* Financial Planning and Analysis activities including forecasting and actuals variance analysis.
* Develop and maintain performance KPIs to drive growth and profitability for Elevecta’s portfolio, including orders, sales, pricing, margin, and market share; to frequently present the analysis of actuals vs plan.
* Monitor the progress on agreed initiatives, through relevant KPIs and Risks & Opportunities, to pro-actively recommend mitigation actions for any deviations from target performance metrics.
* Maintain a culture of control, compliance, and appropriate record keeping with regards to financial controls within local and Cytiva standards supporting the statutory account and specific legal entity requirements.
**Who you are:**
* Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration degree and minimum of 3 years of financial work experience developing forecasts and operating plans.
* Working in a global business environment with strong understanding of Accounting Principles, Controllership (i.e. SOX, US GAAP), and operational processes.
* Strong skills in financial systems / applications (i.e. Oracle, Qlik, Power BI, etc.) for reporting and business intelligence, and expert skills in Microsoft Excel for data compilation and aggregation (i.e. pivot tables, vlookup, power queries, and macros).
* Excellent communication skills to clearly communicate complex financial information in an easy-to-understand manner both verbally and written.
* Fluent in English and German languages is mandatory.
**It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:**
* Finance / FP&A within international organizations in the Life Sciences / Healthcare industry.
* Experience successfully leading cross-functional projects and process improvement within the operations/finance functions being able to quickly grasp new ideas and drive positive change.
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