Responsibilities

• Support business partnership activities for the Clinical Trials Division (CTD) APAC leadership team. Provide support to sites located in: China, Japan, India, Singapore and South Korea.
• Understand key business drivers and provide management with accurate, timely, and relevant information for decision-making via current analysis processes as well as develop new processes for improvements

• Work closely with business partners to forecast revenue monthly and understand risks and upsides to forecasts. Track revenue by service line and site on a monthly basis and provide analysis vs. relevant comparison periods for management.

• Drive monthly local forecast reviews, participate in monthly APAC sales forecast calls with territory lead. Prepare and submit forecast files to division finance team (CTD).

• Driving accurate projections through Annual Operating Plan, strategic plan and monthly forecasting updates through a solid process.
• Participate actively in the strategic and business planning process.
• Generate budgets that incorporate strategic business plan objectives and incorporate appropriate assumptions.

• Responsible for the profitability assessment of business proposals, including development of custom pricing/costing models.

• Collect, analyze, evaluate and report data in order to increase productivity. Create a robust set of revenue analytics that provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Leverage system capabilities to efficiently report key performance metrics to leadership team on a regular basis.

• Perform ad hoc data analysis and analytic support for special project.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor/Master degree in Finance, Business Administration or likewise.

• At least 5 years’ experience in Financial Planning and Analytics

Critical skills

• Strong understanding of financial statements and financial systems
• Strong proficiency in MS office applications, especially Excel
• Strong systems skills with ability to learn new systems quickly – SAP and Hyperion desired
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem solving skills.
• Solid communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to anticipate and adapt to changes in the business environment
• Fluent spoken and written English is required
• Excellent analytical and diagnostic skills with a proactive and common sense approach to issue resolution. A hands-on style and an enjoyment derived from working closely with teams will be necessary.