The Senior Finance Systems Analyst is a strategic role responsible for portfolio-level financial analysis across Clinical Solutions departments, including budget performance, forecasting, and financial controls.
Requirements
- Own and deliver portfolio-level financial analysis for Clinical Solutions departments, including budget health, forecast accuracy, margin performance, and risk identification.
- Lead project financial oversight across the full project lifecycle, from award through closeout, ensuring adherence to financial best practices and internal controls.
- Perform variance analysis (actuals vs. forecast vs. budget) to identify drivers of change, scope creep, and emerging risks.
- Partner with project finance teams to ensure consistency and integrity of project-level data feeding portfolio reporting.
- Support and enhance departmental forecasting and planning processes using clear, supportable assumptions.
- Monitor budget consumption, earned value indicators, and change order impacts across portfolios.
- Provide forward-looking insights to support proactive financial decision-making by operational leadership.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of financial processes, controls, and reporting standards.
- Develop and maintain trial operations KPIs and measures that link operational performance to financial outcomes.
- Leverage Excel and Power BI to create scalable dashboards and analyses that support portfolio governance and executive review.
- Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.
- Act as a trusted finance partner to Clinical Solutions department heads, supporting planning, performance reviews, and strategic initiatives.
- Prepare and deliver high-quality presentations and executive-ready materials summarizing portfolio performance, risks, and recommendations.
- Support ad hoc analyses and special projects requested by Finance leadership, Clinical Operations leadership, or executive management.
- Collaborate closely with Project Management, Clinical Operations, Data Management, and Finance teams to ensure alignment between operational execution and financial reporting.
