Financial Operations Analyst (Contract)

Summary

Seeking a Financial Operations Analyst who can own budgets, track forecasts, and coordinate across teams in a structured environment. Experience in a pharma, clinical research, or biotech environment is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and reconcile invoiced Accounts Payable activity against planned budget forecasts within Smartsheet® for three assets.
• Assist in maintaining Excel spreadsheets, as necessary per the direction of the Asset PMs.
• Support Asset PMs in preparing for the July and October Latest Estimate (LE) budget cycles.
• Attend GMAT meetings focused on Plan and LE budget reviews and document budget changes.
• Conduct monthly meetings with Externally Sponsored Research (ESR), Company Sponsored Studies (CSS) and Evidence Generation (EvGen) teams within Clinical Trial Management, Resources, Operations & Governance (CTMROG) to review changes in their live forecasts. These meetings will be performed jointly with the respective Asset PMs.
• Create monthly variance reporting for the Asset PMs to review and approve.
• Meet monthly with the Executive Director, S&OE, to assess progress, identify roadblocks and provide recommendations for budget process optimization.
• Attend S&OE team meetings, as requested.
• Prioritize work assignments based on direction from the Director, Finance & Operational Excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a Financial Analyst
• Experience in budget tracking required
• Experience in forecasting support required
• Experience in variance reporting required
• Experience in reconciliation required
• Cross-functional coordination experience required
• Exposure to clinical research/biotech environments is a plus
• Excel/Smartsheet and data management experience is required for maintaining trackers, updating forecasts and reporting monthly changes
• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting strongly preferred

Company Description

A WBENC (woman owned) certified company; Source One provides a full range of professionals to the Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Defense, Technology, Financial Services, Retail & Manufacturing, and Energy & Transportation industries nationwide.