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Associate Director, Human Health Center of Excellence (Hybrid - Rahway, NJ)

Merck

Rahway, New Jersey, US$129k – $203khybrid

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Position Description The Human Health Finance Center of Excellence (CoE) is responsible for leading the financial planning, analysis, and reporting activities for the Human Health (commercial) division.

The Associate Director, Human Health Finance CoE position plays a key role as part of the Human Health CoE and the boarder Finance team. As a member of the COE team, this role is responsible for providing critical financial support for the Human Health Division to make informed business decisions and to help ensure accurate and thorough financial planning and reporting deliverables.

Successful performance within this function requires strong analytical and communication skills, developing an in depth understanding of our Company's actual and planning systems (FSA, FCCS, BPC) and a desire to continuously improve processes. Candidates must have the ability to analyze and succinctly present financial aspects of complex business issues with a high degree of accuracy and at times under very tight time constraints.

Primary Activities, include (but are not limited to) the following: • Lead the Intangibles Assets Impairment Control process including readout to PWC, Accounting Standards and other areas of HH finance

• Head the Sales Milestone Control process including presenting outcomes to Sr. Finance Management, PWC, Accounting Standards and Alliance Management

• Participate in activities to utilize AI capabilities to drive efficiencies

• Support the month-end and quarter-end actuals reporting process as well as the consolidation

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• Lead the quarterly P&L tally process as well monthly sales estimates including synopsis for Sr. Management

• Creation of analytics, reports, and review materials to detail Human Health’s financials for senior management

• Serve as the primary finance point for both the Human Health Administration and Human Health Finance planning and reporting activities including leading the process to develop HH forecasts and preparation and analysis of results as well as leading review discussions with Sr. HH management

• Prepare analysis, identify insights, and propose recommendations for ad hoc projects and business requests as needed  

Position Qualifications

Minimum Education Requirement:   BA / BS Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or other relevant degree, OR an MBA   Required Experience and Skills:   • Minimum of 5 years of financial/accounting or relevant business experience

• Demonstrated proficiency with Excel financial modeling and PowerPoint presentations

    Preferred Experience and Skills:  • MBA, CPA, or CFA with Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) experience

• Experience with BPC

• Highly motivated with ability to work autonomously, and in a matrix organization

• Strong analytical skills with quality orientation and attention to detail

• Effective problem solving and communication skills (both written and oral)

• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple tasks under tight deadlines, effectively prioritize workload and complete tasks promptly and accurately.

• Strong customer focus/orientation with an ability to work well in a team environment and foster professional relationships

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Required Skills: Accounting, Continuous Process Improvement, Data Analysis, Financial Accounting, Financial Analysis, Financial Business Planning, Financial Due Diligence, Financial Modeling, Financial Modeling in Excel, Financial Planning, Influencing Skills, Planning Budgeting And Forecasting (PBF), Preparation of Financial Reports, Process Improvements, Product Costing, Profit and Loss (P&L) Analysis, Strategic Thinking, Trend Analysis Preferred Skills:

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The salary range for this role is $129,000.00 - $203,100.00 This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.  Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and si

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