Merck
Senior Specialist, Digital Human Health (DHH) IT FP&A
- Location
- Rahway, NJ (NJ)Hybrid
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- Workday (employer's applicant tracking system)
- Category
- Engineering/Technology
- Industry
- Pharma/Biotech
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Job Description
Senior Specialist, Digital Human Health (DHH) IT Financial Planning & Analysis
Key Responsibilities:
Business Partnership & Decision Support:
- Serve as a trusted financial partner to DHH IT stakeholders and assigned Value Teams, translating financial results, cost drivers, and forecasts into actionable insights to guide investment, workforce, resource allocation, and demand decisions.
- Advance IT financial management through rolling forecasts that connect financial planning with the evolving IT product model and business priorities.
- Align financial plans with business priorities and communicate key assumptions, performance drivers, risks, and opportunities to help stakeholders identify necessary actions.
- Develop Integrated Business Cases for technology investments in partnership with business stakeholders and divisional Finance, evaluating costs, benefits, assumptions, and risks to articulate expected value and support investment decisions within the company’s capital management processes.
Financial Planning and Analysis
- Manage Budget, Forecasts and LROP/LRCP for assigned Value Teams and collaborate with the DHH IT Finance Director and Singapore-based Finance team to consolidate and reconcile financial plans across the DHH IT division.
- Perform variance analysis of actual results against Budget and Forecast, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities and communicating actionable insights to business stakeholders.
- Serve as a U.S.-based Finance liaison to the DHH IT Finance Director and Singapore-based colleagues, providing analysis, decision support, and issue resolution during U.S. business hours to ensure continuity across time zones.
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis and decision support in response to requests from key stakeholders, including IT, Finance, and Procurement.
- Support process improvements and systems enhancements to strengthen the efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness of financial planning, analysis, and reporting.
Qualifications:
Education:
- BS/BA degree required in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- MBA or CPA preferred.
Required Experience and Skills:
- 3+ years of experience in finance, accounting, business operations, business strategy, investment management, or similar field.
- Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, with a solid understanding of financial planning and reporting.
- Demonstrated success serving as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to business stakeholders across a global, matrixed organization.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-support skills, including translating complex financial data into actionable business insights for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Knowledge of financial evaluation methods, including return on investment and assessment of expected benefits and value realization.
- Initiative, curiosity, adaptability, and accountability, with a collaborative, customer-focused approach.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Strong organizational skills, with a track record of managing competing priorities and delivering accurate, high-quality work under tight deadlines.
- A combination of strategic thinking and hands-on execution skills to support assigned Value Teams and broader DHH IT priorities.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills, with experience adopting new technologies and new ways of working.
Preferred Experience and Skills
- Experience using Apptio for financial planning and reporting.
Required Skills:
Finance Strategy, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Planning Budgeting And Forecasting (PBF), Preparation of Financial Reports, Profit and Loss (P&L) Analysis
Preferred Skills:
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