Associate Director, Avacare Finance
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Job Profile Summary:
Directs financial planning and accounting practices including: budgeting, costing, financial analysis, and long-range forecasting for a mid-sized market or regional function(s). Partners with the business, providing subject matter expertise and direction for the business/function on financial and accounting issues.
Responsibilities:
- Understands business partner/client markets and translates strategy into proactive plans to enable successful achievement of business results.
- Ensures that the recording, measurement and reporting of all financial transactions adhere to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), internal IQVIA corporate policies and procedures, government regulations and local business requirements.
- Develops specific business metrics that support timely and actionable information flow for daily operational and long-term strategic planning purposes.
- Directs all aspects of planning and estimation processes related to annual budgeting and strategic plans as well as monthly forecasts.
- May develop pricing strategies, policies and analysis.
- Provides monthly financial reporting to constituencies.
- Serves as key focal point between the head of the business/function supported and the regional CFO or next line management to ensure the business/function is synchronized with the regional plan.
- Ensures achievement of business financial targets by monitoring spending, providing insight, and early warning.
- Reviews and analyzes new business initiatives and investments to ensure that they conform with local and IQVIA strategic vision and achieve or exceed minimum return on investment requirements.
- Manages HR, legal, IT, tax and treasury specific financial analysis.
Minimum Required Education and Experience:
- Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in business analysis, accounting and finance.
- Requires experience with Peoplesoft Finance
- Current or recent Life Science Industry experience is strongly preferred.
- Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics within one department or multiple related departments.
- Graduate degree or equivalent preferred - in Finance, Accounting or Financial Management
Skills and Abilities
- Requires the knowledge of how to pull together a P&L for a site organization
- Knowledge of financial systems.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP.
- Proven record of results working with senior management.
- Strong project management skills and the ability to translate business issues into financial requirements.
- Technical proficiency with financial application software is essential.
Preferred Certifications:
CPA - Certified Public Accountant: CPA or other professional financial certification
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