Associate Director, Business Finance

Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities.  

Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring a wide range of talented experts together across a wide range of business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®.

Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know.

WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE

Why Syneos Health

• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to our Total Self culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. 
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives – we’re able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong. 

Job Responsibilities

Job responsibilities  

• Act as a Business Partner to operations Delivery Executive on all aspects of financial health for assigned projects to drive successful and efficient completion of the clinical trial.  

• Provides oversight for all assigned projects to reduce project overburn and improve overall project financial health.  

• Actively assists in training and mentoring of project finance managers (PFA managers) and project financial analysts (PFAs).  

• Ensures controls, reviews, and procedures are implemented timely and accurately for assigned projects.  

• As necessary, troubleshoots difficulties which may arise in project health discussions and manages escalations appropriately.   

• Facilitates team building and communication.   

• Acts as a liaison and facilitator between other functional areas for overall financial issues.    

• Provides support to project finance managers (PFA managers) in regularly and comprehensively assessing and mitigating financial risks on their projects.  

• Supports BU CFO in quarterly and annual forecasting processes.  

• Oversees monthly revenue backlog forecasting for assigned projects to ensure revenue forecasts reported to market are accurate and achievable.  

• Reviews assigned projects to evaluate performance versus forecast, margin movement changes and confidently communicate findings to BU CFO and higher-level management on weekly review calls.   

• Reviews changes to contract to ensure sufficient coverage for required activities, recovery of overburn and provide management with a revenue impact estimates for contract changes.  

Skills and Qualifications  

• BS/BA degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or equivalent education and experience.  

• A minimum of 3 years of financial experience managing a portfolio of projects.  

• Pharma/CRO experience is preferred.  

• Strong/Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)  

• Strong English proficiency.   

• An ability to work with confidential and sensitive data is required.  

• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, organizational, interpersonal, and teamwork skills.    

• High level of personal motivation.  

• Leadership and mentoring skills to support less senior team members.  

• An ability to prioritise activities and perform several tasks simultaneously.  

• Professional scepticism when analyzing and reviewing revenue.  

At  Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position may include a company car or car allowance, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, eligibility to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Eligibility to earn commissions/bonus based on company and individual performance, and flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time.  Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.

Salary Range:

The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

Get to know Syneos Health

Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients.

No matter what your role is, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health.
 

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Additional Information

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive.  The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above.   Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract.  Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.  The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including the provision of reasonable accommodations, when appropriate, to assist employees or applicants to perform the essential functions of the job.