Senior Financial Analyst

Job Description

Are you ready to Invent, Impact, Inspire? We would like to meet you!

We have an exciting new job opportunity at our location in Haarlem and are looking to hire a

Senior Financial Analyst Finance

Our Finance team brings together our financial perspectives into our overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives.

Welcome to our team

This position is part of the COSI matrix organization, which performs end to end activities from actual occurrence of a financial result till consolidation level in HQ. Main tasks will be maintaining, reviewing, reporting, and analyzing of sales, inventory, intercompany profit, production, and product cost data in supporting the monthly accounting close and management cycles for 1 or multiple branches. Further it is expected that you will be mentoring E2E Financial Analysts.

Main responsibilities

Your main tasks will be:

• Responsible to maintain and create product cost according to US GAAP rules;
• Control analyzes and report production results and source to settle variances monthly to business partners by providing high level commentary and provided estimates for recurring events to major stakeholders;
• Monitor inventory level and generate appropriate actions to avoid inventory risks and discards with stakeholders;
• Review and ensure accurate data are reported per branch in monthly product cost, sales, and inventory consolidation close;
• Analyze and resolve in transit inventory in a timely manner following up to determine driver of inventory remaining in transit and partnering with parties to resolve;
• Analyzes consolidated costs and intercompany profit differences;
• Identify and work on initiatives that improve cost control and/or increase efficiency;
• Continue to meet the S404 requirements, updating documentation and performing/enhancing existing controls;
• Analyze standard revision on global level by branch and ensure appropriate accounting is performed from a local and global branch perspective;
• Addresses entity/divisional customer questions and requests on a variety of data and system issues. Plus provide accurate and timely financial cost, sales and inventory data to customers as requested;
• Participate in special and ad hoc projects to support management analysis and provide ad-hoc quality support to business partners.

Qualifications

• Education: BSc Degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting or equivalent (MSc or Professional Certification (ACCA, CMA etc.) is a plus). With minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Finance;
• Experience with ERP systems (preferably SAP, and with reporting systems (Analysis for Office / BW / Power BI);
• Familiarity with project management essentials is a plus;
• Previous practical experience of preparing accounts in accordance with US GAAP;
• Willingness to take on responsibility and you are Goal-orientated;
• Capable of making decisions, show initiative, open to change and be adaptive;
• Ability to work under pressure and meeting deadlines;
• Strong stakeholder management skills;

• Able to mentor effectively openly share and mentor experience with peers in an effort to broaden knowledge and increase efficiency.

What we offer

We welcome you to a truly global, dynamic, and challenging environment with great opportunities for personal development. Our benefits are very competitive, and the summary below will give you an idea of what you can expect.

• Competitive salary and a 3% year-end allowance.
• 35,5 days of leave.
• Attractive collective health care insurance package with considerable reduction rates.
• Solid Pension Plan.
• Annual bonus based on own and company performance.
• Travel allowance for commuting.
• Numerous training, coaching, and e-learning modules for long term job opportunities and development.

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Project Temps (Fixed Term)

Relocation:

Domestic/International

VISA Sponsorship:

Yes

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

No

Job Posting End Date:

10/29/2024

*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requisition ID: R316682