Senior Manager Finance

Job Description

The Senior Manager position is an integrated financial position within the Advanced Therapies (ATU) business unit that is responsible for reporting, budgeting, and forecasting activities in the US, as well as consolidating and coordinating financial information from sites in China and UK.

This role is also responsible for finance decision support and business partnership for the ATU business and is key to driving profitable growth and market share gain in this area.

The successful candidate should possess excellent technical financial and accounting skills as well as communication, collaboration and influencing skills. This

position will interface directly with senior management on a monthly / quarterly basis as part of the financial reporting process and ad hoc analysis, while managing at least two (2) Senior Financial Analysts.

• Develop and maintain financial models and rolling-forecasts in support of strategy development and execution of overall ATU objectives.
• Assist in preparation of monthly and quarterly financial analysis schedules and management financial reviews of actual vs.

budget and prior year variances.

• Lead ATU’s budgeting, forecast, and capital planning processes.
• Work closely with management, sales, and business development in reporting, planning, forecasting and ad hoc analysis.
• Coordinate the collection of information from finance peers in UK and China, and perform consolidations.
• Verify and validate monthly revenue recognition activities.
• Participate in monthly financial reviews with departmental managers.
• Support sales, marketing, and operations with costing, pricing, and competitive / customer industry analysis.
• Support sales & marketing with sales planning, compensation planning, and metric

reporting.

Use analytical tools to identify service trends by customer (billings, logins, etc.), utilization levels and pricing and understand the reason behind them.

Look for opportunities to further penetrate strategic accounts, help identify new market opportunities, understand and ultimately anticipate competitive moves.

Provides insights into what is happening in our market and with strategic customers and how that relates to our business goals (new products, mergers, acquisitions, etc.

and report on a regular basis to stake holders)

• Solicit and collect competitive intel including pricing, messaging, positioning, activities, etc. Report on a regular basis to stake holders (marketing, sales, ops, tech teams as appropriate).
• Participates or leads ad hoc projects including data analysis and process improvements
• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant discipline. MBA, CPA and / or CMA preferred
• A minimum of 7 years of experience.
• Familiarity with SAP B1 and / or Great Plains or similar financial reporting / general ledger software preferred

Experience / Skills

• Prior experience with either a pharmaceutical company or contract service organizations.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to convey complex information in a way that others can readily follow.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to meet strict timelines.
• Experience using MS Office products.
• Possess the skills to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to self-prioritize work on an ongoing basis
• Experience with business intelligence platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik

Our Values :

Integrity & Dedication, Working Together & Sharing Success; Do the Right Thing & Do it Right.

Our greatest asset is our people, WuXi is dedicated to providing opportunities for internal growth with direct access to a dedicated and accessible Human Resources team.

WuXi AppTec provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.