Sr. Principal Financial Analyst (FP&A)

The Sr. Principal Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis has ownership of core Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) processes including Bracco Medical Technologies annual operating plan submissions, forecasting and long range planning to include Cardiovascular platform global results across all geographies. The role develops complex financial models and analyses supporting business decisions affecting the company's profitability and success.
The Sr. Principal Financial Analyst supports business development efforts and partners cross-functionally with executive committee members and teams to drive execution of business initiatives. Responsible for the long-range planning activities to support the strategic direction of the business. Strong business partnering emphases with CEO, Sr. VP Marketing, Sr. VP Research & Development and VP Sales commercial operations teams. Leads planning, control and reporting operating mechanism at global level for BMT as well as the Cardiovascular platform.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Business Development

• Preparation of business plans, financial statement analysis, decision modeling, reporting and ad-hoc analysis.

• Work closely with senior management to drive growth initiatives as projects and opportunities arise, such as international expansion and the maximization of distribution channels.

• Develop financial models and analyses for strategies aimed at enhancing profitability and to support partnership with other departments.

• Prepare and present strategic investment proposals to the Investment Committee including return on investment and market opportunities to be gained.

• Participation in planning and monitoring operational impacts on statutory reporting and cash flow.

Strategic Planning

• Develop and maintain 5-year business models to support the strategic planning of the company. Translate 5-year business models into valuation models for impairment testing.

• Partner with Marketing team on product roadmaps, business cases.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Partner with management to develop challenging financial goals, operating plans and insightful measurement systems.

• Experience planning for commercial and operations based teams including P&L, operating cash flow and balance sheet projections.

• Lead the preparation of the annual operating plan and quarterly financial forecasts for Bracco Medical Technologies and Cardiovascualr platform.

• Interface with regional geographies on budgeting and forecasting topics.

• Development of presentations to summarize budget results in a comprehensive, easy-to-understand format.

• Continued development of budgeting, financial forecasting, operating plan and modeling tools.

Reporting

• Preparation of quarterly business review materials presented to corporate leaders by working closely with Bracco Medical Technologies executive committee members and teams on review of performance, market trends and execution of long-range plan goals.

• Bracco Medical Technologies lead role on commercial sales reporting for daily and monthly with commentary on trends and variances to plan.

• Lead the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting effort ensuring all business leaders are up to date and informed of the financial health of their areas of responsibility

• Identify resource needs and communicate to management for improvement as needed the addition of capabilities and future growth projections to support a dynamic and growing business

• Monitor average sales prices and margins for trends, identify opportunities.

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

Minimum

• BA/BS degree preferably with major in Accounting or Finance

• Finance professional with 15+ years of experience working in progressive roles in a complex multi-national organization including supervisory experience.

• 5+ years' experience working with leaders of commercial teams

• Demonstrated knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, financial markets, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

• Business planning and forecasting experience

• Strong application skills including MS Word and MS PowerPoint are a must. Advanced MS Excel skills

• High level interpersonal skills; Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to author and deliver presentations.

• Ability to work effectively with senior executives and management and business partners while influencing organizational decisions

• Work both independently and as part of a team

• Good organizational skills; multi-task while effectively prioritizing and applying good judgment

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills, detailed oriented and thorough

• Exceptional time-management skills to meet project deadlines

Preferred:

• CPA and/or MBA

• Experience working in an FDA-regulated business

• Experience in a manufacturing and multiple geography supply chain environment.

• Business intelligence, business warehouse, and planning tool software experience including Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience including SAP cloud, BW Reporting).

• Macros, V lookups, Pivot Tables knowledge a plus

Other:

• Demonstrated ability to apply financial analysis and modeling in solving business problems

• Ability to go beyond the numbers, consider the broad business implications in helping senior management and business partners; identify and exploit opportunities to improve business performance.