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Pfizer is hiring a Financial Analyst

Summary

The Financial Analyst position reports to the Senior Director, Financial Operations and supports both the Directors of Financial Management and Portfolio Management as part of the Financial Operations team. This position provides financial support to Global Business Services and Enabling Functions (GBS/EF) Digital by ensuring that annual ongoing and one-time operating expense and project portfolio cost targets are achieved, costs adhere to financial policies and reporting commitments are met to Finance and other recipients of financial information.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the overall development of the annual operating expense budget and quarterly forecast submissions to Finance
• Manage one-time and ongoing operating expenses and project costs to established targets
• Ensure that costs are realized in the correct location according to cost accounting policies
• Manage inbound technology chargebacks from other Digital areas related to the infrastructure portfolio
• Update master data for all assets listed in the Fixed Asset Register
• Maintain the cost center hierarchy and WBS elements associated with operating expenses
• Assist in the close-out process for completed projects
• Address expiring purchase orders and ensure timely closure
• Utilize business intelligence tools to improve financial decision making

Operating Expense

• Provide financial support to help teams understand costs incurred and manage annual operating expenses to established financial targets
• Assist with development of monthly variance analysis reporting and root cause analysis
• Maintain the global cost center hierarchy
• Manage WBS elements to track like costs

Project Portfolio

• Provide financial support to help teams understand costs incurred and manage annual project portfolio costs to established financial targets
• Assist with development of monthly variance analysis reporting and root cause analysis
• Assist with managing WBS elements through the life of a project
• Assist in the process to formally close out projects upon completion

Infrastructure Portfolio

• Monitor accuracy of all inbound reclasses received from other Digital areas for funded infrastructure costs related to physical hardware (servers, storage, memory), virtual hosting (Amazon Web Services), mid-tier technologies (requests for changes, database services, web services, file transfer interfaces), virtual desktops, agile development tools, etc.
• Charge costs to projects during the development cycle and to operations during the support cycle
• Collaborate with Infrastructure Team to improve the transparency and accuracy of infrastructure charges through continuous improvement initiatives
• Mine infrastructure data to drive cost savings through

Other

• Maintain fixed asset master data through the asset life cycle (development, activation, disposal)
• Manage the monthly procure-to-pay automations related to open purchase orders and expiring purchase orders

Data Analytics

• Utilize business intelligence tools (Tableau) to conduct ad hoc analyses of financial data to provide insight into cost details, trends and potential cost savings opportunities
• Develop dashboards in Tableau to improve the visualization of financial data
• Identify and manage variance explanations versus actuals, budget and latest forecast

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience

• HS diploma and 5+ years of experience ​
• Obtained or actively pursuing a CPA or MBA a plus
• 0-1 years of experience working in a corporate environment in a financial analysis role
• Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

•  Associated degree and 3+ years of experience
• Additional bachelor’s degree or minor in technology a plus

Technical Skills

• Analytical capabilities to understand and explain financial variances
• Results driven and able to drive cost savings to achieve financial targets
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and effective use of other Microsoft Office products (i.e., PowerPoint, Word)
• Experience using Tableau a plus
• Change agile and ability to act on projects quickly
• Seizes accountability and is a self-starter
• Quickly learns new skills and knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated business acumen
• Negotiation and influence skills

Leadership Skills

• Works well in a collaborative team environment
• Willingness to contribute fresh and innovative ideas
• Organized and able to work on a variety of projects
• Self-starter and motivated to own tasks and drive results

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

Must be able to work on a laptop/desktop for long periods of time

NON-STANDARD WORK SCHEDULE, TRAVEL OR ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS

Willingness to travel 10% of the time to Northeast offices

Work Location Assignment: Flexible

Last day to apply : July 19th 2023

Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.

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