Senior Business Analyst - FP&A NAM RDU (GFS Americas)

About the role

AstraZeneca's Global Financial Services (GFS) center in San Jose, Costa Rica, is looking for a Senior FP&A Business Analyst / Business Partner. The role covers complex monthly financial analysis and reporting, planning cycles, and the consolidation of results across therapeutic areas and franchises for business units, the US commercial team and the quarterly business review. It partners with the US Business Planning & Analysis team to give the CFO, Finance leadership and senior stakeholders timely, accurate information.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver accurate month-end financial reporting and analysis, explaining variances and insights versus forecasts, and support planning cycles and rolling forecasts.
• Consolidate deliverables such as the P&L pack, revenue and expenses analysis, monthly business unit performance, QBR, outturn and headcount analysis, and provide deep insight, risk and opportunity evaluation.
• Coordinate with NAM business units and partner with global reporting and planning teams so reporting packs reflect the fast-growing business.
• Ensure data consistency across reporting platforms and support the US commercial team as its technical lead, helping deliver quality and on time.
• Manage planning cycle processes (budgeting/forecasting) per internal guidelines, and support SOX/FCF controls with no failures.
• Drive standardization, simplification and automation of processes, and take part in ad hoc projects.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, accounting, economics or a related field; a Master's degree is desirable and taken into account for the offer.
• 4+ years of experience in FP&A business partnering roles.
• Experience presenting to senior management, working in diverse global teams, and managing several deliverables at once.
• English spoken and written, able to explain financial issues to non-financial managers.
• Desirable: pharmaceutical industry experience, cross-border experience, and visa/passport.

Required skills

• Knowledge of accounting fundamentals (GAAP, P&L, BS, CAPEX, accruals, cost centers).
• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, complex formulas, large databases).
• SAP and Hyperion Financial Management (Smart View).
• Desirable: Power BI and Power Query.