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Job Description
Reporting to the Vice President of Corporate Finance, the Associate Director of Business Analytics is a key member of Vertex’s Corporate Finance team, enabling strategic use of our financial systems and data, leveraging best practice analytics and reporting to drive business results. The AD of Business Analytics plays a critical role in maintenance, short-term planning and the long-term strategic roadmap for our financial systems including ERP, DRM, Hyperion, OBIEE, PowerBI, FTE and other systems/databases. This includes partnering with DTE (IT) to schedule maintenance and administrative support for system downtime, liaising/communicating with finance, accounting & DTE, prioritizing system enhancements and collaborating with DTE on implementation, and designing/implementing new tools as needed. Enforcing and adhering to recently established governance as it relates to our Chart of Accounts is also a key element to help drive standardized usage of our financial systems.
The best candidate for this role will understand our business processes well to anticipate future needs. You will ensure we maintain a modern and fit-for-use financial system environment, triage incoming requests for new functionality or new tools, and will steer people to the best solution for their needs considering the technology roadmap. You will also endeavor to collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure training materials and instructional information is maintained and kept current and is easy to access.
In addition, you will employ strong communication, change management planning and project leadership skills and also be accountable for hiring and developing the Business Analytics team members along with succession planning.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a high-performing Business Analytics team, that meets increasing needs and requirements across the business and helps drive the organization forward
- Ensuring team members have strong career planning and development plans, coaching for growth and new experiences aligned to their personal career goals
- Build and maintain fit-for-purpose financial planning and analysis tools, balancing customization and standardization
- Corporate Finance lead for data relationship management (DRM) maintenance, making recommendations on how to add to or change data fields, leveraging best practices on reducing complexity, ensuring clear and consistent flow of information across financial systems and establishing policies/procedures as needed; Co-lead monthly DRM governance meeting with extended accounting and finance teams
- Collaborate closely with the DTE function ensuring alignment on prioritization of and technical approach for issue resolutions and process improvement projects; participates in creating solution roadmaps and long-term strategy for financial systems
- Project leader for global finance function for financial systems maintenance and improvement projects, collaborating closely with accounting and DTE team leads; responsible for creating materials / agenda for Sr. Leadership governance and steering committee check-ins
- Partner with Corporate FP&A team to ensure forecast deliverables and system lock / copy dates are well aligned and communicated across to all key stakeholders
- Work closely with other functions within Finance (R&D, Commercial, G&A, International) in order to understand the changing needs of those business areas and to advise on best practices for structuring data
- Anticipate internal planning / reporting needs and effectively translate business requirements into planning and reporting solutions
- Mentor and share expertise with all finance team members on how to maximize capabilities and usage of tools, including training as needed
- Support SOX testing and P&L flux analyses as needed
- Provide ad-hoc support to other Corporate Finance team members when needed
Knowledge/Skills:
- Proficient in working with or making sense of large and complex data sets
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
- Strong experience with multidimensional databases and business intelligence tools, experience with Oracle and Hyperion products a plus
- An understanding of key financial metrics including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow calculations
- Strong problem solving and analytical thinking
- A demonstrated ability to be in the details without losing sight of the big picture
- Strong project management capabilities as well as written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience leading 3rd party partners in project scoping, planning and execution
- Proclivity to collaborate, a willingness to jump in to support the team when needed and the maturity to understand when/how to ask for help from the finance team or other SMEs
- Global experience including working with foreign currencies
- Questions the “as is” and has the flexibility to adapt to change – experience with lean tools / lean philosophies a plus
Basis Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree; in accounting, business, finance or data analytics (preferred)
- 8-10 years of experience in finance, data analytics, reporting and system administration with significant exposure to working with financial data or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
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Company Information
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.
Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person’s race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Please note that Vertex requires COVID-19 vaccination for all employees working in the U.S. as a condition of employment at Vertex, subject to medical, religious or other accommodations or exemptions required by law. We believe this requirement is vital to keeping everyone at Vertex and in our communities safe. This requirement applies to both existing and new employees who may at any time work on-site at a Vertex facility or visit another location on behalf of Vertex (e.g., conferences, customer visits, etc.), including all remote employees. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at [email protected].
