Finance Analyst - Clinical Operations
On-siteBridgend, Wales, United Kingdom
Job Summary
Partner directly with the Executive Finance Director to provide analytical, reporting, and decision-support across the global Clinical Segment. Design, develop, and maintain executive-level dashboards using Power BI, Smartsheets, and Excel to track segment performance, operational KPIs, and business trends. Analyse complex financial and operational data to identify risks and opportunities, preparing high-quality board-level materials for budget, forecast, and EC meetings. Support monthly close, forecasting, and annual planning through variance analysis and financial modelling while driving continuous improvement via automation and standardisation. Contribute to investment appraisals and capital expenditure reviews, ensuring adherence to PCI SOPs, GDPR, and GMP guidelines. Requires 3+ years in financial planning, advanced proficiency in Power BI and Excel, and occasional travel.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in financial planning, analysis, or a related finance role
- Advanced and demonstrated proficiency with Power BI, Excel and other MS Office tools
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data and translate it into actionable insights
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with a focus on attention to detail
- Well organised, flexible and easily adaptable to changing conditions
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and manage conflicting priorities
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and with minimal direction
- High energy, high ownership of work product and dedication and commitment to driving results
- Willing to travel on an occasional basis to support business and project requirements
- Pro-active, looking for new solutions, opportunities and insights
- Facilitates communication between team members to ensure efforts are aligned
- Takes accountability for delivering on commitments; owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development
- Holds self and others accountable for specific deliverables and continuously raises the bar in terms of quality of work-products delivered
- Essential Professional financial qualification (ACCA, CIMA, Bachelors) or an equivalent
- Demonstrable experience gained within a manufacturing environment, preferably Pharmaceuticals
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Orcale JDE, OneStream and/or Integrify
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