Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A

Location: Hybrid

Medidata follows a hybrid office policy in which employees who are hired for an in-person position are expected to work on site a certain number of days per week in accordance with Company policy.

About our Company:

Medidata is powering smarter treatments and healthier people through digital solutions to support clinical trials. Celebrating 25 years of ground-breaking technological innovation across more than 36,000 trials and 11 million patients, Medidata offers industry-leading expertise, analytics-powered insights, and one of the largest clinical trial data sets in the industry. More than 1 million users trust Medidata’s seamless, end-to-end platform to improve patient experiences, accelerate clinical breakthroughs, and bring therapies to market faster. Discover more at www.medidata.com.

About the Team:

As a Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A of an established FP&A organization, you will partner with several functions & their senior leadership teams. You will partner with the teams to ensure operational plans are aligned with financial goals and create transparency and deliver important insights and suggestions that allows us to make the right decisions to propel the business forward. You will work with the team to deliver insights, guide annual and long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting and monthly plan vs. actual performance analysis. You will also coordinate with other Finance team members to guide the monthly closing and reporting process.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in revenue forecasting, reporting and analysis for distribution and presentation to executive management 
• Analyze historical performance to understand trends and key drivers. Make recommendations to improve performance and processes based on findings.
• Drive our FP&A efforts in the renewals space along with leading the consumption strategy with the business partners
• Work cross functionally with business partners including Finance, Sales, Sales Operations and Product/R&D to gather reporting requirements and build reporting that enables decision-making
• Streamline and reporting across multiple, disparate systems to drive efficiencies and increase accuracy
• Automation of manual reporting efforts through creating reports in Workday, SalesForce, Tableau
• Creating KPIs/metrics to better understand the business and impact decision-making and strategic direction
• Develop and maintain financial models to support forecasting, budgeting process, strategic and long-range planning. 
• Establish processes and track performance against annual plans, forecasts and projections.
• Assist in various finance led ad-hoc requests from the CFO and senior management
• Assists with the annual budget and planning process.
• Synthesize complex financial analysis into easily digestible and actionable communications for to support decision-making

Qualifications:

• Role involves building relationships across the organization, communicating and presenting ideas to management and influencing decision-making
• Experience turning financial data into relevant insights that support sound decisions
• Ability to be adaptable and flexible while responding to deadlines on assignments and workflow fluctuations
• Ability to work with concepts and work independently 
• Experience working with Financial Planning & Reporting tools
• Promote for process improvement
• Extraordinary Excel / PowerPoint / financial modeling skills
• Undergraduate or graduate degree in Finance, Economics, or Accounting
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in FP&A
• Experience with Adaptive, Tableau or similar forecasting and visualization tools                          

As with all roles, Medidata sets ranges based on a number of factors including function, level, candidate expertise and experience, and geographic location.

• The salary range for positions that will be physically based in the NYC Metro Area is $96,000 – 115,00.00

Equal Employment Opportunity: 

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at Medidata are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. Medidata is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Medidata will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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