Financial Planning & Analysis Specialist – Medtech

Job Title: Financial Planning & Analysis Specialist

Reporting To: Head of Financial Planning & Analysis

Brennan Recruitment and Staffing Ltd is delighted to partner with one of Ireland’s leading MedTech companies, who through the work they do helps pharmaceutical companies to accelerate the process of essential drug development and helps patients to get timely and accurate diagnosis.

Our client has rapidly scaled in recent years who are providing software solutions to address the pathology gap in research pathology and clinical areas. The company has offices in Ireland, the UK, Canada, United States and Europe and continue to expand throughout the world.

The company is always looking for highly motivated individuals who are excited to take on challenges and value making a difference in their day-to-day work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning & Analysis – Partner with BU & Function heads to drive a robust multi-year OPEX forecast.
• Support the annual budgeting process including preparing detailed annual budgets models interacting with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Work with the business in the development of financial modelling solutions for internal business cases and deal models for closing contracts.
• Drive the continuous improvement of the Forecast model for Bookings, P&L Cash-flow & Balance Sheet.
• Create financial analysis and projections for Venture Capital investors, Venture Debt groups and shareholders on request.
• Profitability analysis on the company product lines and revenue streams.
• Other ad-hoc FP&A duties as required.
• Commercial Analysis – Assist the Head of FP&A in preparing and analysing monthly Business performance for Board meeting review.
• Analyse business performance at a BU level, providing insightful analysis and heads-up to BU/Function leads.
• Assist the Head of FP&A and Function leads in driving a culture of Margin improvement and optimisation across the Group.
• Drive financial awareness and Financial KPI delivery within the BU’s and Group overall.
• Assist sales operations with the reporting and monitoring on key sales metrics.
• Provide other ad hoc analysis of key financial information pivotal to the decision making that drives forward the performance of the company’s Business Units.
• Other ad-hoc commercial analysis as required.
• Quota & Compensation Planning – Support the Head of FP&A in the rollout of an optimal Sales Quota process that will maximize achievement of Group Bookings and Revenue targets.
• Lead the calculation and process enhancement of Sales commissions calculations for the Group Sales teams.
• Calculation and provision of Monthly Sales commission accruals for the financial accounting team.
• Drive efficiencies by ensuring a constantly streamlined process start to end working with Sales heads, Sales Operations and Payroll.
• Other ad-hoc Compensation and Sales planning activities as required

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• ACCA/ACA/CIMA Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 4 years progressive FP&A and / or Business Partnering experience.
• Lead various aspects of our Forecast process, in particular the rollout of a consistent bi-monthly OPEX forecast process, and the simplification and constant improvement of our other forecast processes.
• A self-starter who is hardworking, committed to ensuring meeting of our deadlines.
• Strong proficiency in Google Sheets and/or MS Excel (including specific experience in functions such as VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, pivot tables, and data analysis tools)
• Experienced in leading FP&A activities – including Budgeting, Forecasting, BU P&L’s, and OPEX management.
• Advanced organizational skills – with an ability to get things done in a fast-paced environment, whilst handling multiple and oftentimes conflicting priorities.
• Exceptional attention to detail – focused on completeness and accuracy of data.
• Ability to influence others and work cross-organisation to deliver financial forecasts with the appropriate insight and analysis.
• Strong analytical, financial modelling and problem-solving skills.
• A strong communicator – who can communicate effectively cross-functionally in addition to Senior Management level.
• Adapts to change and strives for continuous process efficiencies.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as collaboratively in cross functional teams.

Opportunity:

• Competitive salary with performance based annual increments.
• Healthcare benefits.
• Competitive annual leave.
• A true sense of meaning in your work by contributing to better patient outcomes.
• The opportunity to work alongside a world-class high performing team in a hyper-growth start-up environment.
• A chance to work on exciting, challenging, and unique projects.
• Regular performance feedback and significant career growth opportunities.
• A highly collaborative and supportive multi-cultural team.