Job Title: SAR Cost Controller
Location: Manchester
Contract: 9 Months / hybrid 2 days onsite
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Rates: £33.50 p/h
Job Description
SRG are looking for a SAR cost controller for a leading pharmaceutical company based in Manchester. The successful candidate for this role will sit in the Financial support & Process management for SAR related functions.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Financial support
Be the Finance Business Partner and provide financial advice to Department Lead
* Understanding the cost drivers of Cost Centres / Department and provide insight to the non-finance members
* Be responsible for financial advice and support to decision making advise on costs, consulting spending, FTEs, planning and reporting
* Understand financial opportunities and risk
* Participate in review during Outlook and Target planning cycles
* Propose process improvements & lead improvement initiatives implementation
* Process Management
* Ensure timeliness and correctness of month end close activities for the Functions (accruals, reclassifications, allocation, FTE assignments, …)
* Review and comments deltas and overall results to finance and non-finance members
* Plan costs and FTEs at cost centre level during Outlook and Budget cycles
* In charge of Capex controlling activities (depending on the function needs) & be the main point of contact for senior management for supporting new business case setting up
* Analyse financial information for errors and trends
* Assist with year-end and internal audits
* Support M&A and divestment projects as needed
* Support projects by setting and controlling budgets, tracking spend, capitalization initiation and ensuring compliance
Experience and Qualifications
* Bachelor's or master's degree in accounting, Finance or related field.
* 5-10 years industry experience.
* Analytical skills
* Interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively to explain financial concepts to non-finance people.
* Attention to detail, organizational, planning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
* Excellent Microsoft Excel skills, and general computer skills particularly with accounting systems (SAP preferred) and reporting (BW).
* Experience with Business Intelligence tools (Power BI preferred).
* Good understanding of project management.
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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