Financial Analyst II

Position Summary:This role can be based in St Louis, Salt Lake City, or the surrounding areas and cannot be fully remote.R&D Financial Analyst is a business partner for our Global Research and Development teams and supports the performance monitoring, budget, forecast, and portfolio processes. This role also supports the month-end close process and works with the accounting team with full-cycle accounting processes. The ideal candidate is someone with excellent oral and written communication skills; attention to detail, and ability to work with diverse teams of people across multiple locations & time-zones. Someone with time management skills and ability to meet deadlines, as well as a self-starter with a desire to develop and evolve in a dynamic global company.Primary Responsibilities:+ Supports budget, forecast and strategic plan processes for the Global R&D teams.+ Collaborates with senior management and department heads to support consistent and accurate reporting for R&D budgets. Work with HR business partners to build and monitor the headcount and salary budget.+ Creates monthly dashboard reporting and analysis of expenditures, headcount, project expenses, and capital purchases.+ Supports analysis and reporting for R&D scope, including project analysis, and provide ad-hoc reporting to support management in decision-making.+ Leads monthly, quarterly, and year-end close process for R&D. Ensure that financial rules and procedures are followed by the business and are in line with corporate processes.+ Supports the R&D team with preparation of project budgets, cost proposals, and forecasts for R&D related activities.+ Serve as business partner to local departments and as liaison with the global controlling team.+ Support the tax team with the R&D Tax Credit Analysis.+ Supports internal monthly and ad-hoc reporting and accounting group day-to-day business process.+ Review and approve purchase orders and capital requests for adherence to budget.+ Participate in global finance initiatives.+ Perform all work in compliance with company quality procedures and standardsEducation, Skills, & Experience:+ Bachelors Degree in Finance/Accounting or related field with 5+ years of experience in the Finance/Accounting field with experience or knowledge in financial planning & analysis.+ FP&A, Forecasting, and Budgeting experience is HIGHLY desired+ Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills necessary.+ SAP knowledge preferred.+ Experience with tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Power Query is a plus#LI-US