Saluda Medical
FP&A Systems Analyst
Saluda Medical, Bloomington, Minnesota, United States,
Saluda Medical is the pioneer in closed-loop Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS), a ground-breaking SCS therapy that can measure the spinal cord's response to stimulation and make real-time adjustments to therapy. Saluda is a global company with headquarters in Australia and offices in the United States and Europe.
At Saluda, we challenge boundaries. We innovate and think beyond the conventional. We disrupt. With the passion and energy of an accomplished team of seasoned experts, our focus is to revolutionize the standard of care in the neuromodulation space by transforming the lives of patients suffering from debilitating pain.
As a fast-growing company with global operations, we are seeking an FP&A Systems Analyst; the purpose of this of this hands-on role is two-fold:
Support global FP&A activities to deliver the long-range plans, AOP, forecasts, performance reporting, and the supporting processes to deliver these activitiesWork closely with IT and the broader finance team to improve FP&A's utility, effectiveness and efficiency from the BI planning and reporting tools.Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Analysis
Support the development of financial plans that achieve Saluda's overall strategic goals, including analysis of commercial plans and business driversSupport and continuous development of the long-term planning model and ensuring alignment with the long-term strategic plan and business objectives.Support the budgeting and forecasting process, collaborating with business unit finance teams to establish plans and assumptions for achieving business targets.Support the development and distribution of KPI dashboards, automating data and reporting while promptly addressing material changes in outlook.Support scenario analysis, modelling business scenarios and developing contingency plans to navigate changes in market conditions.Partner the business where required to develop and deliver on their financial plansSupport the delivery of accurate monthly results, forecast and budget pack as well as oversight and distribution of action oriented KPI dashboards.Support the month end processes are relevant, accurate and timelySupports efforts to continuously improve the financial performance management processes, reports and KPI's for the businessFP&A Systems
Automation and process improvement: lead and coordinate studies to assist FP&A team in evaluating the potential solutions for automating existing or proposed work functions or processes and assess the feasibility of creating or enhancing systems to meet user requirements.Lead efforts to ensure that FP&A information systems support the FP&A team's objectives and coordinate the process of defining, analyzing and solving problems related to the FP&A systems and special projects.Support from the FP&A stakeholders' perspective, the requirements for related systems projects; ensure a high level of FP&A stakeholders' satisfaction by monitoring the delivery of ongoing information systems to the FP&A team.Analyze new business requirements, customer pain points and gaps, system functionality, current system use and future needs; perform gap analysis between current state and future state; specify functional designs and work with developers and stakeholders to implement.Support the development of system designs for new or enhanced FP&A business systems; determine and document input/output requirements, procedural flow among departments and organizations resulting in end-to-end processes.Support the management of external vendors or partner relationships when working on new system functionality design and implementation.Support the review and approval of FP&A systems development (eg: code review; test scripts; etc.)Independently research and sustain domain expertise on current trends, strategies, and technologies to help move Saluda's FP&A technologies forwardProduce high quality documentation of processes and systemsSupport the performance of system configuration, testing and provide supportUndertake project management activities related to FP&A IT solutionsMaintaining an Effective Internal Control Environment:
Together with the global financial accounting team, ensuring an effective internal control environment to ensure integrity of the financial information.Strong understanding regarding financial policies and protocol related to internal controls monitoring and compliance auditing.Support global internal controls activitiesKey Requirements:
Proven FP&A experience in complex operating environments, including delivery of budgets/forecasts, management reports, month end and analytics5+ years commercial experience in a multinational organisationSolid knowledge of Sales, commercial and market model support and R&D portfolio managementExceptional Microsoft Excel skills, attention to detail and advanced financial modellingExtensive experience BI (Workday Analytics, Power BI, or similar) and ERPs (eg QAD or similar)Strong communication and presentation skillsDemonstrated ability to work in high performing teamsExperience in a process improvement methodology, for example Lean or Six Sigma
At Saluda, we challenge boundaries. We innovate and think beyond the conventional. We disrupt. With the passion and energy of an accomplished team of seasoned experts, our focus is to revolutionize the standard of care in the neuromodulation space by transforming the lives of patients suffering from debilitating pain.
As a fast-growing company with global operations, we are seeking an FP&A Systems Analyst; the purpose of this of this hands-on role is two-fold:
Support global FP&A activities to deliver the long-range plans, AOP, forecasts, performance reporting, and the supporting processes to deliver these activitiesWork closely with IT and the broader finance team to improve FP&A's utility, effectiveness and efficiency from the BI planning and reporting tools.Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Analysis
Support the development of financial plans that achieve Saluda's overall strategic goals, including analysis of commercial plans and business driversSupport and continuous development of the long-term planning model and ensuring alignment with the long-term strategic plan and business objectives.Support the budgeting and forecasting process, collaborating with business unit finance teams to establish plans and assumptions for achieving business targets.Support the development and distribution of KPI dashboards, automating data and reporting while promptly addressing material changes in outlook.Support scenario analysis, modelling business scenarios and developing contingency plans to navigate changes in market conditions.Partner the business where required to develop and deliver on their financial plansSupport the delivery of accurate monthly results, forecast and budget pack as well as oversight and distribution of action oriented KPI dashboards.Support the month end processes are relevant, accurate and timelySupports efforts to continuously improve the financial performance management processes, reports and KPI's for the businessFP&A Systems
Automation and process improvement: lead and coordinate studies to assist FP&A team in evaluating the potential solutions for automating existing or proposed work functions or processes and assess the feasibility of creating or enhancing systems to meet user requirements.Lead efforts to ensure that FP&A information systems support the FP&A team's objectives and coordinate the process of defining, analyzing and solving problems related to the FP&A systems and special projects.Support from the FP&A stakeholders' perspective, the requirements for related systems projects; ensure a high level of FP&A stakeholders' satisfaction by monitoring the delivery of ongoing information systems to the FP&A team.Analyze new business requirements, customer pain points and gaps, system functionality, current system use and future needs; perform gap analysis between current state and future state; specify functional designs and work with developers and stakeholders to implement.Support the development of system designs for new or enhanced FP&A business systems; determine and document input/output requirements, procedural flow among departments and organizations resulting in end-to-end processes.Support the management of external vendors or partner relationships when working on new system functionality design and implementation.Support the review and approval of FP&A systems development (eg: code review; test scripts; etc.)Independently research and sustain domain expertise on current trends, strategies, and technologies to help move Saluda's FP&A technologies forwardProduce high quality documentation of processes and systemsSupport the performance of system configuration, testing and provide supportUndertake project management activities related to FP&A IT solutionsMaintaining an Effective Internal Control Environment:
Together with the global financial accounting team, ensuring an effective internal control environment to ensure integrity of the financial information.Strong understanding regarding financial policies and protocol related to internal controls monitoring and compliance auditing.Support global internal controls activitiesKey Requirements:
Proven FP&A experience in complex operating environments, including delivery of budgets/forecasts, management reports, month end and analytics5+ years commercial experience in a multinational organisationSolid knowledge of Sales, commercial and market model support and R&D portfolio managementExceptional Microsoft Excel skills, attention to detail and advanced financial modellingExtensive experience BI (Workday Analytics, Power BI, or similar) and ERPs (eg QAD or similar)Strong communication and presentation skillsDemonstrated ability to work in high performing teamsExperience in a process improvement methodology, for example Lean or Six Sigma