Associate Director, Partnership Finance

Financial Planning And Accounting Director

Directs financial planning and accounting practices including: budgeting, costing, financial analysis, and long-range forecasting for a mid-sized market or regional function(s). Partners with the business, providing subject matter expertise and direction for the business/function on financial and accounting issues.

Essential Functions

• Understands business partner/client markets and translates strategy into proactive plans to enable successful achievement of business results.
• Ensures that the recording, measurement and reporting of all financial transactions adhere to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), internal IQVIA corporate policies and procedures, government regulations and local business requirements.
• Develops specific business metrics that support timely and actionable information flow for daily operational and long-term strategic planning purposes.
• Support, and lead as appropriate, high profile negotiations that arise during service delivery from a financial nature.
• Develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships with the Business Development team and Senior Functional Leadership/ Therapeutic Area Heads.
• May develop pricing strategies, policies, and analysis.
• Provides monthly financial reporting to constituencies.
• Assist in developing commercial offerings, including payment terms, schedules, Bonus/Penalty, and other client requests.
• Ensures achievement of business financial targets by monitoring spending, providing insight, and early warning.
• Identifies and monitors areas of risk and/or opportunity and their financial impact on the business.
• Ensure the provision of timely and value add risk assessments to the business for new and existing clients. Offer commercial recommendations and solutions to senior management.
• Partner externally with client Finance and Outsourcing counterparts, and internal with Pricing, Operations, Finance and Contracts.
• Negotiate, review and provide financial accrual reporting, as requested, by the client.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree Finance, Accounting or Financial Management Pref
• Bachelor's Degree Req
• Requires practical knowledge in leading and managing the execution of processes, projects and tactics within one department or multiple related departments.
• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in business analysis, accounting and finance.
• Knowledge of financial systems.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as strong leadership and focus.
• Proven record of results working with senior management.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to translate business issues into financial requirements.
• Technical proficiency with financial application software is essential.
• High level of integrity and self-confidence.

To be eligible for this position, you must reside in the same country/sales region where the job is located.