Director FP&A Insights and Analytics - REMOTE

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we'll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

** Job Overview*
* BASIC

SUMMARY:

The Head of FP&A Insights and Analytics delivers analytical insights, business intelligence, and reporting governance within the FP&A CoE, ensuring outputs are accurate, consistent, decision-ready, and compliant with defined standards. Strengthen performance visibility and performance steering through driver-based analytics, KPI governance, data quality discipline, and actionable insight generation. Support scalable reporting, analytics, and executive decision enablement through standardized definitions, automated dashboards, and continuous improvement.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duty

% of Time Spent (no less than 10%)

Develop and maintain analytics across revenue, margin, cost, operational, and transformation performance drivers

20

Own reporting standards, KPI definitions, data checks, and compliance with agreed FP&A reporting governance

20

Perform deep-dive analyses to identify trends, performance gaps, risks, and value creation opportunities, translating findings into actionable insights and recommendations

20

Partner with report production teams to ensure analysis is translated into clear management reporting, executive-ready narratives, and performance steering materials

15

Work with systems and data teams to improve dashboard automation, data reliability, and self-service analytics

15

Apply AI and advanced analytics capabilities to accelerate insight generation, improve anomaly detection, and enhance the accuracy and scalability of analytics outputs

10

PRIMARY COLLABORATORS:

Stakeholder

Reason for interaction

Finance Systems & Data Teams

Owners of the data for analytical insights

BU Finance Leadership

Key stakeholders for insights

VP FP&A

Direct supervisor

Head of Reporting

Key partner in FP&A org

** Job Qualifications*
* MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

+

Education:

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or equivalent in Finance or related discipline

+

Experience:

10+ years in business finance or FP&A organization

+ Certification/Licensure:

+ Other:

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

+ Strong analytics, FP&A, and performance management expertise

+ Ability to identify insights from complex financial and operational data sets

+ Strong data visualization, dashboarding, and reporting governance skills

+ Analytical and problem-solving mindset with strong attention to detail and data integrity

+ Data and systems fluency, including BI tools, analytics platforms, and financial systems

WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS:

+ While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and type at a computer.

** Compensation Data*
* The hiring range for this position in the US is $170,000/yr - $210,000/yr. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, location and any collective agreements, if applicable. Remote candidates located outside the US should be aware that the relevant pay range varies based on country and location.

** About Corporate Functions*
* The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

** About Charles River*
* Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients' clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.

Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client's unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies,…