Senior Specialist Expense Operations, Human Health Finance

Job Description

Attention NJ Applicants: In April 2020, our Company announced plans to consolidate our New Jersey campuses into a single New Jersey headquarters location in Rahway, NJ by 2023. Therefore, the NJ work location for this role will be temporarily based and the exact timing of the departmental move to Rahway, NJ will be communicated at a future date.

Under the supervision of the Associate Director, Expense Operations, the Senior Specialist will work closely with the Finance team that supports US and Global Commercial teams as a key financial and strategic business partner to support the goals and growth of our Company’s Human Health business. The Senior Specialist is responsible for assisting in the forecasting, budgeting, and financial evaluation activity for the investment base. The Senior Specialist partners closely with cross functional teams, including marketing, sales, procurement, legal, compliance and corporate teams to support the evaluation of business performance and identify, evaluate and execute strategic opportunities.

The Senior Specialist will be exposed to and will develop a deep understanding of various business areas and seek to gain a strategic understanding of the broader our Company enterprise. A successful candidate will have an intrinsic curiosity about the healthcare industry, a dedication to serving customers, a passion for learning, and an eagerness to collaborate in solving complex business challenges. The position requires effective communication, strategic thinking, and an enterprise mindset.

This position supports US and Global Expense Finance teams and is based in Upper Gwynedd, Pa or Rahway, NJ

Key responsibilities include:

• Assist in Associate Directors FP&A activities (Monthly Close, Budget, Long Range Operating Plans, and other forecasts) for their business area, including pulling necessary details in the evaluation of performance relative to forecast and targets and presentation of financial results

• Partner with the Finance Associate Directors in identifying opportunities within the commercial organization. Including the evaluation of investment opportunities, assessing business performance, allocate targets, and drive progress on transformation objectives

• Ensure integrity of reported financial results by maintaining planning and reporting models and databases

• Coordinate master data maintenance for organizational changes, train users on SAP Project Systems and partner with the business on expense related issue resolution

Qualifications

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business-related discipline

• Minimum 1 year of experience in Finance / Accounting or business analytics role

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Strong compliance focus, financial acumen, analytical skills, and knowledge of finance systems and planning and reporting processes

• High degree of business acumen and demonstrated ability to provide strategic guidance

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to build diverse peer and client relationships

• Passion and intellectual curiosity with respect to healthcare industry

• Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry

• Strong computer skills, Expertise in Excel, Power Point, Thinkcell, SAP reporting system

• Comfortable employing financial modeling methods, tools and IT applications to collect, analyze, synthesize and validate financial data to proactively identify issues and drive complex business decisions

• Ability to adopt and apply new technology, techniques, and ways of working

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

Who we are …

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for …

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

NOTICE FOR INTERNAL APPLICANTS

In accordance with Managers' Policy - Job Posting and Employee Placement, all employees subject to this policy are required to have a minimum of twelve (12) months of service in current position prior to applying for open positions.

If you have been offered a separation benefits package, but have not yet reached your separation date and are offered a position within the salary and geographical parameters as set forth in the Summary Plan Description (SPD) of your separation package, then you are no longer eligible for your separation benefits package. To discuss in more detail, please contact your HRBP or Talent Acquisition Advisor.

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For positions located in the United States and Puerto Rico – Subject to applicable law, all new hires (including internal transfers) must demonstrate that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or that they qualify for a medical or religious exemption to this vaccination requirement. New hires (including internal transfers) to a position that, as determined by the Company, requires routine collaboration with external stakeholders (such as roles in health services or customer-facing commercial or research-based roles) (“Customer-Facing Role”) who are not vaccinated must qualify for a medical or religious exemption and be in a position that the Company determines can accommodate unvaccinated employees without causing an undue burden to business operations. If, following dialog with the candidate as appropriate, it is determined that the candidate either a) does not qualify for a religious or medical exemption or, b) for candidates applying for Customer-Facing roles, it is determined that allowing the candidate to work without vaccination would cause an undue burden to the Company, the candidate will be ineligible for hire or transfer, or any offer of employment or transfer (if applicable) will be revoked. Please note that notwithstanding the approval of any reasonable accommodation, the Company reserves the right to monitor, modify, or revoke any such accommodation if it is determined, following dialog with the employee, that the accommodation is no longer effective or results in an undue burden to the Company.

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Under New York City law, the Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

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Requisition ID:R214123