JOB DESCRIPTION:
Role Purpose:
The Senior Analyst / Specialist - Regional FP&A Service Center is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all FP&A Service Center activities across the MEAP & TR-CIS region.
This role ensures timely, accurate, and high-quality delivery of financial planning, forecasting, and analytical outputs, while acting as a key link between affiliates, analysts, and HQ stakeholders.
Major responsibilities:
Service Center Coordination & Delivery Oversight
- Oversee the end-to-end execution of FP&A Service Center activities, ensuring all deliverables are completed accurately and within defined timelines.
- Act as the central coordinator across analysts, allocating workload, managing priorities, and ensuring optimal resource utilization.
- Monitor progress against deadlines, proactively identifying risks, bottlenecks, and delays, and implementing corrective actions.
- Establish and enforce clear governance, timelines, and delivery standards across all Service Center processes.
- Serve as the primary escalation point for complex issues, ensuring timely resolution and stakeholder alignment.
Forecasting & RLBE Governance
- Oversee the RLBE submission and system loading process in SAC, ensuring consistency and alignment across all countries and dimensions.
- Review and validate P&L, BS, Causals & P23B submissions from affiliates, ensuring data integrity and alignment with affiliate inputs.
- Ensure robust reconciliation and validation frameworks are in place and consistently applied by analysts.
- Coordinate closely with affiliates and HQ to ensure smooth planning cycles and high-quality outputs.
- Drive continuous improvement of templates, models, and processes to enhance efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
Portfolio Optimization & Brand P&L Oversight
- Oversee the development and maintenance of Brand P&L models and allocation methodologies, ensuring consistency and robustness across markets.
- Review key analyses and outputs, ensuring insightful, accurate, and decision-oriented deliverables.
- Guide analysts and affiliates on best practices for allocation mechanisms and financial modeling approaches.
- Support and challenge key outputs used in portfolio optimization initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
- Review and enhance affiliate decks and presentations.
Financial Processes Governance
- Oversee critical FP&A processes, including:
- Annual Standard Cost Cycle: ensure completeness, accuracy, and timely reconciliation across all countries.
- OEM Cycle: ensure consistency of templates, data quality, and timely system uploads.
- Month-End Close Support: ensure models and outputs are aligned with reporting requirements and timelines.
- Ensure all processes are executed with strong controls, clear ownership, and standardized methodologies.
Tools, Automation & Continuous Improvement
- Drive the enhancement and automation of financial models, templates, and reporting tools.
- Ensure internal analysis tools (P2A, cash flow, statistics, causals, etc.) are robust, user-friendly, and scalable.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and optimize workflows across the Service Center.
Key Skills & Competencies
- Strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
- High attention to detail, accuracy, and data integrity.
- Proficiency in Excel and financial systems (experience with SAC is a plus).
- Ability to manage large, complex datasets across multiple dimensions.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and automation.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-country environment.
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver within specified timelines.
Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 3-5 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, or similar roles.
- Experience in a regional or Service Center structure is a strong advantage.
- Familiarity with forecasting, planning cycles, and financial systems.
The base pay for this position is
N/A
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Financial Planning and Analysis
DIVISION:
EPD Established Pharma
LOCATION:
Pakistan > Karachi : Plot No ST-2;KDA Scheme
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
No
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)