Financial Planning and Analysis Manager

R&D Operations Manager/Financial Planning and Analysis Manager with SAP, Power BI or Tableau, Ariba or Anaplan, Dashboards and PHARMA/BIOTECH Experience Needed (Fully Remote Job) Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Duration : 09 Months Contract (Will Get Extended for Long) Description: Remote - US standard working hours Candidates need to be screened thoroughly for not just familiarity but hands on experience with the tools and experience listed Preferred Knowledge of Tools: SAP (Must Have) Anaplan (Will consider first if they have but not mandate) Power BI/Tableau (Anyone Skill Must have) Excel (Must Have Smartsheet/Ariba/Veeva (Anyone Skill Must have) Must Have Below Experience in the project:- Pharma/Biotech Client Experience financial reporting and forecasting Budget Management Building and Maintaining Dashboards Purchase Order (POs)/ Invoices/ Agreements Key Responsibilities: • Budget Management: Planning/Forecasting, Managing/Monitoring Actuals vs Budget, Execution/Guiding Stakeholders to the correct process • Managing Accounting/Finance Deadlines: Quarter Close, Latest Estimated (LE) Budget Submissions; Annual Planning Cycle; Budget Variance Explanation; Quarter Accruals; Reclassing Expense; PO/Contract Management – monitoring or closures, Long Range Planning, Year End Close • Data Analytics: Maintaining Anaplan, Building Dashboards, Maintaining Dashboards, Using Power BI or Tableau or other tools to analyze data • Monitoring Budget/Actuals: Tracking POs/Contracts; Tracking or Investigating Invoices; Budget Variance Analysis Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with financial reporting and forecasting • General familiarity with the drug development process and various business units within an R&D function • Demonstrated proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau) and collaboration tools (Smartsheet, MS Teams) • Fluent with MS Office suite and advanced capabilities in Excel • Experience with enterprise tools SAP, Ariba, Anaplan Skill Sets: Experience with procurement and financial analytics (SAP) Experience managing a budget (project, function, or otherwise)