Associate Director Finance DSA Lab Sciences (CPA required) (REMOTE)

Overview

This role partners with operational and commercial leaders across the organization’s Global Lab Sciences business to drive financial performance, operational productivity, and data-driven decision-making. The Finance Business Partner delivers actionable insights through forecasting, headcount and productivity analysis, commercial performance evaluation, KPI management, and operating income monitoring.

As a trusted advisor, you connect financial results with operational and commercial drivers, including scientific demand, volume throughput, backlog, capacity, and market trends. You also support resource planning, operational efficiency, forecast accuracy, and performance improvement initiatives across a global laboratory services portfolio.

The role supports the annual planning process, monthly business reviews, and strategic initiatives by ensuring leaders have timely and accurate information to make informed decisions.

Responsibilities

• Business partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to Operational and Commercial leaders; provide financial guidance, challenge assumptions, and influence key business decisions.
• Forecasting: Lead weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting processes to improve forecast accuracy and business visibility.
• Backlog management: Monitor backlog performance, client demand trends, and forecast slippage to improve predictability and planning.
• Business analytics: Develop KPIs, dashboards, and management reporting to support data-driven decision-making and performance improvements.
• Margin optimization: Analyze pricing, margins, and study profitability to identify revenue growth and margin expansion opportunities.
• Business insights: Translate complex operational and financial data into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Performance management: Drive accountability through performance reviews, action tracking, and follow-up with business leaders.
• Resource planning: Support capacity, workload, productivity, and headcount planning through data-driven analysis.
• Strategic investments: Develop financial models and business cases for investment decisions, strategic initiatives, and ROI tracking.
• Operating income performance: Partner with operational and cost center leaders to improve efficiency, productivity, and operating income performance.
• Commercial partnership: Evaluate pipeline, bookings, client trends, and market opportunities with Commercial leadership to support growth objectives.
• Commercial effectiveness: Analyze commercial productivity, resource utilization, and organizational performance to improve effectiveness.
• Technology & analytics enablement: Lead reporting, analytics, and technology initiatives to enhance business insight and decision support.
• Strategic planning: Lead annual planning, long-range forecasting, and strategic planning activities aligned with business objectives.
• Financial reporting: Support month-end close activities, including revenue analysis, accrual reviews, variance analysis, and management reporting.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in business or related discipline preferred.
• Experience: 10+ years in FP&A, Commercial Finance, or Finance Business Partnering within a complex global organization.
• Professional credentials (beneficial): Qualified Accountant; CPA or equivalent.
• Core finance background: Strong FP&A/commercial finance exposure and P&L ownership.
• Leadership partnership: Proven experience partnering with senior operational and commercial leaders to drive business performance and strategic decision-making.
• Skills:
  • Demonstrated proficiency managing analytically rigorous initiatives
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint presentation skills required
  • Tangible understanding and experience with ERP, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence systems, including financial reporting, PowerBI, and CRM systems
• Communication: Accustomed to communicating and reporting to senior management.
• People leadership (advantageous): Supervisory and/or people management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant; CPA or equivalent.
• Supervisory and/or people management experience.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual pay range (USA): $120K - $135K USD
• Salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, location, and any collective agreements, if applicable.
• Remote candidates located outside of the USA should note that the relevant pay range varies based on country and location.

Benefits (based on position) may include:

• Bonus/incentives based on performance
• 401K
• Paid time off
• Stock purchase program
• Health and wellness coverage
• Employee and family wellbeing support programs
• Work-life balance flexibility

Location

• Work model: Remote from home office
• Travel: Occasional domestic and/or international travel (e.g., to CRL or client venues)