Overview
This role supports the Pharma Division by delivering financial insights, planning processes, and performance analysis to drive business decision-making. It involves close partnership with Finance, Commercial, and Leadership teams to support monthly reporting, dynamic forecasting, annual planning, and strategic initiatives. The position serves as a central coordination point across Finance co-pilots, corporate finance, and Pharma leadership to ensure accurate and timely analytics that enable the division to meet its financial and strategic goals.
The role covers the full Pharma portfolio across brands and provides financial oversight for key Commercial activities, including Gross-to-Net (GTN) and PFME.
This is a remote position with anticipated monthly travel to the corporate office in Bridgewater, NJ. Candidates local to the corporate office will receive top consideration.
Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Analysis
- Lead preparation, consolidation, and review of financial reporting for divisional leadership and Corporate Finance
- Provide financial reporting and metrics to cross-functional teams to support business decisions
- Deliver executive summaries detailing results, trends, variances, risks, and opportunities
- Own monthly close analytics and communicate results with actionable insights to leadership
- Partner with functional teams to generate insights and influence business results
- Collaborate with Controllership on period-end close activities, including reconciliations and variance analysis
- Support Controllership team with period-end close activities (SACT, PACT, Reconciliation, variance analysis)
Management Support / Business Transformation
- Own and coordinate core financial processes including Dynamic Forecast (DF), Monthly Business Planning (MBP), Market Business Strategy (MBS), and Annual Operating Plan (OP)
- Manage the Demand Forecast process, including timelines, data integrity, and coordination across stakeholders
- Drive consistency and accuracy across planning cycles, ensuring alignment between financial forecasts and business strategies
- Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to provide forward-looking insights supporting financial and operational planning
- Prepare and analyze forecasts and budgets, identifying key drivers to improve financial predictability
- Serve as a trusted finance partner to cross-functional teams, supporting decision-making and accountability for financial targets
- Provide financial analysis and insights to support commercial strategies, product portfolio optimization, and investment decisions
- Contribute to product-related initiatives such as Innovation/Renovation reviews and SKU rationalization
- Educate and influence stakeholders on value creation and financial implications of business decisions
- Support leadership requests and ad hoc analyses, including Monthly Business Review (MBR) materials
- Identify and implement improvements to financial models, tools, and reporting processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
- Support evolution of financial planning capabilities and reporting infrastructure
- Coordinate across Finance teams, Co-Pilots, and Corporate stakeholders to streamline processes and improve data quality
- Lead or contribute to special projects and cross-functional initiatives within and beyond the Pharma Division
- Perform other duties as required
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Accounting/Finance
- Knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (US GAAP) or International Accounting Standards (IAS)
- Understanding of financial statements including Profit & Loss, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Familiarity with financial concepts such as cash flow, NPV, IRR, ROI, Economic Profit
- Experience in the VMS/Food industry
- Professional certifications such as CPA, CMA, CFM, CCE, or MBA preferred
Skills
- Working knowledge of Nestlé Accounting Standards (NAS) for internal candidates
- Experience with Nestlé SAP GLOBE, Oracle FIT, BW, SmartView for internal candidates
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; proficient in MS Word and PowerPoint
- Ability to understand and communicate drivers of product profit & loss
- Intermediate to advanced financial modeling skills
- Experience with budget preparation and forecasting for cost centers and balance sheet accounts
- Knowledge of cost accounting principles and activity-based costing
- End-to-end business mindset with results focus and high initiative
- Strong financial and analytical skills with ability to develop recommendations
- Commitment to delivering accurate financial analytics with quality and thought leadership
- Ability to partner with cross-functional teams and influence business decisions with financial support
- Clear communication of financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders
- Effective written and verbal communication, including presentation skills
- Strong project management and organizational skills with ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
Compensation & Benefits
- Approximate pay range: $129,000 to $142,000 annually (estimate at time of posting; final compensation may vary based on knowledge, skills, abilities, and location)
- Performance-based incentives
- Competitive total rewards package including 401(k) with company match, healthcare coverage, and a broad range of other benefits
Location
- Remote role with anticipated monthly travel to corporate office in Bridgewater, NJ
- Top consideration given to candidates local to the corporate office
Additional Information
- This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
- The employer is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity and inclusion
- Applicants requiring special accommodations during the recruitment process are encouraged to request them confidentially