Sr Financial Analyst

Overview

This role supports a major strategic account as a trusted finance partner. You will help shape budgets, forecasts, and commercial decisions that influence account performance, working closely with operations, commercial, and client finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting

  • Drive development of annual and in-year client budgets with operational leaders and client finance teams.
  • Maintain rolling forecasts, including monthly reforecasts and variance analysis.
  • Identify financial risks and opportunities.
  • Maintain full visibility of forecast vs. actuals across all spend categories and client locations.
  • Ensure financial plans align with contractual scope, pricing models, and operational delivery plans.

• Purchase order and contract governance

  • Ensure timely receipt, validation, and tracking of client purchase orders against approved budgets and contractual entitlements.
  • Reconcile purchase orders to forecasts, invoices, and contracts, proactively resolving discrepancies.
  • Maintain clear, auditable linkages between budgets, contracts, purchase orders, and invoices.

• Financial close and journaling

  • Perform monthly financial close activities for assigned client sites, including accurate accruals and cost allocations.
  • Ensure journals are complete, accurate, and compliant with internal controls and external accounting standards.
  • Partner with central finance and accounting teams to resolve close issues efficiently and within deadlines.

• Spend management and financial analysis

  • Manage and report on financial performance across multiple spend categories, including:
    • Contracted services
    • Headcount and labor
    • Ad hoc time and materials
    • Parts and pass-through costs
  • Provide clear cost drivers, trend analysis, and forward-looking insights to support financial and operational decisions.

• Client interface and stakeholder management

  • Serve as a day-to-day finance contact for the client account, engaging directly with operations and finance stakeholders.
  • Present financial performance, forecasts, risks, and opportunities in client reviews, governance forums, and ad hoc discussions.
  • Build trusted client relationships while maintaining commercial rigor.

• Commercial support and margin management

  • Support pricing, costing, and margin analysis for new business, scope changes, and contract amendments.
  • Assess the financial impact of operational changes, service model adjustments, and productivity initiatives.
  • Ensure commercial decisions are supported by robust financial analysis and appropriate governance approvals.

• Operational decision support

  • Provide financial insight to operations teams for workforce planning, service delivery trade-offs, and productivity analysis.
  • Translate operational metrics into clear financial implications to enable evidence-based decision-making.

• Sourcing and procurement support

  • Partner with sourcing and procurement teams to deliver spend analysis, vendor comparisons, and cost models.
  • Support identification, validation, and tracking of savings against baseline budgets and forecasts.

• Billing and revenue assurance

  • Perform weekly and monthly billing reviews to ensure invoices are accurate, timely, and contractually compliant.
  • Ensure billing aligns with agreed pricing models, contracts, and purchase orders.
  • Resolve billing discrepancies and disputes efficiently while maintaining strong client confidence.

• Governance, controls, and process excellence

  • Define, document, and implement financial processes and SOPs where gaps exist.
  • Ensure adherence to internal forecasting, approval, and financial governance frameworks.
  • Maintain audit readiness in a regulated services environment.

• Collaboration and knowledge sharing

  • Share knowledge and provide guidance to junior analysts and colleagues supporting the account.
  • Contribute to team capability through peer review and mentoring.

Requirements

• Solid finance experience in a client-facing or account-based role, ideally including budgets, forecasts, billing, and commercial support for sizeable accounts or portfolios.
• Background in services, managed services, or professional services with complex delivery and billing models.
• Comfort working across multiple stakeholders (operations, commercial, sourcing, and client finance) and translating between them.
• Strong judgment, partnership mindset, and ability to engage in senior client conversations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotech, or other regulated industries.
• Exposure to multi-site and multi-country service delivery models.
• Experience with long-term outsourcing or managed services contracts.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual compensation range (full-time): $80,000 to $100,000.
• Final base pay will be determined based on internal equity, work location, and individual qualifications (job-related skills, experience, education, and relevant training).

Location

• US Remote - VA