Planning Coordinator Col

Position Purpose

Pfizer's Commercial Finance team is responsible for all Budgeting & Forecasting activities keeping close relationship with main stakeholders to provide solid financial advisory support across the market. The main responsibilities are intended to cover Planning periods, Management Reporting, and Business Strategy & Support.

This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic organization with opportunities to grow and develop. The role requires flexibility and fresh ideas, as well as working collaboratively in a highly team-based environment.

Primary Responsibilities

Operations:

- Prepare, analyze and control Budget execution within Biopharmaceutical business providing continuous support to all business units.
- Consolidate, analyze and report budget and forecast (latest estimated) regarding to Profit & Loss financial statement (revenue, cost of sales and Opex)
- Ensure financial and data coherence within all systems (SAP, Local & Global Mosaic, Source Analysis)
- Responsible to provide support to country brand leads and key stakeholders regarding to YTD analysis, Need-to-meet and full year projections
- Support all planning cycles across the year (Budget, LE2, LE3 & OP, LE4)
- Ensure the correct data usage regarding to financial master data management (Cost Centers, profit centers, accounts)
- Ensure timely, efficient, and accurate flow of information for decision-making, budget execution and targets alignment
- Ensure SOP’s are up to date for all activities within scope

Customer Relationships:

- Serve as key point of contact for market colleagues and business partners to make sure that the business’ finance needs are met, risks/issues are resolved, and quality of output is consistently delivered in accordance with service level expectations
- Maintain a general knowledge of market-specific trends and past performance as well as key drivers

Additional Responsibilities:

- Serve as a strategic thought partner for key stakeholders within Finance organization and Commercial leadership, providing guidance and proactive solutions
- Responsible to set periodic review meetings, raise variations vs targets and identify savings/upside opportunities

Technical Skills & Experience Requirements
- Highly analytical with the ability to derive actionable insights and business recommendations from financial analysis
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Process-oriented with strong organization and planning skills
- Ability to identify business issues/opportunities and to frame business questions
- Advanced Microsoft Office capabilities, particularly Excel, SAP, PowerPoint and Word. Strongly preferred Pivot Table management in Excel
- Competency with spreadsheets & financial modeling (comfort with data manipulation and financial systems)

Qualifications (i.e., preferred education, experience, attributes)
- Bachelors required.
- 3-5 years’ of progressive experience, ideally in a Finance role with direct interaction with business counterparts, responsible for reporting, analysis, planning, budgeting and forecasting
- Excellent problem solving, project management, analytical skills, attention to detail, planning and time management skills

Superior verbal/written communication skills (English fluency)

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) & Employment Eligibility

Pfizer is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, or disability.

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