Senior Manager, Finance Analytics & Automation - Data Analyst (Contract)

Contract Senior Manager, Finance Analytics & Automation at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, based in Boston, MA with a hybrid work arrangement, focusing on automating finance data processes and reporting to enable data-driven decision making over a six-month period.

Responsibilities

• Develops functional reporting capabilities to increase efficiency for global finance teams and empower senior leaders with self-service reporting of critical KPIs.
• Supports the transformation of the function through analytics by identifying data opportunities to address business challenges.
• Collaborates with functional leadership to identify and prioritize key financial analytics initiatives.
• Defines and scopes finance use cases by developing and implementing analytics models.
• Develops, tests, and validates various AI/ML models, then deploys them into production and integrates them with existing data and IT systems.
• Minimizes bias in algorithms using testing methods such as cross-validation, A/B testing, bias assessments, and stress testing.
• Effectively communicates insights to finance stakeholders by building reports, dashboards, and visualizations to democratize data insights.
• Uses data storytelling to deliver business insights to improve stakeholder understanding and uptake.
• Clearly communicates underlying methodologies and decision-making processes of models and algorithms to provide greater transparency for stakeholders.
• Continuously evolves processes and tools related to data analysis, visualization, and storytelling to improve decision making and automation, leveraging Power BI, Snowflake, SQL, and Python.
• Maintains governance and compliance, ensures that data and algorithms driving key business decisions are transparent and free of bias; applies quality control, data validation, and cleansing with Enterprise requirements in coordination with the DTE organization.
• Elevates analytical capabilities to incorporate higher-level concepts including quantitative and statistical analyses to deliver increased value and predictive insights.
• Serves as an inspirational and engaging Data lead who motivates and engages through demonstration of Vertex culture and values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting.
• MBA or professional qualification preferred; CPA a plus.
• Typically requires years of relevant analytics experience with strong technical and analytical skills and a track record of success in a team-based environment, or the equivalent combination of education and experience; deep understanding of financial systems, analytics, and presentation/visualization, with a strategic vision for future finance workflows.
• Experience in the life sciences industry preferred; biotech or pharma industry experience is a plus.

Technologies

• Power BI
• Snowflake
• SQL
• Python
• Microsoft Co-Pilot

General Finance Leadership

• Elevates analytical capabilities to incorporate higher-level concepts including quantitative and statistical analyses to deliver increased value and predictive insights.
• Serves as an inspirational and engaging Data lead who motivates and engages through demonstration of Vertex culture and values.

Preferred Knowledge / Skills

• Experience leading cross-functional teams and processes; able to manage through ambiguity and influence with and without authority, and work effectively with senior leaders.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills including visualization capabilities and an ability to tell a compelling data story.
• Exceptional analytical, quantitative, and financial modeling skills.
• Continuous improvement mindset with flexibility and ability to adapt to change.
• Intellectually curious with the ability to develop innovative reporting and analytics to drive business outcomes.
• Forward thinking and change-oriented with the ability to pace change for effective adoption.
• Solid foundation in statistical and mathematical concepts, theories, and applications such as linear algebra, probability, calculus, algorithms, and data structures.
• Understanding of algorithms including linear regression, logistic regression, regularization, decision trees, clustering, linear GAM, PCA, and matrix factorization techniques.
• Proficiency in data management, data mining, data analytics, data reporting, and quantitative analysis.
• Programming proficiency in Python.
• Experience with data manipulation libraries and data visualization tools (Power BI, Microsoft Co-Pilot).

Pay Range

$80-$85/HR

Requisition Disclaimer

This job posting is for a temporary role with a third-party agency partner on assignment at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The individual selected will be offered the role as an employee of a third-party agency partner; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency partner upon offer. The pay rate range provided is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated compensation range for this job.

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