Senior Manager Business Planning & Analysis Global R&D

Location: Mexico City

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As a Senior Manager Business Planning & Analysis Global R&D supporting the R&D Finance Team you will be responsible for providing strategic financial business partnering to Global R&D Clinical trials function. This position leads all the planning cycles (Annual target setting latest estimates QBRs Strat Plan) month-end close processes consolidation and reporting processes and financial presentations to senior management across a portfolio of clinical trials ensuring strong cost visibility disciplined execution and decision ready insights for leadership

The ideal candidate brings deep FP&A experience supporting R&D or clinical trial environments within MedTech Pharma or Biotech and can translate complex clinical activity into clear financial narratives.

In this role a typical day will include:

• Act as the primary finance business partner to the R&D Clinical teams.
• Provide financial insights to support the portfolio decisions and prioritization.
• Participate in program and governance reviews delivering key financial risks and opportunities.
• Consolidate inputs from crossfunctional partners and develop clear consistent financial narratives for leadership.
• Lead monthly quarterly and annual planning processes for OpEx and CapEx including forecasting variance analysis and management reporting.
• Own development of planning templates executive decks insights and financial consolidations.
• Partner closely with Clinical teams to ensure alignment between operational plans timelines and financial assumptions.
• Manage the annual OpEx budget by function including headcount personnel and nonpersonnel costs and CapEx for global R&D Clinical teams.
• Lead consolidation reporting and facilitation of monthly close meetings.
• Oversee accrual processes in coordination with Accounting and Clinical teams ensuring accurate cost recognition in compliance with internal controls and financial policies.
• Identify and implement improvements to finance processes and ways of working driving standardization efficiency and enhanced transparency across planning forecasting and reporting processes.
• Provide coaching performance management career development and resource planning for one direct report.
• Coordinate offcycle requests onetime analyses and perform adhoc financial analysis modeling and consolidations to support leadership decisionmaking.

WHAT YOULL BRING TO ALCON:

• Bachelors degree in accounting business administration corporate finance finance economics engineering or related; CPA CMA or MBA preferred
• 8 years of progressive FP&A experience with direct support of clinical trials R&D or development organizations.
• Experience in MedTech Biotech Pharma or CRO environments strongly preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills and fluent in spoken and written English
• Excellent analytical and communication skills (including the ability to synthesize simplify and convey story with clear and concise messages)
• Strategic thinking with strong attention to detail
• Take ownership for the work and intelligently challenge the status quo
• Ability to understand the big picture (e.g. impacts across the business regions etc)
• Team player able to interact with all levels and interface effectively with global counterparts
• Strong proactivity and quality
• Problem solving mindset with a strong passion for driving a simplification agenda
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office (e.g. Excel and PowerPoint)
• Medium proficiency in Visualization and Data preparation software (e.g. Tableau SAP BI Analysis and Adaptive Aspire)

HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:

• Opportunity to join a growing early-stage organization built within a mature stable global company.
• Friendly working environment and a diverse and highly motivated team
• Individual career development plan and possible career growth within a newly created account
• Truly international environment and daily interactions with colleagues and stakeholders from all over the world
• Attractive benefits & compensation package

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