Specialist, Technical Project Management

The Financial Coordinator will support the financial planning, forecasting, and operational execution activities across Research & Development Sciences (RaDS) IT. This role will partner closely with Investment Managers, Product Line Leaders, Product Managers, Finance, Procurement, and other cross-functional stakeholders to help ensure accurate financial forecasts, timely execution of financial processes, and strong financial controls.

The Financial Coordinator plays an important role in translating product and project plans into accurate financial information and maintaining the financial data required to support effective investment management and decision-making.

The role is primarily execution focused. Within the current RaDS model, Financial Coordinators support forecast updates, funding alignment, purchase orders, accruals, invoices, actuals, and associated documentation.

• →Support monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting activities.
• →Maintain forecasts based on project plans, resources, purchase orders, and expected spend.
• →Monitor actuals versus forecast and support variance analysis.
• →Support purchase order creation, tracking, reconciliation, and closeout.
• →Coordinate accruals, invoices, funding, and financial reconciliations.
• →Support resource planning and associated forecast updates.
• →Maintain financial reports, trackers, and supporting documentation.
• →Support business case financial tracking and project closeout activities.
• →Partner with Investment Managers, Product Teams, Finance, and Procurement to resolve financial issues.
• →Help ensure financial activities are completed accurately and on schedule.

• 4 years experience supporting financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, or project financial management.
• Strong Excel skills, including the ability to organize, analyze, reconcile, and report financial data.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and financial activities simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain financial information clearly.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functions and work effectively with Finance, Procurement, project teams, and business stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills, follow-through, and sense of ownership.
• High level of professionalism and discretion when handling financial information.

Who we are:

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for:

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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