Forecast Analyst (FP&A)

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Work Experience: 5+ years.

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Job Profile Summary

The Forecast Analyst is primarily responsible for becoming the subject matter expert for IQVIA’s Clinical Trial Payment department’s forecasting service. Primary duties will include preparing, delivering and analysing the forecast report. Duties also include responding to inquiries from internal and external sources regarding the forecast report, adjusting the assumptions as needed, and validating the forecast report data against actual data to ensure maximum accuracy and client satisfaction

Essential Functions:

• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders to understand each clinical trial receiving the forecasting service.
• Build and develop baseline assumptions used in the forecast.
• Determine if all forecasting requirements are met & helping to meet those requirements.
• Work with IT to ensure successful loading of the assumptions into the forecast model.
• Produce and distribute the forecast report to end-users.
• Answer and support end-user questions and needs.
• Analyze & validate forecasting report output against actual data and make updates as needed.
• Adjust the forecast report assumptions throughout the trial as needed to maintain accuracy.
• Support the continued effort in updating IQVIA’s Clinical Trial Payment’s forecast enhancements.
• Create, run, and analyze ad hoc reports as needed Support the operations improvement initiatives as needed.

Experience & Education

• Bachelor's Degree Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Business or related field
• Typically requires 5+ years of prior relevant experience
• Requires intermediate level knowledge of principles, theories, and concepts of a job area, typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience
• Working knowledge of clinical trial process, ideally with specific knowledge on investigator contracts and essential site documents;
• Experience in financial forecast and accrual reporting and analysis;
• Experience with a business intelligence application such as MicroStrategy or Spotfire