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Finance Decision Support (DS CoE) Undergraduate

Posted 22 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 1 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)
Start date
1 September 2020
Deadline
31 Oct 2019 22:59

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Department Overview

A Finance placement within Walton Oaks will take place in the Decision Support Group.

Decision Support is responsible for undertaking data validation and financial management reporting and analysis in order to support Finance customers. Key stakeholders will be DS CoE Finance Analysts, Finance Managers / Senior Finance Managers.

The DS CoE Finance Analysts are responsible for, but not limited to, conducting the following key activities:

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting, Financial Reporting analytics, Presentation development and preparation, Data Validation, and Report consolidation and submission.

What can I achieve and what will I be responsible for whilst completing a placement at Pfizer?

You will assist leaders in Decision Support in their role of providing financial management and analysis services.

  • Prepare and validate the accuracy of standard deliverables. This includes reports with high visibility to senior management such as Revenue Reporting.
  • Work with our offshore vendors to ensure efficient management of deliverables on a daily basis.
  • Significant involvement in Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting with preparation of variance/KPI reporting and system submission support.
  • Collect data – Gather data from internal Pfizer systems and data external non-Pfizer systems and sources necessary as required.
  • Root Cause Research - Research business related variances, identify variance as manual accounting error or legitimate business movement, resolve variance – particularly in the Cost of Sales area
  • Ensure productive collaboration between the various sub teams within the DS CoE.
  • Perform ad-hoc investigations and analytical reporting as required.
  • Involvement in team based projects within the DS CoE.

When can I start?

Placements will start on the first working day of September 2020 and will run for 12 months.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Type of person we are looking for, in relation to ‘Skills’, ‘Knowledge’ and ‘Motivation’:

  • Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment
  • Strong Maths and English skills
  • Confidence to liaise with Pfizer personnel at all levels
  • Ability to generate creative and innovative ideas
  • Enthusiastic and pro-active approach
  • IT literacy (in particular, knowledge of Microsoft Excel is essential)

Pfizer is a leading research-based biopharmaceutical company. We apply science and our global resources to deliver innovative therapies that extend and significantly improve lives. We make medicines and vaccines that help people when they are sick and prevent them from getting sick in the first place, as well as some of the world’s best-known consumer healthcare brands.

Pharmaceutical
Tadworth
5,000 employees