Job Description

Job Title: Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis
Location: New York, New York
Reports to: Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Are you a finance professional ready to make an impact in a mission-driven organization? IAVI is seeking a Specialist, Financial Planning & Analysis to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting while building dynamic models to guide decision-making as our pipeline and organization grow. This role brings deep financial planning and analytical experience, which they can apply in an exciting public health research and development organization!

If you’re looking to advance your career while contributing to global health solutions in a mission-driven organization, apply today—we’d love to meet you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively participate in the creation of the annual IAVI budget, partnering with other members of the FP&A team to gather data from all departments and carefully review to ensure accuracy and forecasting operating expenses, personnel, and R&D projects covered by restricted and unrestricted funding sources.
• Contribute to regular and timely forecasts, including upkeep of forecasting templates.
• Maintain and update several highly complex Excel models (and/or Budget software) which serve as the basis for organizational budgeting.
• Partners with stakeholders in the budgeting process (budget managers, directors, project heads, project managers, FA, etc.), providing guidance and training when necessary.
• Propose technical solutions to new or highly complex problems that cannot be solved using existing methods or approaches.
• Work on new financial analyses when requested.
• Perform other tasks as directed by the Director.

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting, Business, Economics, or related field is required;
• Minimum of 3 years’ professional experience is required.
• Experience in life sciences, pharma, biotech, CRO, or CMO is a plus.

Experience and Skills:

• Experience creating financial models is required.
• Expertise in Excel with knowledge of pivot tables, lookups and other complex formulas is required.
• Experience working with large datasets and ability to work with large amounts of data is required.
• Superb attention to detail as well as ability to see the big picture.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to identify and communicate potential problems and propose creative solutions.
• Experience working in a complex work environment managing numerous simultaneous requests is required.
• Experience in delivering high-quality, accurate work within tight deadlines.
• Ability to work independently as well as function as a team player.
• Experience with automated financial systems (e.g. Sage Intacct or Vena) is highly desirable.

Organizational Overview:

IAVI is a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to addressing urgent, unmet global health challenges including HIV and tuberculosis. Our mission is to translate scientific discoveries into affordable, globally accessible public health solutions. Through scientific and clinical research in Africa, India, Europe, and the U.S., IAVI is pioneering the development of biomedical innovations designed for broad global access. We develop vaccines and antibodies in and for the developing world and seek to accelerate their introduction in low-income countries. IAVI programs and partnerships are grounded in the regions of the world where the disease burden is the greatest, and our approach emphasizes sustainability. Our network of clinical research center partners in Africa and India helps strengthen in-country research capacity and supports the training and education of the next generation of scientists. The global impact of our science includes fundamental contributions to understanding the biology of HIV infection, which IAVI and others are applying toward advancing vaccine science and immunology. IAVI accelerates scientific discovery and development by fostering unique collaborations among academia, industry, local communities, governments, and funders to explore new and better ways to address public health threats that disproportionately affect people living in poverty. Our global reach, including a clinical research network in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa and in India, has allowed us to make fundamental contributions to understanding the epidemiology, transmission, virology, and immunology of HIV. This work played a key role in facilitating the design of promising HIV vaccine candidates, as well as the discovery of broadly neutralizing antibodies that are now being advanced as promising approaches for HIV prevention. Our integrated capabilities in vaccine and antibody discovery, development, and clinical research take advantage of bio-pharmaceutical industry expertise to accelerate the development and testing of prevention methods for HIV and other diseases. Through the Product Development Center, we support external researchers with technical and scientific expertise to accelerate the development of their own products.

IAVI CORE VALUES:

• Commitment: We deliver on our mission, proactively transforming promises into tangible results
• Stewardship: We steward IAVI's resources responsibly to ensure IAVI's long-term success and global health impact
• Integrity: We uphold strong moral principles to maintain our credibility as a nonprofit scientific research organization
• Collaboration: We work as one IAVI team and partner with others to deliver globally accessible, urgently needed, public health solutions

Disclaimer: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship. IAVI is an equal opportunity employer and applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

IAVI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER actively committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive global organization. IAVI believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a representative candidate pool. At IAVI, we celebrate the spectrum of colleagues’ experiences and believe that dedication to our mission above all is essential to our success as a scientific global non-profit. IAVI upholds these principles through IAVI’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

IAVI has zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, caste, national origin, home language, ancestry, religion, marital or civil partnership status, age, physical or mental disability, HIV status and any other medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and veteran status, in addition to any other status protected under the law in any of our locations worldwide.

Compensation and Benefits Information for US-Based Candidates:

Annual base salary for this position is: $72,000.00 to $84,000.00;Please note, there may be some variation based on experience level. In addition, this position offers competitive benefits such as annual bonus, a generous retirement savings plan, three health insurance plans to choose from, and other benefits.

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