Job Description
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Manager, Planning & Reporting, Global (Above Markets), as the Senior Analyst, Planning & Reporting, Commercial & Medical, Global (Above Markets) you will support accurate and timely financial planning, reporting, and analysis for CSL Commercial & Medical Above Market functions to include Medical Affairs, ABCIA (Market Access/Business Excellence/Commercial Development/Insights & Analytics), International Marketing, Tender & Tolling. You will support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, variance analysis, data consolidation, dashboards, and management presentations. You will work closely with Finance Business Partners and stakeholders across functions and markets to provide clear financial information and support business decisions. You will contribute to data quality, consistent processes, and continuous improvement. You will be required to be a curious and adaptable person who is comfortable learning new tools, including AI-enabled solutions, in a company that is continuously evolving.
This is a hybrid role, requiring three (3) days of onsite work weekly. #LI-hybrid
The Role:
Financial Planning and Forecasting:
- Support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning activities across the assigned CSL Commercial & Medical Above Market functions.
- Help maintain planning calendars, standard templates, instructions, and communications.
- Consolidate submissions, perform quality checks, and follow up on missing or inconsistent information.
- Support the preparation of budget, forecast, and long-term plan presentations.
Financial Reporting:
- Support monthly, half-year, and year-end reporting cycles for CSL Commercial & Medical Above Market functions.
- Consolidate and analyses financial information across functions, company codes, countries, and markets.
- Prepare budget versus actual and forecast variance analysis and support the review of key drivers.
- Maintain financial reports, dashboards, metrics, and clear data visualizations.
- Support reporting commentary and deliverables for Segment and Corporate FP&A.
- Follow CSL financial policies, reporting requirements, and internal control standards.
Process Excellence and Continuous Improvement:
- Support consistent financial planning and reporting processes.
- Identify practical opportunities to simplify recurring activities and improve data quality.
- Contribute to automation, digitalization, AI-enabled solutions, and finance system improvements.
- Document processes and maintain templates, user guides, and shared tools.
Stakeholder Management and Collaboration:
- Work closely with Finance Business Partners to prepare financial analysis and management presentations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders in different functions, countries, and markets across the globe.
- Communicate clearly, follow up on actions, and deliver agreed outputs on time.
- Build strong working relationships with global and local Finance teams.
Ownership and Development:
- Take ownership of assigned deliverables while seeking guidance when needed.
- Manage priorities and adapt quickly to changing business needs.
- Show curiosity and actively learn about the business, processes, systems, AI, and new technologies.
Your Skills & Abilities:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, or another Business-related discipline.
- Professional finance qualification or MBA is a plus but not required.
- 2+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, financial planning, reporting, controlling, accounting, or a related finance role. Relevant internship or graduate programme experience may also be considered.
- Basic experience supporting budget, forecast, month-end reporting, variance analysis, or financial data consolidation.
- Experience in a global role, working with different markets across the globe, is preferred.
- Experience working with financial data from different functions, countries, or legal entities is an advantage.
- Experience with dashboarding and visualization software, such as Power BI, is preferred.
- Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or manufacturing industry is helpful, but not required.
- Good organization and process management skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach.
- Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
- Good numerical and analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to explain financial information clearly.
- Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
- Power BI or Analysis for Office knowledge is a plus.
- Time management and priority-setting skills.
- Ability to work independently on assigned tasks and ask for support when needed.
- Problem solving and willingness to work with ambiguity.
- Curiosity about AI and new technologies, with a willingness to learn and use AI-enabled tools responsibly.
- Learning agility and ability to adapt quickly in a company that is continuously evolving.
- Continuous improvement mindset and willingness to simplify processes.
About CSL Behring
CSL Behring is a global biotherapeutics leader driven by our promise to save lives. Focused on serving patients’ needs by using the latest technologies, we discover, develop and deliver innovative therapies for people living with conditions in the immunology, hematology, cardiovascular and metabolic, respiratory, and transplant therapeutic areas. We use three strategic scientific platforms of plasma fractionation, recombinant protein technology, and cell and gene therapy to support continued innovation and continually refine ways in which products can address unmet medical needs and help patients lead full lives.
CSL Behring operates one of the world’s largest plasma collection networks, CSL Plasma. Our parent company, CSL, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, employs 32,000 people, and delivers its lifesaving therapies to people in more than 100 countries.
To learn more about CSL, CSL Behring, CSL Seqirus and CSL Vifor visit https://www.csl.com/ and CSL Plasma at https://www.cslplasma.com/.
Our Benefits
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You Belong at CSL
At CSL, Inclusion and Belonging is at the core of our mission and who we are. It fuels our innovation day in and day out. By celebrating our differences and creating a culture of curiosity and empathy, we are able to better understand and connect with our patients and donors, foster strong relationships with our stakeholders, and sustain a diverse workforce that will move our company and industry into the future.
To learn more about inclusion and belonging visit https://www.csl.com/careers/inclusion-and-belonging
Equal Opportunity Employer
CSL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please visit https://www.csl.com/accessibility-statement.