Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Manager

Corporate Finance Senior Manager

The Corporate Finance Senior Manager is a key member of Vertex's Finance organization, supporting the annual budgeting and monthly forecast processes including the analysis, preparation, and communication of headcount and compensation and benefits results to the Finance Leadership Team. The role will collaborate closely across Finance, HRBPs, HR Total Rewards and other teams to identify and deliver actionable insights that drive performance, maintain fit-for-purpose reporting as the business evolves, and advance enterprise initiatives to scale corporate planning processes. The ideal candidate will be an excellent communicator, with the ability to simplify complexity, maintain strong attention to detail and influence decision-making across a matrixed organization.

Key Duties and Responsibilities :

• Support the consolidated quarterly headcount and workforce planning reporting (e.g. actuals vs. budget) and forecasting processes by partnering with HR, Sourcing and finance colleagues, synthesizing actionable insights and curating performance story
• Lead the annual headcount and workforce planning budgeting process by managing enterprise timelines and deliverables, facilitating internal reviews, and communicating key themes and data that enable execution of corporate goals
• Lead compensation and benefits planning for annual budget and quarterly forecast process in partnership with Total Rewards team; ensure impacts and standards / planning assumptions are transparently communicated across teams; deliver clear financial reporting on compensation & benefits (e.g. understand variance drivers) to leadership during Monthly Operating Review and Budget Target Setting processes, identifying areas of risk and opportunity where applicable
• Proactively identify and drive opportunities for process improvement that drive enhanced decision-making support, including efficiency and effectiveness of short-term forecasting and other corporate planning initiatives
• Identify and drive opportunities to maintain fit-for-purpose reporting across finance team and enable processes with more efficient tools and processes
• On a monthly basis, record corporate bonus accrual (actuals); validate completeness and accuracy of quarterly roster upload
• Partner with Financial Systems team to optimize use of Hyperion / BI systems, including building out requirements for HCPLAN planning cube
• Collaborate and work closely with other members of Finance and HR to connect dots across teams and anticipate needs for decision support and other ad hoc reporting
• Support overall Corporate Finance team workstreams, including proactively preparing content for periodic updates to the Board of Directors

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Pay Range : $131,200 - $196,800

Flex Designation : Hybrid-Eligible or On-Site Eligible

Company Information : Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation. Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law.