Senior Finance Analyst – Clinical Solutions Portfolio

About the role

The Senior Finance Analyst – Clinical Solutions Portfolio will partner with department heads and senior operational leaders to ensure the financial health of the Clinical Solutions portfolio. You will be responsible for forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis and financial controls across multiple projects within a CRO environment.

Key responsibilities

• Own and deliver portfolio‑level financial analysis, including budget health, forecast accuracy, margin performance and risk identification.
• Lead project financial oversight across the full lifecycle, from award through closeout, ensuring adherence to best practices and internal controls.
• Perform variance analysis (actual vs. forecast vs. budget) to identify drivers of change, scope creep and emerging risks.
• Partner with project finance teams to ensure consistency and integrity of project‑level data feeding portfolio reporting.
• Support and enhance departmental forecasting and planning processes using clear, supportable assumptions.
• Monitor budget consumption, earned value indicators and change‑order impacts across portfolios.
• Provide forward‑looking insights to support proactive financial decision‑making by operational leadership.
• Develop and maintain trial operations KPIs that link operational performance to financial outcomes.
• Leverage Excel and Power BI to create scalable dashboards and analyses for portfolio governance and executive review.
• Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for non‑finance stakeholders.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to Clinical Solutions department heads, supporting planning, performance reviews and strategic initiatives.
• Prepare and deliver high‑quality executive presentations summarizing portfolio performance, risks and recommendations.
• Support ad‑hoc analyses and special projects requested by Finance or Clinical Operations leadership.
• Collaborate closely with Project Management, Clinical Operations, Data Management and Finance teams to ensure alignment between operational execution and financial reporting.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) in finance, accounting, business or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project finance, preferably within a Contract Research Organization (CRO) environment.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel
• Power BI dashboarding