For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Overview
BASIC SUMMARY:
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The Head of Global FP&A Reporting will own recurring FP&A report production, business intelligence outputs, and performance review materials, ensuring timely, accurate, and executive-ready reporting. Drive consistency in management reporting, BOD slides, monthly financial reviews, KPI reporting, and action-item tracking. Enable performance steering and executive decision-making by translating standardized reporting and business intelligence into clear narratives on results, risks, opportunities, and required actions.
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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Duty |
% of Time Spent (no less than 10%) |
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Produce monthly financial review materials, executive reporting decks, BOD slides, KPI reports, and performance scorecards |
40% |
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Coordinate report production timelines, inputs, reviews, and sign-offs across FP&A and business stakeholders |
20% |
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Synthesize results into consistent performance narratives, highlighting key drivers, variances, risks, and opportunities |
20% |
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Track action items from reviews and ensure visibility to follow-ups and owners |
10% |
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Partner with analytics and systems teams to improve reporting automation, quality, and scalability |
10% |
PRIMARY COLLABORATORS:
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Stakeholder |
Reason for interaction |
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Ops leadership/Execs |
Users of reports |
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Finance Systems & Data Teams |
Owner of the financial data |
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VP FP&A |
Direct supervisor |
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BU Finance Leadership |
Key stakeholders |
Job Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) or equivalent in Finance or related discipline
- Experience: 10 years in business finance or FP&A organization
- Certification/Licensure:
- Other:
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong FP&A reporting and performance management expertise
- Ability to produce clear, accurate, and executive-ready materials under tight timelines
- Strong storytelling skills with ability to synthesize financial information into actionable insights, performance narratives, and executive decision-support materials
- Attention to detail and commitment to reporting accuracy and consistency
- Data and systems fluency, including BI tools, reporting platforms, and productivity tools, and performance dashboards
WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and type at a computer.
Compensation Data
The hiring range for this position in the US is $170,000/yr. - $210,000/yr. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, location and any collective agreements, if applicable. Remote candidates located outside the US should be aware that the relevant pay range varies based on country and location.
About Corporate Functions
The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
