About the role
Job Description
Reporting to the Regional Finance Associate Director, the Finance Student Placement / Apprentice will support the Vertex’s finance organization supporting the Southern Europe and Brazil (SEB) Region planning and analytics activities.
As an individual contributor, he/she will assist in coordinating the monthly planning meetings and operating reviews, and will support various finance and business analytics projects within the SEB Region, with a specific focus on France & Benelux.
Primary Responsibilities
For a number of Vertex companies, currently covering countries including but not limited to France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Greece : Assist in coordinating the monthly forecast operating reviews, in partnership with key business, finance and accounting stakeholders; develop key insights across the forecasts and scenarios. Provide the demand forecast for the countries in scope. Support the monthly close process, including variance analysis & powerpoint creation. Actively support the right cost allocation & invoicing issues Help support the Long Range Planning and Budget processes. Help prepare briefing materials for senior management. Be a team member in Vertex’s financial and business data warehouse and financial and business reporting implementation projects. Develop and maintain the Sales Analytics process, metrics and reporting. Develop / integrate metrics for tracking company performance budgets and forecasts versus goals, preparing and presenting KPIs for both revenue and expenses. Identifies and actively participates in process improvement projects and ad hoc analyses as requested. Be a key point of contact for all the AI finance tool enhancements / deployments.
Qualifications
Currently in Master 2 either in a scientific or business discipline with an advanced degree in Business or Economics. Understanding of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology or health care industries performing financial planning,
