Senior Finance Business Partner at Fujifilm in Durham, NC

Position Overview

The Senior Financial Business Partner provides strategic financial support to the business. This position requires a blend of financial expertise, business acumen and the ability to influence and drive strategic initiatives. This role acts as a key advisor to the Program Management leadership, supporting all financial elements relating to revenue recognition accounting, contract review and approval and sales to program margin forecasting. This role is also responsible for ensuring financial goals are met and business strategies are effectively implemented. The role involves engaging with business partners to understand business processes, performance, highlighting risks and opportunities, and fostering well-informed decisions.

Company Overview

At FUJIFILM Biotechnologies, we’re leading the charge in advancing tomorrow’s medicines. If you want to be a part of life-impacting projects alongside today’s most innovative biopharmaceutical companies, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies could be the right place for you.

From our Bioprocess Innovation Center to our cGMP-compliant manufacturing site, we thrive on collaboration, creativity, and purpose. Whether your expertise lies in research, manufacturing, or production, you’ll find a home here where your efforts directly improve patients’ lives. Together, let’s shape the future of healthcare.

Situated at the cross-section of Morrisville and Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina, our site is at the heart of a booming biotech hub surrounded by top universities, vibrant communities, and various outdoor opportunities.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

What You'll Do:

• Analyzes and manages the financial data related to profit margin, monitoring and optimizing profitability.
• Collaborates with Program Managers to develop and evaluate Client Project profitability and profitability modeling.
• Supports budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes, ensuring alignment with company objectives and identifying areas for efficiency and cost savings.
• Develops strategic partnerships with internal stakeholders to drive optimal value.
• Monitors financial performance against targets, identifies risks and opportunities, and recommends corrective actions.
• Prepares finance reconciliations of client projects versus internal accounting systems.
• Reviews revenue recognition, profitability and cash flow implications.
• Provides input for monthly site leadership reports, CFO report and bi-annual budget reports.
• Optimizes contract and pricing strategies, ensures accuracy of models aligned while maintaining a consistent global approach.
• Reviews and signs-off customer contracts, change orders, inter-company agreements, and Master Services Agreements, ensuring they follow the correct approval process.
• Works closely with and proactively builds and maintains effective relationships with theProgram anagement team providing finance support and insight, as required.
• Ensures compliance to all relevant internal and external guidelines such as financial reporting guidelines, tax, regulatory requirements, and internal controls.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to support business goals and financial transparency.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvements and support implementation of these processes.
• Adheres to safety requirements and company training schedules in timely manner.
• Maintains technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing publications.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data.
• Excellent customer service, presentation, team interaction and communication skills (written and verbal) across functional and inter-company boundaries.
• Ability to be proactive, multi-task, and prioritize work assignments with limited supervision.
• Ability to adhere to deadlines while maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Strong attention to detail, excellent in analyzing and interpreting data.
• Demonstrated ability to react and respond professionally to changing priorities and timelines.
• Bring a strong sense of urgency to meet business financial needs, bring a positive ‘hands-on’ approach to the position.
• Team oriented person who has excellent problem solving/ judgment skills with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Advanced skills in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Visio)
• Willingness to learn new skills

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field with 8 years of experience in commercial finance, business finance partnering, FP&A, or a related role
• Experience in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis

WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to stand for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to conduct activities using repetitive motions that include wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Ability to conduct work that includes moving objects up to 10 pounds.

EEO Information

Fujifilm is committed to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and advancement, compensation, benefits, and training regardless of nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, political creed, ideology, national, or social origin, disability, veteran status, etc.

ADA Information

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to our HR Department (HR_FDBU@fujifilm.com).