2027 Future Talent Program Finance Leadership Development Program, Data Analysis Specialist

Job Description

Our Finance team brings financial perspectives into overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis planning accounting reporting and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives.

Position Overview:

• Finance at our Company is committed to developing future leaders through its Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP). Individuals are provided with an entry point through Corporate Audit and Assurance Services (MCAAS) to develop a breadth of experience including finance accounting analytics risk management and special project opportunities.

• MCAAS Innovation FLDP participants will be placed within the MCAAS Innovation team. This dynamic cross-functional team helps drive the use of enhanced data and analytic capabilities in audit and across the finance organization. MCAAS Innovation provides individuals with a space to experiment and encourages them to bring forward new and innovative ideas for accessing data and gaining visual insights. Within this role individuals will learn our Companys various financial accounting and compliance systems and utilize emerging technologies to drive insights and improve efficiency. Individuals within this role will marry finance and accounting principles with data and technical acumen.

• MCAAS Innovation FLDP participants will also have the opportunity to rotate onto multiple audit teams. These teams collaborate with stakeholders across the Finance organization helping to solve vital business needs for Finance by leveraging data analytics and understanding implications on global healthcare systems. Audit assignments are unique to each individuals skill set professional interests and development opportunities. These assignments can either be domestic or internationally focused creating a unique chance to collaborate with auditees and colleagues from all around the world daily.

• After 24-36 months in the Finance Leadership Development Program individuals advance their career development through opportunities across Finance and the greater organization. The purpose of this leadership development experience is to prepare young talent for the future so that the company is empowered to innovate and fulfill its purpose of using the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world.

Program Overview

By joining the FLDP individuals will gain an understanding of how the company is fulfilling its purpose of inventing medicines to improve peoples FLDP will allow individuals to gain knowledge on products healthcare systems payors and regulatory and reputational risks while working intimately with our global business addition individuals will use data analytics to gain insights into business practices and the execution of the companys strategy; this includes a deeper knowledge of internal controls business compliance and risk management. Individuals will be based in the global headquarters in Rahway NJ.

Responsibilities

• Support audit teams with data requests from different financial accounting and compliance systems within the company.

• Create analytical projects and dashboards with various datasets to drive real-time risk assessments and control insights utilizing Power BI and other Microsoft applications.

• Experiment and sandbox with new systems and technology to drive new learnings and greater support capabilities.

• Develop automations to drive time savings and process efficiencies with technologies like UiPath Dataiku and Python.

• Participate team projects working with different team members and deliver outputs within deadline with agile project management methods.

• Participate in the execution of financial operational SOX 404 and IT audits integrated audits and process audits both domestic and abroad to maintain a strong internal control environment at our Companys.

Opportunity to Innovate in a Changing World through our Ways of Working:

• WIN AS ONE TEAM We will empower you to work across the company developing and leveraging a network of relationships to achieve high-level business insights. We collaborate with different finance and business functions to achieve the goals of the company as one team.

• FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS You will learn how to evaluate business operations processes and internal controls to effectively complete risk-based audits. Individuals are empowered to develop their skillsets through a wide breadth of engagements across various business lines. This helps individuals to focus on what matters in a complex and evolving business environment.

• ACT WITH URGENCY We act promptly as our company actively evolves in a changing world. AdditionallyMCAAS acts as a trusted advisor supporting the enterprise via advisory engagements.

• EXPERIMENT LEARN AND ADAPT We challenge the way we work every day as our Senior Leaders are committed to continuously evaluatingnew ways of working through ideationand experimentation. Individuals willbe part of a culturewhere every experimentis taken as a lessonlearned which is part of the innovative process.

• EMBRACE INCLUSION We are dedicated to bringing backgrounds cultures and mindsets into our team. We believe in creating an environment when everyone can bring their full self to work and feel they are part of a team.

• SPEAK UP AND BE OPEN-MINDED We work to break down silos and share our knowledge to better connect people and data. Individualswill bechallengedto critically problem solve act as trusted advisors andutilize data & analytic applications to provide business participants will prepare and deliver presentations to both peers and leaders sharing their successes and lessons learned.

This is a full-time position starting in July 2027. Individuals in the FLDP will complete a comprehensive onboarding and training. This training will provide insights to expansive business industry and audit knowledge. Additionally the training will develop overall finance and business acumenenhance leadership skills and offer extensive networking opportunities.

Position Qualifications

Required Education Skills & Experience:

• Current Seniors enrolled in a BS in Finance Business Analytics or Accountancy preferred but all business majors may be considered (including Management Marketing or Economics).Academic curriculum focus on data analytics is preferred.

• Strong passion for data technology and finance.

• Strong data analytical skills including transformation modeling analysis and visualization.

• Strong experience with Microsoft Excel.

• Proven success in a collaborative team-oriented environment.

• Creative vision a passion for learning and willingness to share new ideas.

• Ability to self-motivate and take responsibility for personal growth and development.

• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interact effectively with client and business process owners as well as finance colleagues.

• Effective written and verbal communications skills.

• Strong time management skills and the ability to work autonomously and within a team.

• Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task.

• Demonstration of ethics and integrity within a professional work environment.

• Travel: Up to 20% of the time both domestic and international.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Previous internship or work experience in Finance Accounting Business Economics or Data Analytics

• GPA of 3.3 or above

• Basic experience with Power BI or related business intelligence software

• Basic experience with UiPath Dataiku Alteryx or related automation software

• Basic experience with SAP

• Basic programming knowledge with Python R or related languages

• Basic SQL knowledge and relational database understanding

Please note that this position may be closed before the posted end date or may remain open longer at the discretion of the company.

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GSF2027

Required Skills:

Alteryx Alteryx Business Analysis Business Decisions Business Intelligence (BI) Business Models Business Process Implementation Competency Management Data Analysis Data Analysis Tools Database Queries Data Management Data Modeling Data Visualization Decision Making Ideation Leading Project Teams Measurement Analysis Microsoft Applications Multitasking Openness to Change Prioritization Process Analytics SQL Databases Stakeholder Relationship Management 1 more

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The salary range for this role is

$87300.00 - $137400.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills geographic location government requirements and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical dental vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family) retirement benefits including 401(k) paid holidays vacation and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at can apply for this role through (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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Job Posting End Date:

10/5/2026

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