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Our Research & Development division IT is focused on:\nClinical Development and Digital Solutions\nDigital Science and AI Realization\nResearch and Development Sciences\nInvestment Management and Value Realization\nWe are seeking a strategic Associate Director of IT Finance to serve as a key team player to our technology leadership team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between financial discipline and technology strategy, driving high-value investment decisions, governing our multi-million-dollar technology portfolio, and optimizing our financial processes.\nResponsibilities include:\nLeadership & Partnership:\nServe as a trusted business partner to Value Team Leads and Investment Managers, supporting coordinated planning and execution of client priorities.\nProvide the VP of our Research & Development division IT with financial transparency, risk management, and decision support.\nPartner with business stakeholders to maintain an effective control environment.\nFinancial Planning & Analysis:\nDevelop expense budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plans that support business and organizational goals.\nNavigate complex IT accounting treatments, overseeing the governance of CAPEX/OPEX rules, and depreciation schedules for major tech milestones.\nDrive IT investment value by co-developing robust business cases with Divisional Finance (ROI/NPV) and facilitating trade-offs to allocate resources to high-impact programs.\nGovern corporate IT compliance deliverables, taking ownership of Quarterly tally processes and IT Center of Excellence (COE) requirements to ensure seamless corporate alignment.\nDirect the monthly and quarterly close process, ensuring high-accuracy variance analysis, trend reporting, and proactive corrective actions.\nDrive continuous improvement across IT financial processes, deploying modern tools and ad-hoc analysis to support organizational change initiatives.\nDeliver actionable, data-driven recommendations to senior leadership that optimize IT spend, benchmark technology costs, and improve overall organizational value.\nRequired Skills:\n5+ years of experience in finance, business operations, strategy, investment management, or a related field.\nAbility to lead large-scale transformations in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with multiple stakeholders.\nStrong analytical skills.\nAbility to apply FE&A frameworks to define ROI and align on value capture and realization.\nAbility to assess budgets, cost optimization opportunities, and cost drivers to support business cases and investment decisions.\nAbility to guide interdisciplinary teams on financial concepts and their impact on value management.\nAbility to communicate financial and performance information across technical and non-technical audiences.\nAbility to act as a strategic thought partner and trusted business advisor.\nPreferred Skills:\nAbility to work across matrixed, global teams to drive alignment.\nStrong communication and influencing skills to secure leadership and business buy-in.\nExperience in financial evaluation or value management.\nAbility to flex between strategic thinking and tactical execution.\nAbility to bring fresh perspectives to improve ways of working.\nSkilled in data analysis platforms, including Power BI.\nEducation Requirements:\nRequired: Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, information technology, or a related discipline.\nPreferred: MBA.\nRequired Skills:\nAdaptability, Adaptability, Business Acumen, Business Agility, Business Planning, Cash Management, Collaborative Leadership, Complex Analysis, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Cross-Cultural Awareness, Data Visualization, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Leadership, Financial Acumen, Financial Analysis, Financial Management, Financial Modeling, Financial Planning, Headcount Planning, Influencing Skills, Planning Budgeting And Forecasting (PBF), Preparation of Financial Reports, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Alignment {+ 7 more}Preferred Skills:\nCurrent Employees apply HERE\nCurrent Contingent Workers apply HERE\nUS and Puerto Rico Residents Only:\nOur company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.\nAs an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Asa federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:\nEEOC Know Your Rights\nEEOC GINA Supplement\nWe are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another’s thinking and approach problems collectively.\nLearn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts\nThe salary range for this role is\n$129,000.00 - $203,100.00This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s 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.\nThe successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.\nWe 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 https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.\nYou can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.\nSan Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance\nLos Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance\nSearch Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully\nMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.\nEmployee Status:\nRegularRelocation:\nNo relocationVISA Sponsorship:\nNoTravel Requirements:\n10%Flexible Work Arrangements:\nHybridShift:\nNot IndicatedValid Driving License:\nNoHazardous Material(s):\nn/aJob Posting End Date:\n10/9/2026*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. 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