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This role will partner closely with Investment Managers, Product Line Leaders, Product Managers, Finance, Procurement, and other cross-functional stakeholders to help ensure accurate financial forecasts, timely execution of financial processes, and strong financial controls.\nThe Financial Coordinator plays an important role in translating product and project plans into accurate financial information and maintaining the financial data required to support effective investment management and decision-making.\nThe role is primarily execution focused. Within the current RaDS model, Financial Coordinators support forecast updates, funding alignment, purchase orders, accruals, invoices, actuals, and associated documentation.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting activities.\nMaintain forecasts based on project plans, resources, purchase orders, and expected spend.\nMonitor actuals versus forecast and support variance analysis.\nSupport purchase order creation, tracking, reconciliation, and closeout.\nCoordinate accruals, invoices, funding, and financial reconciliations.\nSupport resource planning and associated forecast updates.\nMaintain financial reports, trackers, and supporting documentation.\nSupport business case financial tracking and project closeout activities.\nPartner with Investment Managers, Product Teams, Finance, and Procurement to resolve financial issues.\nHelp ensure financial activities are completed accurately and on schedule.\nQualifications\n 4 years experience supporting financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, or project financial management.\nStrong Excel skills, including the ability to organize, analyze, reconcile, and report financial data.\nStrong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.\nAbility to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and financial activities simultaneously.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain financial information clearly.\nDemonstrated ability to collaborate across functions and work effectively with Finance, Procurement, project teams, and business stakeholders.\nStrong organizational skills, follow-through, and sense of ownership.\nHigh level of professionalism and discretion when handling financial information.\nWho we are:\nWe are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.\nWhat we look for:\nImagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us-and start making your impact today.\nAdditional location(s) Compensation Information:\nRequired Skills:\nAnalytical Thinking, Detail-Oriented, Finance, Financial Controlling, Financial Forecasting, Financial Management, Financial Planning, Financial Project Management, Financial Recordkeeping, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis, Forecasting Models, Investment Management, Measurement Analysis, Microsoft Excel, Organizational Effectiveness, Portfolio, Programme, and Project Support, Procurement, Program Management, Purchase Orders, Resource Planning, Risk Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Variance Analysis, Waterfall ModelPreferred Skills:\nCurrent Employees apply HERE\nCurrent Contingent Workers apply HERE\nSecondary Language(s) Job Description:\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. 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