**Job Description** **Senior Specialist, Financial Planning and Analysis: Global Capital Planning and Reporting** Our Company is committed to be the world’s premier, most research-intensive biopharmaceutical company. The Global Capital Planning and Reporting (GCPR) team is positioned to support one of the most strategic areas of investment for the company, its capital expenditure. Our Company has been executing the largest expansion of capital expenditure in the history of the pharmaceutical industry to enable future growth in biologics, vaccines and animal health manufacturing, reinvent discovery research and leverage digital and data capabilities. A role within the GCPR organization is a unique opportunity to gain exposure and contribute to the decisions that shape the enterprise for years to come. Finance is a trusted business partner, playing a critical role in ensuring effective resource utilization, specifically to ensure our Company is spending the right amount on the right projects at the right time. Within GCPR, the candidate in this specific role will primarily support our Company's Animal Health division and influenced IT, along with additional IT areas that span across the enterprise as the Investment Manager (IM) Planner. The IM Planner is a role in SAP which includes validation of approved governance documentation, approvers, and distribution of project budgets, assurance of timely project closure and review of those related business cases from a strategic and governance compliance standpoint. In addition, the role will also support maintenance of Master Data and transactional data in CAPPLAN BPC. The role will also require project work on a situational basis. **In this role a candidate should expect to:** + Gain end-to-end exposure to our Company's capital governance process + Gain extensive knowledge of our Company's Capital module of the Business, Planning and Consolidations (BPC) system + Visibility and appreciation for the context of our Company's enterprise investments + Learn the qualities that make for an effective business case presented at the executive level + Increase his/her network through engagement with finance professional across the divisions + Develop a process improvement mindset to drive efficiencies within the organization **Education Minimum Requirement:** + Bachelor’s in business, Finance, Science or Engineering **Required Experience and Skills:** + Minimum of 2 years of operations or Finance experience **Preferred Experience and Skills:** + MBA or other finance background preferred + Excellent analytical skills and the ability to develop business operations models + Strong financial acumen + Proactive approach to problem solving + Results and process-driven orientation + Customer support orientation + Demonstrated experience in supporting large organization change initiatives + Demonstrated ability to effectively work in a challenging and complex environment. + Demonstrated ability to influence, build and maintain diverse client and peer relationships + Sound and balanced judgment, with the ability to assess and handle risk + Excellent communications skills + Strong computer skills especially working with SAP, ATLAS, BPC and MS Excel. Visualization software skills preferred such as MS PowerBI \#eligableforerp VETJOBS Current Employees apply HERE (https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$6687.htmld) Current Contingent Workers apply HERE (https://wd5.myworkday.com/msd/d/task/1422$4020.htmld) **US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:** Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here (https://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/aCdfqL) if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process. As 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. As a 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: EEOC Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) EEOC GINA Supplement​ We 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. Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts (https://www.msdprivacy.com/us/en/CCPA-notice/) **U.S. Hybrid Work Model** Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”. The salary range for this role is $104,200.00 - $163,900.00 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 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. 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 https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits . You 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. **San Francisco Residents Only:** We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance **Los 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 **Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully** Merck & 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. **Employee Status:** Regular **Relocation:** No relocation **VISA Sponsorship:** No **Travel Requirements:** 10% **Flexible Work Arrangements:** Hybrid **Shift:** Not Indicated **Valid Driving License:** No **Hazardous Material(s):** n/a **Required Skills:** Accounting, Accounting, Adaptability, Budgeting, Business, Business Case Development, Business Compliance, Business Financial Planning, Business Operations, Capital Expenditures, Capital Planning, Cash Management, Client Management, Communication Management, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Data Visualization, Finance, Financial Advising, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Investment Management, Management Controls, Preparation of Financial Reports, Project Budgeting {+ 5 more} **Preferred Skills:** **Job Posting End Date:** 07/24/2025 ***A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day** **BEFORE** **the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day** **BEFORE** **the job posting end date.** **Requisition ID:** R356892