Senior Analyst - Finance

About the company

Lilly is a global healthcare organization with its headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company focuses on discovering and delivering medicines that improve lives, strengthen disease understanding and management, and support communities through philanthropy and volunteering. Its culture emphasizes caring, people-first values, and making a meaningful difference worldwide.

Role overview

This opening is for a Senior Analyst in Financial Planning on a 12-month contract, based at the Kinsale manufacturing site and reporting to the Associate Director Finance. The role sits within the Financial Planning & Reporting team and plays an important part in helping the site meet its financial commitments through close collaboration with cross-functional partners.

What you will do

• Serve as the main finance contact for business-area queries and help partners stay on track with financial commitments.
• Build financial business cases and perform analysis to support decisions.
• Represent finance in governance meetings for the business area.
• Help drive productivity initiatives that improve cost competitiveness.
• Take ownership of the monthly financial close and ensure monthly, quarterly and year-end results are recorded correctly.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations for assigned general ledger accounts.
• Compile the monthly metrics pack for the site or business area, interpret performance against plan, highlight trends, and forecast likely variances.
• Support leadership with the annual business plan, strategic plan, and quarterly forecasting cycles.
• Own product costing activities, including standard cost setup and maintenance for new products in line with global requirements.
• Complete the annual standard cost update as part of the business planning process.
• Maintain ownership of inventory SOX and operational controls and ensure continuous compliance.
• Support internal and external audit processes.
• Follow all relevant compliance policies, laws, and regulations.
• Deliver work accurately and efficiently, with a strong right-first-time approach.
• Contribute to finance innovation initiatives and take on additional projects as needed.

Requirements

• Professional accounting qualification such as ACA, CIMA, CPA, or ACCA, plus at least 1 year of post-qualification experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong technical and analytical capability, including advanced use of Microsoft Excel.
• A proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Curiosity and a clear drive to improve existing ways of working.
• The ability to simplify complex topics and explain them clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Previous exposure to US GAAP is an added advantage.
• Experience with SAP would be beneficial.
• Product costing experience is also preferred.

Additional information

Lilly is committed to supporting candidates and employees with disabilities and provides a workplace accommodation process for applicants who need assistance during the hiring process. The company also states that it does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Contract details

This is a 12-month fixed-term contract position. The role is full-time and onsite in Kinsale, Ireland.

Culture

The company highlights a people-first philosophy and a strong commitment to making life better through science, collaboration, and responsible corporate citizenship.