IMS Forecast Specialist II

IMS Forecast Specialist II Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress. Our Clinical Solutions team members act with a drug development mindset, applying their years of experience and deep expertise to truly understand customer needs and represent those in the solutions we shape. Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you’ll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to deliver – for one another, our customers, and, most importantly, for those in need. Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know: Why Syneos Health • We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program. • We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.  • We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.  Job Responsibilities IMS Forecast Specialist II Location: Hyderabad, India Role Overview We are seeking a detail-oriented Forecast Specialist to develop, maintain, and analyze project and study forecasts that support operational and financial decision-making. The role requires close collaboration with Clinical Operations, Finance, Project Management, and cross-functional teams to ensure forecast accuracy, identify risks, and provide actionable business insights. Key Responsibilities Develop and maintain project/study forecasts using operational and financial data. Analyze forecast assumptions, trends, and variances against actual performance. Monitor enrollment, milestones, site activations, and project timelines to improve forecast accuracy. Collaborate with stakeholders to gather forecast inputs and validate assumptions. Support monthly and quarterly forecasting cycles, governance reviews, and management reporting. Identify forecast risks, data quality issues, and potential financial impacts. Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis. Create dashboards, reports, and executive summaries to support business decisions. Drive process improvements and forecasting automation initiatives. Required Qualifications