Sr Financial Associate

Sr Financial Associate 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. Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support. 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 Position Summary The Senior Financial Analyst serves as a key finance business partner to Business Unit Controllers and Associate Directors of Finance, providing financial leadership, analytical support, and operational insights across assigned business units, projects, and contracts. The role is responsible for revenue recognition, forecasting, budgeting, backlog management, profitability analysis, financial reporting, project financial oversight, and business performance reviews. This position also provides guidance and mentoring to Financial Analysts and supports continuous improvement initiatives, financial controls, and system enhancements to drive operational excellence and business growth. Key Responsibilities 1. Financial Planning, Reporting & Revenue Management Record and validate monthly revenue for Fee-for-Service, Fixed Price, and Unit-based contracts. Manage complex projects and contracts, ensuring compliance with revenue recognition policies. Prepare monthly project-level actual versus budget and forecast variance analyses. Generate and distribute monthly financial performance reports and dashboards. Coordinate monthly forecasting cycles, including backlog and revenue projections. Meet established deadlines for revenue and backlog submissions.