Job Description
Position Description:
The Senior Specialist, FP&A for Global Workplace and Enterprise Services (GWES) supports financial consolidations, management reporting, and strategic initiative tracking, with a strong focus on digitalization, AI, and automation to improve efficiency and insight quality. They will assist with monthly/quarterly close and consolidation, produce executive-ready reporting, and partner with GWES Finance, Operations, and Global Real Estate to track and analyze enterprise-level initiatives. Working cross-functionally with Finance, Accounting, Real Estate, and GWES Business Operations, ensures data integrity, timely reporting, and decision-focused analysis, while modernizing processes through intelligent automation and data-driven tools.
This position reports to the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis supporting GWES Corporate &Technical, Operations (CTO).
Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to the following:
GWES planning and reporting: support the Long-Range Operating Plan, quarterly forecasts, and monthly reporting at the GWES level, including resource management and IFM vendor reporting.
Close activities: journal and intercompany entries, review actuals, deliver variance commentary, analyze spend trends, and recommend corrective actions.
Build decision-ready analytics: develop visual dashboards that surface performance drivers, risks, and opportunities to help meet financial targets.
Partner with Global Real Estate: Lead, coordinate, analyze, and support business cases in support of global real estate transactions. Report on real estate driven initiatives to ensure accurate monitoring and transparency.
Reporting & Tracking: support the tracking, consolidation, and reporting of GWES Transformation initiatives
Manage assets: oversee asset counts and process asset changes in Appian.
Advance digitalization: lead/assist projects in automation, AI-driven analytics, and continuous process improvement.
Deliver on ad hoc needs: create analyses, processes, and tools to support change initiatives and evolving business requirements.
Why This Role
High-impact, enterprise visibility: GWES-wide planning, reporting, and real-estate initiatives, delivering executive-ready insights that directly influence strategic decisions.
Build and modernize: Lead digitalization through automation and AI-driven analytics while improving close, consolidation, and reporting processes end-to-end.
Cross-functional influence and growth: Partner with Finance, Accounting, Operations, and Global Real Estate-expanding your scope, skills, and career trajectory across the business.
Qualifications:
Education:
Degree or Certificate in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or similar.
Prerequisites:
Minimum of two years of work experience in finance, accounting, financial analysis, or similar role.
In depth knowledge of SAP, Bridges, Power BI and Appian.
Familiarity with Capital BPC and Qlik Sense.
Experience building AI-enabled automations
Demonstrated track record delivering measurable impact through automation
Strong focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
Self-Starter
Flexibility to adapt to changing business support needs.
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
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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.
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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
Job Posting End Date:
02/22/2026
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Requisition ID: R378219
