Financial Analyst I

Financial Analyst I

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

Finance Analyst (Project Finance)

Location : Chennai

We are actively seeking a Finance Analyst to join our diverse and dynamic team within the Project Finance Analysis group. This group oversees the financial health of sponsor projects and portfolios, ensuring robust financial management and accountability.

The Finance Analyst will play a key role in the central reporting function, responsible for managing project information across Oracle, P&F, and OMR systems—including setup, maintenance, and closure. This role will also oversee the preparation and delivery of critical reports for the IPH service line, ensuring accuracy and timely distribution to key stakeholders including PFA, MOF, and DOF.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set up new projects in Oracle, P&F, and OMR systems based on costing template.
• Maintain and regularly update project information, including scope changes, budget revisions, and status updates.
• Coordinate with finance, project management, and operational teams to ensure data accuracy and alignment across systems.
• Perform periodic data validations and audits to ensure project records are complete, current, and compliant with internal controls.
• Generate project-related reports as needed to support business decisions and stakeholder requirements.
• Take ownership of financial project closures, coordinating with finance teams to ensure timely, accurate reconciliation and reporting in the Oracle.
• Reconcile revenue, billing, cash collections, and passthrough costs, applying rigorous data validation to maintain compliance and integrity.
• Systematically archive project closeout files on SharePoint, ensuring easy access and efficient review by stakeholders.
• Prioritize work effectively in a high-volume environment, ensuring all deadlines are met without compromising accuracy or quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather necessary information, resolve issues, and maintain workflow continuity.
• Monitor task progress and proactively communicate risks or delays to relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate records, documentation, and status trackers to ensure transparency and audit-readiness.
• Continuously seek opportunities to improve task execution efficiency and reduce turnaround times.
• Ensure compliance with internal processes, standards, and policies in all work activities.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, MBA or CMA semi qualified
• Experience working with enterprise systems such as Oracle, SAP, P&F, or similar platforms.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and experience handling large datasets is a plus.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and influencing skills.
• Experience in project setup and maintenance is preferred

What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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