Technology analyst

Req ID #: 230880

Wilmington, MA, US

1st

Full time

At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families.

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career.

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

Job Summary

• Work on the end-to-end purchase-to-pay process for IT-related expenditures, ensuring adherence to procurement and our security, compliance, quality and financial policies and guidelines.
• Analyze existing IT expenses and contracts to identify cost-saving opportunities without compromising quality or performance.
• Propose and implement strategies to optimize IT spending, such as vendor consolidation, volume discounts, or alternative sourcing methods.
• Collaborate with business units and IT teams to understand their objectives and align IT with the overall business strategy.
• Assist in the development of the IT department’s annual budget, working closely with IT leaders and finance teams.
• Track and monitor IT spending against the budget, providing timely reports on variances and justifications for any deviations.
• Generate regular reports and dashboards to visualize IT portfolio performance, budget utilization, cost savings, and other relevant metrics.
• Identify any irregularities, potential cost overruns, or compliance issues and work with relevant teams to address them promptly.
• Maintain all Corporate IT contracts and work with business and product owners on terms, renewals and contract terminations. Present comprehensive reports to leadership, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommended improvements.
• Foster strong working relationships with procurement, finance, and accounts payable teams to streamline processes and improve communication.

Job Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, IT, or related, or foreign degree equivalent, plus four (4) years of financial analysis experience.

The experience (which may be gained concurrently) must also include each of the following:

3 years of experience in Purchase-to-Pay related experience;2 years of experience with SAP, Jaggaer, ServiceNow, Concur, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Office;2 years of experience with financial management;2 years of experience in financial data analytics; and2 years of experience in Business / Process Optimization.

Job Location: Charles River Laboratories, Inc. 251 Ballardvale Street, Wilmington, MA 01887. (100% telecommuting allowed). 40 hours per week, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

To apply, send resume and letter of application detailing experience to Emily VanGilder, HR Business Partner, Charles River Laboratories, Inc., [email protected].

This notice is being provided in connection with the filing of an Application for Permanent Employment Certification. Any individual may provide documentary evidence bearing on this application to the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5311, Washington, DC 20210

About Corporate Functions The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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