Global Commercial FP&A Analyst

Global Commercial FP&A Analyst

argenx

Ghent, Belgium

Purpose of the Role

Support the Global Commercial Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team through accurate financial analysis, forecasting support, and investment tracking. The role involves both global revenue and commercial operating expense (OPEX) planning and forecasting activities, with a strong focus on insights generation to impactfully support our Indications Commercialization Teams (ICT) and regional FP&A teams. This position contributes to global planning and reporting cycles by maintaining forecasts, tracking actuals, and preparing standard analyses using finance systems and FP&A tools. This is a hands-on, operational FP&A role with exposure to global commercial finance processes to ultimately drive business performance and growth.

Key Responsibilities

Global Commercial FP&A:

• Maintain and monitor global commercial revenues (VYVGART and future assets) and investment plans (amongst others: global marketing, market access, market research and ICT budgets);
• Support Global Commercial FP&A Lead in preparation of quarterly revenue and investment analysis and explanations regarding key drivers captured in outlooks;
• Work with regional FP&A, Commercial and Supply Chain teams to collect input and validate assumptions used in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.

Operational FP&A support to various communities:

• Act as primary point of contact for investment plans for identified stakeholders from the global organization;
• Maintain OPEX tracking, reports and basic dashboards, ensuring data accuracy and consistency;
• Ensure accurate phasing, accruals and alignment between forecasts and actual spend.

Planning cycle support, closing and other:

• Support beyond budgeting initiative, quarterly outlook and LRP cycles through data preparation, template updates and consolidation of inputs. Ensure proper system reconciliation (FORWARD, Oracle, etc.);
• Prepare quarterly royalties calculations and reporting to external partners;
• Support compliance with internal controls (SOX) and contribute to process standardization and continuous improvement;
• Active involvement in innovative projects aiming at driving business performance (e.g. EDGE).

Skills & Experience

• 2–3 years of experience in FP&A, controlling or a similar analytical role;
• Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related field;
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with finance systems and large datasets;
• Experience with ERP and planning tools (e.g. Oracle, Anaplan) is a plus;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English;
• Mindset required for the role: willingness to bridge financial best practices with relevant business needs, ability to take appropriate initiative and to work autonomously, commitment to deliver rigorous and value-add work.