Finance Supervisor, Product Development, Science & Technology (PDS&T)
Posted Sep 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time your analysis changed how leaders prioritized projects or spend.
What they are checking: Whether their analysis actually changed decisions, which shows they understand what leaders need rather than producing reports nobody uses.
Tell me about a time you found an error in your own work after it was sent. What did you do?
What they are checking: Whether they own their mistakes quickly and openly, because a corrected error builds trust while a hidden one destroys it.
What would you do
Finance Shared Services says a journal entry is posted, but the number still looks wrong. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they work with shared services to dig into the details, checking the posting and its effect instead of accepting that it is done.
How would you explain to a scientist leader why their spend matters to the business unit's results?
What they are checking: Partnering with technical leaders who don't think in finance terms.
Operations FP&A needs your submission early, and your data isn't final. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they balance speed and accuracy, sending timely numbers with clear caveats instead of either missing deadlines or hiding uncertainty.
What risks would you flag for a product development organization in a planning cycle?
What they are checking: Whether they can see financial risk in development work, such as delayed projects, shifting timelines and capital overruns, before it hits results.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd prepare month-end variance analysis for PDS&T cost centers.
What they are checking: A repeatable close process that explains drivers, not just differences.
A cost shows up in the wrong cost center because of master data. How do you trace it and fix it?
What they are checking: Whether they trace master data issues to the source and fix them permanently, rather than reclassing the same error every month.
What do you look at when you review a capital project request?
What they are checking: Whether they understand capital basics like timing, depreciation and the business case, since capital requests shape costs for years.
How do you build a management reporting schedule that stays useful month after month?
What they are checking: Whether they design reports that are easy to maintain and still answer leaders' questions, so reporting does not decay into busywork.
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