Senior Finance Manager, US Specialty
Posted Aug 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
This role provides financial leadership for a group of specialty brands. Walk me through supporting a brand team on their financials.
What they are checking: Whether they act as a true partner to brand teams, helping shape decisions rather than just reporting numbers after the fact.
You'd support month-end close including price, pipeline and demand variance analysis with commentary. Take one and tell me what good commentary looks like.
What they are checking: Whether their variance commentary explains why results moved and what it means, rather than restating the numbers in words.
You'd lead presentations for executive-level reviews. How do you prepare a review that produces a decision?
What they are checking: Whether they can build an executive review around a clear choice, so senior leaders leave with a decision instead of more questions.
What would you do
A brand's forecast depends on an assumption you think is optimistic. How do you handle that with the brand lead?
What they are checking: Whether they will challenge a partner's optimistic assumption respectfully but firmly, since finance protects the credibility of the forecast.
How do you ensure financial deliverables are accurate, clear and concise when the source data are late?
What they are checking: Whether they keep work accurate and clear under deadline pressure, by planning ahead and flagging uncertain numbers honestly.
This is based at Mettawa supporting a portfolio of specialty brands. What would you want to know about the portfolio and the close calendar before you took it?
What they are checking: Whether they ask about the brands and close calendar before accepting, which shows they plan for the actual workload.
About the work
You'd lead the plan, latest business estimate, long-range plan and portfolio submissions. How do those differ in what precision they need?
What they are checking: Whether they know each planning cycle has a different purpose and precision, so they put effort where accuracy matters most.
You'd build models that incorporate market dynamics including market share and market access. How do you model the effect of an access change on volume?
What they are checking: Whether they can model how formulary access changes drive patient volume, which is a central driver for specialty brands.
Specialty brands often face competitor entry. How do you build a forecast that accounts for that without guessing?
What they are checking: Whether they build forecasts with scenarios and analogs for competitor entry, rather than one guess presented as certain.
How do you separate real demand from channel inventory movement?
What they are checking: Whether they can separate patient demand from wholesaler stocking changes, because confusing the two makes a specialty forecast misleading.
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