Accountabilities
To the Associate Director, R&D Business Operations, Budget Execution Capability Lead
To one or more functional leads as a trusted partner for delivering financial forecasts, particularly with a focus on alignment with strategy
- On-time and quality delivery of the end-to-end process of budget execution for a key R&D organization (Annual Budget Planning, Quarterly Forecast Updates, Leadership Updates)
- Collect and reflect the organization's prioritization of activities in budget projections rolling into financial forecasts
- Support Financial Analytics/Business Case Generation within supported function(s)
Responsibilities
- On-time and quality delivery of the end-to-end process of budget execution for the R&D organization (Annual Budget Planning, Quarterly Forecast Updates, Leadership Updates)
- Resolution of escalated P2P issues
- Support generation of data-driven strategy decks in support of LRS and annual budget submissions
- Partner closely with R&D Finance planner to explain variances, emerging trends
- Partner with functional leaders to understand drivers of change to baseline spend
- Ensure alignment between financial forecasts and strategic objectives
- Manage team to ensure delivery of consistent process and execution within supported function(s)
- Contribute to feedback on corporate finance initiatives to provide business partner perspective
- Develop and maintain key cross functional partnerships
- Serve as advanced expert user of all financial planning and reporting systems
- Support Business Case Generation capability for productivity initiatives within supported function(s)
Team Leadership:
- Provide continual coaching of direct reports, train new hires
Guides direct reports on expectations for talent development
Qualifications
Theknowledgeandskillsnecessarytoperformthedutiesofthisposition aretypicallyacquired throughthefollowingcombinationofeducation,experienceandknowledge,ortheequivalent.
Minimum Requirements
Doctorate degree & 3 years of Biotech/Pharma-related Management experience in business operations or financial analytics
OR
Master's degree & 7 years of Biotech/Pharma-related Management experience in business operations or financial analytics
OR
Bachelor's degree & 9 years of Biotech/Pharma-related Management experience in business operations or financial analytics
AND
- 3 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the financial management of resources
- Strong project management experience
- Budget management and financial analysis acumen
- Fluency in English, both in written and oral communication
Preferred Requirements
- Advanced degree in either business, finance or life sciences
- 9 years work experience in life sciences field, including 6 years of biopharmaceutical R&D experience with a strong understanding of the drug development process
- Demonstrated proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau) and collaboration tools (Smartsheet, Miro, MS Teams)
- Fluent with MS Office suite and advance capabilities in Excel
- Experience with enterprise tools SAP, Ariba, Anaplan
- Previous management experience of direct reports
Strong background in change management
Competencies
- Ability to thrive working with detailed information and drawing key insights from trends
- Ability to thrive in a complex and matrixed environment, to collaborate and coordinate with individuals at various levels and from different backgrounds
- Ability to influence others effectively and handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously
- Ability to engage effectively with functional leaders (both R&D and finance/corporate alike)
- Ability to develop strategies to effectively lead the budget management capability
- Excellent Communicator able to develop and deliver communications that facilitate organizational change in an efficient, effective, and expedient manner
- Technical expert who can navigate multiple systems
- Ability to distill nuanced details to actionable insights
- Ability to leverage his or her own scientific and/or technical expertise in business and financial analytics in order to demonstrate leadership and strategy skills through:
- Partnering with finance and functional leads in the development of standards by which others will operate
- Ability to lead a team, connecting competencies and motivations with emerging opportunities
- Natural builder of relationships with stakeholders, partners and staff members alike
- Role model for others in line with the Amgen Values
- Deep focus on customer service through solution delivery
- Critical thinking & creative problem solving
- Knowledge of R&D through commercialization
- Drives for results; delivers processes and outcomes of the highest quality
