Associate Director, GPS Finance - Strategic Planning and Business Development

Bristol Myers Squibb • New Brunswick, NJ

26d • Hybrid

About The Position

Working with Us Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible. Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us. The Associate Director, GPS Finance - Strategic Planning and Business Development position will be an integral member of the GPS Strategic Finance team, responsible for analyzing and supporting strategic planning and business development activities. They will provide leadership to business partners and deliver decision support and financial projections for network strategy projects, including go-team activities. They will drive simplification and standardization across analytics by leveraging technology and automation to optimize processes, enhance data management, and enable more efficient, high-quality decision support.

Requirements

• Minimum education of a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or related field is required.
• Minimum of seven (7) years of accounting/financial experience with demonstration of increasing levels of responsibility is required.
• Comprehensive knowledge of complex financial modeling, and business case development is highly preferred.
• Highly driven individual with strong FP&A skills; prior operations experience and/or cost accounting experience is a strong plus.
• Ability to understand complex business operations and the associated financial implications.
• Requires strong business partnering, communication, and presentation skills; must be able to work with all levels of management
• Ability to manage and lead in a complex matrix environment.
• Ability to work in and manage multiples tasks in a highly pressurized and time-compressed environment.

Nice To Haves

• MBA and /or CPA is preferred.
• Highly driven individual with strong FP&A skills; prior operations experience and/or cost accounting experience is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP) process in GPS.
• Assist with coordinating GPS Finance to prepare 10-year P&L projection including new product cost development, analyses, reporting, and presentation of key LTFP deliverables to GPS Leadership.
• Partner across modalities and matrix teams (BI&A, procurement, Corporate Finance, GPS business) to support ad-hoc financial analysis and insights to inform manufacturing network strategic decisions.
• Play key role in Go Team activities including liaison with individual finance representatives in a matrix organization that enables successful supply planning for priority brands.
• Partner with Corporate and GPS Business Development teams to develop financial analyses and business cases for various projects, including in-licensing, divestitures, and acquisitions.
• Develop, manage, and maintain financial playbooks used to support business needs; provide training and guidance to GPS finance team members tasked with using the playbook and enhance simplification, automation and digitization capabilities.
• Monitor and coordinate across GPS Finance the collection of updates to strategic business assumptions and update the related financial models to assess and quantify impact of changes.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life benefits include: Paid Time Off US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees) Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays Based on eligibility, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
• All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level