RDU Finance IT Business Partner

AstraZeneca • Boston, MA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for an RDU Finance IT Business Partner within the Finance IT team at AstraZeneca. The position requires expertise in Business Partnering and applying it to impact a company focused on developing life-changing medicines. AstraZeneca is described as a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business dedicated to discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines. The company emphasizes being a Great Place to Work, empowering employees, and fostering an inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, with a commitment to lifelong learning, growth, and development. The IT team at AstraZeneca directly impacts patients by transforming the ability to develop life-changing medicines, empowering the business through pioneering science and leading digital technology platforms, data, analytics, AI, and machine learning. The team is at a crucial stage in becoming a digital and data-led enterprise, aiming to make the impossible possible by building partnerships, creating new ways of working, and driving scale and speed for exponential growth. It's a dynamic and challenging environment with opportunities for learning and growth, encouraging innovation, ownership, and exploration of new technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or relevant business qualification - Technical or Business degree; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Substantial experience in managing and delivering business change through IT projects and delivering results.
• GenAI / Agentic AI knowledge / experience within a Finance process tower.
• Thorough understanding of one or more of Finance processes such as revenue forecasting, headcount/ people planning, operating/capital expense planning, cash flow forecasting, balance sheet forecasting and legal entity forecasting.
• Proven ability to interpret and communicate technical and scientific information.
• Strong verbal and written communication / facilitation skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve objectives.
• Strong influencing, networking and team working skills.
• Ability to work well in and across diverse global teams.
• Ability to partner and work in a matrix organization.
• Experience of building strong cases & mobilizing high value investments.

Responsibilities

• Build strong strategic relationships with complex customer groups and senior collaborators, develop a deep understanding of the short-term and long-term business direction.
• Develop and maintain a partner management plan, conduct continuous collaborator analysis, and work cross-functionally to align on strategy and plans.
• Assess and prioritize business strategic priorities in line with IT strategy, and influencing IT strategy where appropriate.
• Drive Finance IT project/program(s) with potential to lead cross-functional IT teams.
• Facilitate accurate IT demand forecasting, planning, and delivery collaboratively with other supporting IT team roles.
• Lead business impact assessments, identifying risks and issues that may affect current and future business units and roles, and create business readiness plans.
• Lead high-level investigations on requirements specifications and feasibility studies, developing a range of options aligned to business and IT strategy.
• Partner with key collaborators on the development of detailed cases for new IT solutions.
• Proactively seek opportunities for IT to deliver innovative technology solutions to provide competitive advantage.
• Present and gain agreement from senior leaders for IT initiatives, demonstrating domain knowledge to gain credibility, trust, and commitment.
• Work collaboratively across AZ: IT business partners, Enabling Units IT Leadership Team, Business Analysts, IT Architecture, Service Management teams, RDU Finance team.

Benefits

• short-term incentive bonus opportunity
• equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles) or to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles)
• qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]
• paid vacation and holidays
• paid leaves
• health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

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