Senior Director, Commercial Financial Analysis

Cencora • Conshohocken, PA

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About The Position

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere. Apply today! Job Details The Senior Director of Finance for Pharmaceutical Sourcing is a senior finance leadership role accountable for sourcing‑related financial performance and decision support across branded and biosimilar products. This role leads a sourcing finance team responsible for buyside modeling, pricing event analytics, and commercial deal economics, and serves as a primary finance partner to Brand Sourcing, Commercial Finance, and FP&A. The role provides executive‑ready insights, scenario analysis, and recommendations that directly influence sourcing strategy, pricing decisions, and enterprise financial outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA/CPA preferred)
• 12+ years of progressive finance experience with people leadership responsibility
• Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and deal economics expertise
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills
• SQL/Power BI/Databricks modeling experience
• Experience in branded pharmaceutical or healthcare manufacturer economics
• Direct experience partnering with Pricing and Commercial Finance teams
• Knowledge of various financial management principles, financial statement analysis, business law, plan development, productivity and profitability analysis
• Ability to implement and support an enterprise-wide financial planning tool
• Excellent knowledge of Excel
• Excellent knowledge of Essbase required
• Excellent knowledge of Hyperion Planning preferred
• Demonstrates initiative and has a strong sense of urgency to meet deadlines
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and shifting priorities
• Strong spreadsheet and general ledger skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills
• Excellent problem solving skills and sound judgment
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
• Understanding of policies, philosophy, goals and objectives in order to affect financial oversight in protecting the company's assets
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high‑performing sourcing finance team, including hiring, performance management, career development, and succession planning.
• Establish clear priorities, operating cadence, modeling standards, and quality controls to ensure accurate and timely analysis.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and strong cross‑functional partnership.
• Serve as the primary finance partner to Brand Sourcing leadership, while ensuring close alignment with Commercial Finance and Strategy on assumptions and performance measurement.
• Provide a consolidated financial view of sourcing actions, pricing strategy, and commercial execution impacts to senior leadership.
• Lead cross‑functional working sessions to align key drivers (e.g., buyside rates, mix, contract terms) and resolve analytical or assumption differences.
• Own inflation/deflation modeling, scenario analysis, and risk/opportunity quantification by product, supplier, and portfolio segment.
• Lead financial evaluation of brand and biosimilar pricing events, including impacts to margin, customer economics, contract performance, and demand/mix.
• Project pricing event timing and impact and integrate outcomes into forecasts and plans.
• Provide negotiation‑ready deal economics (margin waterfalls, sensitivities, risk ranges, alternatives) to support sourcing and commercial negotiations.
• Own sourcing finance inputs into long-range planning and monthly forecasting in partnership with FP&A.
• Develop and govern driver‑based forecasts for mix and buyside rates, ensuring transparency and traceability.
• Improve forecast accuracy through standardized templates, KPIs, and variance routines.
• Act as a change agent supporting finance transformation initiatives.
• Drive automation to improve the speed, accuracy, and scalability of buyside modeling and deal economics.
• Partner with Data & Technology teams to develop automated data pipelines and standardized data models.
• Translate complex economics into executive dashboards and decision tools (e.g., Power BI).
• Lead high‑impact ad hoc analyses related to supplier strategy, pricing actions, and contract alternatives.
• Prepare and deliver executive‑level presentations with clear recommendations.

Benefits

• We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day.
• In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness.
• This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.
• To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.

What This Job Offers

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