Senior Finance Manager, R&I Finance

AstraZeneca•Wilmington, DE

12d

About The Position

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the world of finance? As a Senior Finance Manager for R&I Finance, you'll be at the forefront of driving financial excellence within the US R&I therapeutic area. This pivotal role involves partnering with sales and marketing teams, supporting Executive Business Directors, and ensuring robust financial management of expense budgets and actual results. Your expertise will be critical in performance reporting, analytics, and strategic financial mentorship. At AstraZeneca, you'll join a talented global team that fuels our rapidly growing enterprise. We leverage exciting new technology and digital innovations to accelerate our evolution, impacting patients' lives worldwide. Our entrepreneurial spirit drives us forward, fostering creativity and smart risks. Integrated across the enterprise, we influence everything from streamlining processes to strategic workforce planning. With countless opportunities available, this is the place to build an unrivalled reputation while contributing to something bigger. Ready to take your career to new heights? Apply now and become part of a dynamic team that makes a difference! AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company. We focus on discovering, developing and commercialising prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we are more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. To embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges. There is no better place to make a difference in medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture where you will connect different thinking to generate new and valuable opportunities. Where you will find a commitment to lifelong learning, growth and development for all. Our Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) mission is to create an inclusive and equitable environment where people belong, using the power of our diversity to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to the success of our company, because innovation requires breakthrough ideas that only come from a diverse workforce empowered to challenge conventional thinking. We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions. As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day. This is your life at AstraZeneca.

Requirements

B.S. Degree in Finance or Accounting
5+ years of financial experience, pharmaceutical industry experience preferred
Knowledge of US operating model
Excellent PC skills and experience including Hyperion Planning, SAP, Excel, and PowerPoint
Strong analytical ability
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, including oral and written
Confidence in working with and courage to challenge senior management
High degree of accuracy with attention to detail
Confirmed ability to perform in an environment that emphasizes collaboration to meet results
Proven capacity to effectively prioritize multiple and frequently changing priorities
Proven capability to meet strict deadlines with a high level of ownership and strong sense of urgency

Nice To Haves

Strong financial system competence
Previous business partnering experience

Responsibilities

Prepare in-depth financial analysis of expense budgets, forecasts, and actual results for business review.
Serve as the key Finance business partner to R&I Leadership Team members for investment support.
Provide strategic insights and financial advice on key business decisions.
Partner with Executive Business Directors for various sales forces.
Maintain applicable accounts and cost centers for the US Business, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements.
Drive cost consciousness and lead efforts to identify cost savings.
Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities in planning and reporting processes.
Ensure adherence to SOX 404 and local financial control framework controls.
Perform ad-hoc reporting requirements and financial analysis.
Liaise with Global Finance Services team in Costa Rica to achieve business priorities.
Collaborate with Alliance Finance in support of Tezspire alliance with Amgen.