Transactional Finance, Senior Associate

Amgen • Thousand Oaks, CA

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About The Position

The Transactional Finance, Senior Associate executes transactional finance activities across the procure-to-pay (P2P) lifecycle. The role ensures accurate, timely, and compliant processing of financial transactions while supporting operational workflows, resolving issues, and maintaining data integrity. With general guidance, the position applies established processes and procedures to deliver consistent results and support effective service delivery within GBTC.

The role supports financial execution for research and development activities, including lab consumables, capital equipment, and operating expenses, as well as workflows for healthcare professional (HCP-related) and non-HCP engagements. It uses enterprise systems to process and track transactions, works with stakeholders and partner teams to resolve issues, supports compliance and audit activities, and contributes to process improvement, automation, and team knowledge-sharing.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of procure-to-pay processes and transactional finance operations.
• Experience with enterprise systems such as SAP, Ariba, Anaplan, or C3.
• Understanding of SOPs, controls, and compliance requirements.
• Master’s degree; or bachelor’s degree and 2 years of relevant experience; or associate degree and 6 years of relevant experience; or high school diploma/GED and 8 years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in shared services or operational finance environments.
• Experience supporting transactional finance processes.
• Familiarity with enterprise financial systems.
• Experience with reporting or analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Execute procure-to-pay transactions, including requisition support, purchase order creation, invoice validation, payment processing, and expense tracking.
• Ensure transactions are accurate, complete, timely, and aligned with service-level agreements and established processes.
• Support financial execution for R&D activities, including lab consumables, capital equipment, and operating expenses.
• Process transactions supporting HCP-related and non-HCP engagements, and support execution of their workflows.
• Resolve moderately complex transactional issues, including invoice, payment, and vendor-data discrepancies; investigate and escalate more complex issues as needed.
• Communicate with stakeholders to resolve questions and ensure continuity of operations.
• Use enterprise systems such as SAP, Ariba, Anaplan, and C3 to execute and track transactions.
• Maintain accurate and complete data in systems, including C3, and support identification and resolution of system issues with technical teams.
• Generate and review reports to support operational tracking and accuracy.
• Partner with HCC, sourcing, accounts payable, and finance teams to support transaction processing.
• Provide stakeholders with guidance on transactional processes and requirements.
• Follow established SOPs, controls, and compliance requirements; maintain accurate documentation and system records.
• Support audit and compliance activities and identify and escalate risks or issues.
• Identify opportunities to improve day-to-day efficiency and accuracy; support process-improvement and automation initiatives.
• Contribute to process consistency across teams.
• Provide guidance and support to less experienced team members, assist with onboarding and process documentation, and share knowledge and best practices.

Benefits

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions.
• Group medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Discretionary annual bonus program, or sales-based incentive plan for field sales representatives.
• Stock-based long-term incentives.
• Award-winning time-off plans.
• Flexible work models where possible.
• Work/life balance and career development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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