Job Description

Associate Director Expense Operations, Human Health Finance

Under the supervision of the Director, Expense Operations, the Associate Director will work closely with US and Global Commercial teams as a key financial and strategic business partner to support the goals and growth of our Company's Human Health business. The Associate Director is responsible for forecasting, budgeting, and financial evaluation activity for the investment base within their scope of responsibility.The Associate Director partners closely with cross functional teams, including marketing, sales, advanced analytics, procurement, legal, compliance and corporate teams to evaluate business performance and identify, evaluate, and execute strategic opportunities.

The Associate Director will develop a deep understanding of their business area and their strategic contribution to the broader our Company enterprise. A successful candidate will have an intrinsic curiosity about the healthcare industry, a dedication to serving customers, a passion for learning, and an eagerness to collaborate in solving complex business challenges. The position requires an enterprise mindset, analytical skillset, effective communication, strategic thinking, and the ability to navigate across a broad network of stakeholders.

This position supports the US Marketing Teams and is based in Upper Gwynedd, PA.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead FP&A activities (Monthly Close, Budget, Long Range Operating Plans, and other forecasts) for their business area, including evaluation of performance relative to forecast, targets and presentation of financial results, in close partnership with marketing and business unit finance.

• Maintain strict focus on compliance, ensuring integrity of reported financial results by maintaining planning and reporting models and databases.

• Partner with the commercial organization to evaluate investment opportunities, assess business performance, allocate targets, and drive progress on transformation objectives.

• Harmonizing and integrating best practices to ensure forecasting accuracy across the team. Drive efficiencies with the Expense Operations team, working to standardize and simplify processes wherever possible.

• Coordinate master data maintenance for organizational changes, train users on SAP Project Systems and partner with the business on expense related issue resolution.

Qualifications

Required Experience and Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business-related discipline

• Minimum 5 years experience in Finance / Accounting or business analytics role, including FP&A.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Strong compliance focus, financial acumen, analytical skills, and knowledge of finance systems and planning and reporting processes.

• High degree of business acumen and demonstrated ability to provide strategic guidance

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to build diverse peer and client relationships

• Passion and intellectual curiosity with respect to healthcare industry

• Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry

• Strong computer skills, Expertise in Excel, Power Point, Thinkcell, SAP reporting system (BPC

• Comfortable employing financial modeling methods, tools and IT applications to collect, analyze, synthesize and validate financial data to proactively identify issues and drive complex business decisions

• Ability to adopt and apply new technology, techniques, and ways of working

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