Project Finance Manager, R&D Finance

Introduction to role: 

Are you an experienced finance professional with a deep understanding of the relationship between business and finance strategy? Are you excellent at influencing decisions at a senior level? Then join us to discover and deliver future treatments within Biopharma! At AstraZeneca, we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Our work is meaningful, focused on putting our patients first. We champion diversity, teamwork, and lifelong learning. Join our global Project Finance team, supporting Early Global Product Teams (GPTs) and senior governing bodies with R&D project and portfolio decisions. This highly visible position offers direct exposure to senior management across the organization and exposure to business issues affecting the Group’s current performance and pivotal initiatives. 

Accountabilities: 

You will be part of a multifaceted, business facing finance group, supporting the business with investment decisions to progress the pipeline, management of development costs and support of key portfolio and post deal management processes.  

As a member of several Early Product Teams, you will provide financial advice, support and challenge and act as the single point of contact for the Finance queries. addition, you will:  

• Provide proactive and innovative financial analysis and scenario modelling to support teams in assessing the cost and value impact of critical project decisions, including clinical trial design and cost, 

• Ensure that all investment decisions have an internally consistent, robust financial case supporting them. 

• Provide input to all governance body papers (e.g. Early Stage Portfolio Committee), leading the preparation of the financial sections 

• Ensure senior Finance leaders are appropriately briefed ahead of key decision points 

• Deliver Post Deal Management Finance support for any external agreements in the brand area. This includes understanding and leading AZ financial rights and obligations, communicating this insight to relevant project/function management and to finance departments located in the regional hubs and other SET areas. 

• Work with the TA Finance Directors to monitor the value of R&D spend and assess the impact of any key changes to project development assumptions and key deviations from plan. 

• Support the month close analysis and preparation of the quarterly forecast process with up to date asset valuations and forecasts 

• Undertake ad hoc project work to assist in the improvement of Project Finance team working practices. 

Essential Skills/Experience: 

As a Project Finance Manager you need an analytical demeanor while simultaneously oriented to problem-solving. You have to be focused on delivery and be able to present multiple scenarios for a given task. The customer is always at the front and you are dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers. We believe you to be a strong communicator, applying your interpersonal skills to work efficiently with senior partners within and outside Finance. 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Business required 

• Qualified finance professional with a minimum of 5 years of experience 

• Extensive work experience in Finance Function 

• Good experience of project / product evaluation 

• Consistent record and knowledge in forecasting, financial modelling and decision analysis required 

• Intellectual and analytical capabilities -- deals exceptionally well with developing concepts and initiatives, complexity, ambiguity and multiple priorities 

• Experience of working globally within multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural teams 

• Ability to Impact and Influence/Collaborative Partnering 

• Maintains high ethical standards and demonstrates high personal integrity