Job Description Summary

The Associate Director TGS, Finance Business Partner will collaborate with the Finance Global Business Services (GBS) and FP&A teams to understand business challenges and drive our digital transformation. This role offers the opportunity to work with both internal and external industry and technology experts, contributing to our vision of becoming a Digital First organization. This position is part of the TGS (Technology & Global Services) Business Partner organization.
We are looking for a candidate with a broad-based understanding of business process and technology capabilities across FP&A, Reporting & Analytics, Record-to-Report, Integrated Supply Chain domains. An ideal candidate will also have experience implementing advanced technologies like AI, Automation and Advanced Analytics.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to partner with business and technology teams and lead the transformation to a product-centric, customer-focused, digitally powered organization.
This position reports to the Director, Finance Business Partner, in the TGS (Technology Global Services) organization.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

The objective of this role is to actively collaborate with partners and team members across the Finance, TGS, and external vendors. The goal is to drive the delivery of work results and products that advance business objectives.

Primary responsibilities are:

• Develops In-Depth Business Knowledge: Actively partners with the business to understand and align with their strategic priorities.

• Identifies and Defines Opportunities: Supports the envisioning, identification, and definition of new opportunities to maximize technology and/or process redesign to advance business priorities.

• Bridges Business and Technology: Acts as the link between business and technology teams to ensure the right solutions are built successfully.

• Coordinates Project Execution: Implements and oversees projects, reporting progress, including organizational change impact analysis, value realization plans, and risk mitigation.

• Facilitates Technology Adoption: Enables efficient deployment and adoption of innovative technology capabilities, services, and solutions across the business and/or end-customers.

• Applies Customer-Centric Approach: Ensures solutions delivered meet the evolving needs of both internal and external customers.

• Brings to bear Technological Innovations: Advocates for and uses innovations in technology to improve value, reduce costs, and deliver next-generation capabilities for the business.

• Promotes End-to-End Solution Thinking: Prioritizes agility and iterative value delivery, bringing comprehensive solution thinking.

• Ensures Integrated Solutions: Works with TGS teams to ensure solutions are not siloed and are informed by, and coordinated with, BD’s enterprise roadmaps.

• Advocates for Mutual Interests: Represents the business within TGS and advocates for TGS within the business.

• Measures and Communicates Value: Periodically measures and communicates value realized through defined and agreed-upon metrics and supporting analysis.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will possess a mix of strategic comprehension, experience in both business and technology, excellent skills in building relationships, and a focus on finding solutions. In addition, this person should also possess:

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or related fields is strongly preferred. Master’s degree highly desirable.

• Professional Experience:

  • 10+ years of business working experience in a technology function.

  • Strong understanding of finance transformation principles, best practices, and industry trends

  • Accomplished in multiple process and technology capabilities ac