Finance Business Partner SM&Onc External Supply US

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Job Description

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Finance representative on respective Leadership Team, responsible for influencing and achieving financial KPI’s and budget/forecast targets
• Manage the monthly closing and reporting process including recommendations for corrective actions.
• P&L ownership for functional cost/ FTE, OCOS, Standard Costing calculations for externally manufactured products and Inventory Values. This includes COGS Variances, inventory changes and inventory write-off/reserve analysis.
• Provide monthly reporting packages including variance explanations to the Finance Lead SM&Onc External Supply.
• Executes the annual standard costing process for the supported External Supply organization. Prepare YOY change analysis to Finance Lead SM&Onc External Supply and GMS Product Costing Team in the required format.
• Lead the MYC, MRP, LBE for US Region to support timelines communicated by GMS Finance by working closely with business partners to understand budget/ forecast requirements and provide overview and recommendations as necessary.
• Ensure financial / data integrity and compliance with an effective and sustainable internal control framework, e.g. manages CMO reconciliations on a quarterly basis and serve as the liaison with internal and external auditors during quarter-end/year-end audits. Accountable for an efficient and accurate regional financial reporting.
• Support financial projects and program “Agile” for GMS Finance and External Supply.
• Focus on making recommendations for enhancing existing processes and developing financial models and business case analysis used in supporting key decisions.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing accounting, esp. for activities at external manufacturers. Solid understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chain through all process steps from raw material to finished goods.
• Strong knowledge of internal controls and financial reporting under IFRS and US-GAAP (SOX).
• Strong knowledge of financial business case modeling, scenario planning and financial business partnering tools/approaches.

Leadership

• Part of extended regional Leadership Team, driving regional/global business cases and influencing strategic choices / direction
• Indirectly leading cross functional teams for specific improvement projects or planning cycles.
• Position will need to work closely and influence/guide with various GMS stakeholders / business – and finance partners.

Decision-making and Autonomy

• Position will be expected to work independently with limited oversight.
• Position will be expected to provide guidance to business partners / finance teams and drive the right decisions to ensure the OpU achieves it targets.

Interaction

• Will interact extensively with External Supply Operations, Supply Chain and non-finance personnel. Strong communication skills (both written and verbal) will be important to interact with colleagues across the world.
• Will serve as Finance Business Partner to the ES SM US Leadership Team and will present financial information to the ES SM US Leadership Team.

Innovation

• Position will require the ability to question the status quo and to come up with more efficient and effective ways to execute the related financial processes.
• Potential to support the GMS Finance Transformation process and overarching projects.

Complexity

• Highly complex business environment, ERP system, data