Senior Manager, FBP GRAS (UK/DE)

For our Global R&D Finance Department in Marburg, we are looking for a

Senior Manager, FBP GRAS (UK/DE) (m/f/x)

R-266459

Fulltime / permanent

The purpose of this role will be to assist with finance business partnering for the Global Regulatory and Safety (GRAS) Operations business area as well as supporting the wider Finance Business Partnering requirements for CSL’s Global R&D organization. The role holder will:

• Report to the Lead Finance Business Partner for Global Regulatory and Safety Operations and support them in all financial analysis and modeling.

• Establish a deep understanding of global functional and TA strategy, interrelationship with the Early Development, Platform and Late-Stage Therapy Area Development programs and broader financial implications

• Provide financial guidance and insights to help drive short- and long-term portfolio goals

The Opportunity

The role holder will be focused on the Global Regulatory and Safety Operations function and play a leadership role in delivery of the R&D Finance Business Partner model through effective team deployment. Core activities will include:

Financial Planning and Performance Management

• Provide valuable insights about financial planning, forecast and expenditure with a strong focus on Project financials and OPEX spending issues

• Support the financial planning and reporting requirements for respective global functions with close collaboration with RDLT-1 LT as well as respective TA/PST stakeholder

• Assist with Functional Monthly Financial Reviews and Quarterly planning cycles to drive deeper understanding of business dynamics, financial implications and future sensitivities

• Organize, structure, connect, & integrate business and financial information across functions, projects to support effective decision making

 Value and Insights

• Proactively collaborate with Corporate Finance in the development, validation and refresh of respective business case assumptions for areas within remit

• Ensure alignment of project budgets and timelines and address variance to project plan in accordance with R&D Decision Making Framework

Other Accountabilities

• Champion the Business Partnering mind-set; Serve as Primary Financial Advisor to support strategic decision-making across R&D

• Provide financial support in association with R&D integration in any future external collaborations/acquisitions

• Support Investor Relations / Analyst half year and full-year finance reporting requirements for functional and program understanding, providing appropriate insight into the R&D portfolio, progress and performance.

• Be an advocate for changes that support the R&D organization in Finance process improvement activities

       The Role

• Provide Leaders with finance guidance and decision-making support (including regular business reviews) for strategic plans, major investment decisions, business plans and targets informed through analysis of key drivers of business and sensitivities, business cases and trends

• Support Functional requirements to develop budgets and forecasts by helping managers understand the financial impacts of their plans and decisions as well as providing advice about the Global Finance Calendar and key delivery dates.

• Provide support for OPEX Projects and reporting (with the support of Accounting Operations and FP&A as required) with additional narratives and comments to assist line managers to meet and exceed their performance targets and effectively manage the financial aspects of their projects.

• Clearly define customer needs and review both ad-hoc and routine reporting and analytics to ensure they meet internal customers' needs and are well understood.

• Liaise & co-ordinate with peers to ensure delivery of the enterprise model with consistency between global functions, ensuring shared learnings, innovation, and good practice.

• Contribute to or lead global or functional specific projects as required to improve the business, Function or Finance's performance.

• Participate in developing tools, techniques, and best practice approaches to support the ongoing development of the R&D Finance capability in support of the Finance Strate