Director, Brand Finance- Biologics

Director, Brand Finance- Biologics

Wilmington, Delaware

Finance

Hybrid Work- on average 3 days/week from office

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

As the Brand Finance Director you will lead and coordinate the financial resources and activities for the Tezspire and Vaccines and Immune Therapy brands, managing the overall financial stewardship including financial reporting and compliance, financial forecasts, resource optimization and business investment opportunities. 

Accountabilities/Duties:

• Member of the Tezspire/Flumist Leadership Teams, serving as the key interface and contact for all financial management issues. 

• Serves as key interface with Tezspire collaboration partner on all financial and business items.  

• Provide strategic focus and input to the TA Executive Directors and other leadership team members on all key business decisions including strategic direction, business development, resource optimization and management, and investments cases, with focus on sales optimization, launch success, and sustained growth.

• Responsible for ensuring sales and expense forecasts and phasing are achievable and supported by valid assumptions and sensitivities required to communicate potential variability to TA and US leadership.

• Accountable for the accounting, monitoring and forecasting of all Gross to Product Sales adjustments including, as required, full responsibility for Market Access monthly closing activities, deal/no deal analysis, and rebate rate forecasts.

• Establishes, monitors, and provides course adjustments for brand financial goals and objectives.

• Work closely with brand team to complete the business planning cycles and to develop & implement strategic plans.

• Accountable for monthly, quarterly and year-end financial close processes and associated analysis and reporting.

• Presents and communicates to Leadership the brand forecasts, performance, and potential risks/opportunities of financial submissions, including quarterly investment briefings.

• Lead continuous improvement in Finance processes and capabilities and lead financial risk management and financial governance in area of accountability

• Leads business case analysis for investment opportunities including rebates, life cycle opportunities, resource changes, and business development.

• Work proactively with the business to understand future financial information needs and produce efficient solutions to meet these needs.

• Ensure compliance with SOX 404 and sound financial principles.

Essential for the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting

• Ten years diversified financial experience,

• Experience in a brand leadership role and/or dealing with senior management

Skills and Competencies

• Knowledge of US operating model

• Excellent technology skills and experience including Hyperion Planning, SAP, Excel and PowerPoint

• Strong analytical ability and proven strategic influencing skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including oral and written

• Performs in an environment that emphasizes teamwork

• Ability to successfully work as a change agent in a dynamic work environment

• High degree of accuracy with attention to detail

• Can effectively manage multiple and frequently changing priorities

• Able to work with strict deadlines with a high level of ownership and strong sense of urgency

Desirable for the role:

• MBA in Finance and/or public accounting background

• Pharmaceutical industry experience

• Possess a solid understanding of the Market Access landscape and the internal/external data sources

• Brand knowledge and experience

Office Working Requirements
 

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual fl