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Associate Director Global Vaccines Commercial Finance

MSD
USA - Pennsylvania - North Wales (Upper Gwynedd), United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 23 Oct 2025
💰 $199,100/yr($126,500/yr$199,100/yr)

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Job Description

Job Description:

The Associate Director is a member of the Finance team providing Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and strategic advisement to our Company's Human Health Marketing organization.

The Associate Director supports forecasting, budgeting, S&OP, life cycle management, financial evaluation, and business development activity for their business area. The Associate Director is part of a team that partners closely with cross functional stakeholders, including commercial, research, manufacturing, legal, compliance and corporate teams to identify, evaluate and execute strategic opportunities.

The Associate Director will develop a deep understanding of their business area and their strategic contribution to the broader Company enterprise. A successful candidate will have an intrinsic curiosity about the healthcare industry, a dedication to serving customers, a passion for learning, and an eagerness to collaborate in solving complex business challenges. The position requires an enterprise mindset, effective communication, strategic thinking, and the ability to navigate across a broad network of stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Support FP&A activities, including financial functional support to external partnerships.

  • Partner with the Finance Director to provide strategic and financial insight on key business decisions and new initiatives; develop, evaluate, and present business cases to senior leaders.

  • Partner with commercial, manufacturing, and research teams to drive analytics that optimize capacity, pipeline and commercial investments.

  • Partner with commercial operations to manage long range strategic forecast processes, systems, consolidation and reporting to senior leadership.

This position is aligned to the Pneumococcal Vaccines commercial franchise.

 

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

  • Bachelors in in Business, Finance, Engineering or similar.

  • Partner with commercial, manufacturing, and research teams to drive analytics that optimize capacity, pipeline and commercial investments.

Required Experience and Skills:

  • Partner with commercial, manufacturing, and research teams to drive analytics that optimize capacity, pipeline and commercial investments.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

  • MBA, CPA or other Master’s/PhD in Business, Finance or Engineering.

  • Strong compliance focus, financial acumen, and analytical skills.

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

  • Passion and intellectual curiosity with respect to health‐care industry.

  • Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry.

  • Strong computer skills, especially working with Excel and PowerPoint.

Required Skills:

Achieving Objectives, Achieving Objectives, Applied Engineering, Business Communications, Business Decisions, Commercial Banking Relationship Management, Communication, Economic Research, Economic Studies, Finance, Financial Advising, Financial Analysis, Financial Evaluations, Financial Modeling, Forecast Management, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Healthcare Service, Leadership, Management Process, Manufacturing, Partnership Strategy, People Leadership, Planning Budgeting And Forecasting (PBF), Preparation of Financial Reports, Product Lifecycle {+ 3 more}

Preferred Skills:

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.  As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and in

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