Senior Associate Finance

Sr Associate Finance

Career Category

Finance

Job Description

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

As a Sr Associate in Finance at Amgen, you'll provide crucial support in financial management including financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis. You'll work closely with the finance manager and other team members to help make informed financial decisions.

Responsibilities include the following:

• Providing financial support to various company functions with monthly/quarterly expense forecasting and cost per unit (CPU)/cost of goods manufactured (COGM)
• Raw Materials, Purchase price variance, consumables and freight analysis.
• Annual budgeting and long-range planning.
• SAP Standard cost development and material master setup for make items and raw materials.
• Variance analyses and other ad-hoc support.
• Performs monthly or quarterly functional financial forecasting.

• Leads month-end accounting and reporting process.
• Provides recommendations and communicates implications based on analysis of deviation from budget.
• Develop performance measurements used to support management reporting and cost analysis.
• Facilitate business planning and decision-making and the modeling of various financial scenarios.
• Conduct business studies on current, future and comparative financial performance and develop analytical models.
• Support transformational initiatives through automation and financial processes and reporting improvements using tools like Tableau and Smartsheet
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and support site objectives as required.

Additional assignments include but not limited to special projects support for business clients and FP&A leadership and internal/external audit assistance.

Win

Here’s what it takes to Win

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The dynamic individual we seek is a collaborative team-player with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of experience in Accounting, Finance or related fields

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, accounting, and manufacturing industry
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail with the ability to analyze data and present results in a clear and concise manner.
• Standard costing and capital planning experience.
• Experience with SAP or other large ERP and consolidation tools and Hyperion planning system
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills

• Proficiency with MS Office systems, particularly Excel and Power Point and visualization tools
• Ability to multi-task and lead priorities in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines
• Strong teammate with the ability to collaborate with colleagues on complex assignments

Prior work experience in biotechnology and/or pharmaceutical industry experience

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Experience Level

Mid Level