External Supply Manufacturing Financial Controller & Business Partner
External Supply Manufacturing Financial Controller & Business Partner
Location: Macclesfield, Warsaw, Sodertalje, Gaithersburg
Competitive salary and benefits apply
Join us in a unique finance position within the External Supply Manufacturing organisation, a core business area for AstraZeneca Global Operations. This role combines financial controllership with the opportunity to develop your finance business partnering skills. A truly broad finance role!
Accountabilities:
As the ESM Financial Controller, you will ensure a robust and effective financial control environment across the ESM Organisation, encompassing both SOx and non-SOx units. You will collaborate with multiple partners across these business units, identify and drive improvement opportunities across the financial controls framework, and act as a Subject Matter Specialist for responding to ad-hoc business queries in accounting policies and compliance.
In addition to leading the financial controllership for ESM, as a Finance Business Partner within the ESM Finance team, you will lead the financial controllership for ESM and provide business partnering support for a number of areas including Market Access, Export Sales & ESM Distribution, Alliance Brands, and Alexion. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, manage relationships with key stakeholders, and conduct financial modelling and ad hoc financial analysis.
Essential Skills/Experience:
Qualified accountant with proven experience in financial controlling, analysis & modelling.
Experience of working in SOX and/or other sophisticated business control environments.
Self-motivated – ability to improve controls & processes across different sites/ business areas.
Excellent Communication / Interpersonal Skills – ability to articulate the controls in place, their effectiveness, how these can be improved & link them to the general needs & risks of the business.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Supply chain or manufacturing finance background
Experience of working in a global pharmaceutical business
Audit background & experience
SAP experience
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