Senior Associate R&D Transactional Finance

SENIOR ASSOCIATE R&D TRANSACTIONAL FINANCE

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WHAT YOU WILL DO

Amgen’s Research and Development (R&D) Business Operations organization addresses sophisticated business challenges with outstanding people, tools, and processes. The team delivers on key initiatives and capabilities to support R&D. The senior associate in Transactional Finance is responsible for supporting end-to-end financial transactions and ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of supplier contracting processes within the Global Business Transactions Center (GBTC). We are looking for talent who have capabilities in resource and expense management, which include but are not limited to, accounting of resources and expenses, data analytical skills to provide insights and enable decision making as well as a strong financial and system savvy. This role requires a solid understanding of Ariba and SAP software and its functionalities, as well as a solid background in general contracting and/or supplier management processes.

The Senior Associate will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sourcing, accounts payable, and finance, to ensure smooth and seamless financial operations. We are a team that delivers for our partners!

Required Competencies and Skills:

Knowledge:

• Excellent computer and MS Office skills

• Good writing skills; detail-oriented

• Communicates effectively within and outside the department

• Solid understanding of purchasing and supply chain procedures.

• Solid understanding of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and healthcare regulations.

• Solid understanding of standard contracting legal principles. 

Problem Solving:

• Ability to process transactions from end to end, engaging business partners where appropriate.

• Identify and call out business issues needing resolution.

• Review invoice/expenses and triage or raise any issues.

• Communicate and bring up contractual and/or payment challenges to the leadership team.

• Engage with functions to assist with planning and managing resources and expenses.

• Handling financials for assigned expense collections including tracking and reporting.

• Participating in and contributing to initiatives related to resource and expense management.

• Exercises good judgment.

• Interact with business partners to ensure compliance processes and standards are understood and followed.

• Maintain key relationships by communicating and collaborating with cross-functional partners such as Law, Regulatory and other Worldwide Compliance and Business Ethics groups, and the International Healthcare Compliance group.

• Time management and problem-solving skills.

• Handle payment inquiries that are received from HCPs (Healthcare Professional), RAEs (Responsible Amgen Employee), Service Providers etc. Outcome may include further reviews, research and/or triage.

• Other duties as assigned.

As a creative problem solver with a get it done approach, responsibilities include:

• Handling financials for assigned expense collections including tracking and reporting.

• Participating in and contributing to initiatives related to resource and expense management.

• Administrative tasks such as maintaining external and internal facing SharePoint sites and intake request tools.

• Perform data entry (i.e. for Study Planning), administrative coordination, compliance checks, and document management for business-related activities. 

• Provide support as required for Planisware and financial systems, such as Ariba/MyBuy.

• Provide support to resolve issues and ensure compliance with the departmental playbook.

• Generation of Purchase Orders and Change Orders within the internal system.

• Support for budget confirmation and PO tracking.

• Resolution of invoice issues and escalations as required.

• Assists with urgent/high profile requests and projects as needed, onboarding, and training of new hires.

• Initiation of CDAs, MTAs, and other requested agreements.

• Controlled substance requisition approvals.

• Attends meetings as required and supports the resolution of procure-to-pay technical issues.

• Supplier onboarding and vendor account updates

• Appropriate document management for business-related high-profile inquiries activities to enable requisition creation to invoice payment.

• Appropriate business administration coordination per playbook

• Data entry into study planning systems per playbook, including study number generation and support of ad hoc inquiries.

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WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU

Bachelor’s degree

OR Associate degree and 2 years of related resource management, paralegal, contracting and/or financial accounting experience.

OR 4 years of related resource management, paralegal, contracting and/or financial accounting experience.

OR High school diploma / GED and 6 years of related resource management, paralegal, contracting and/or financial accounting experience.

Preferred Requirements:

• Familiarity with research and clinical development in the biopharmaceutical industry as well as medical and scientific terminology.

• Finance, resource, and budget management experience including cost analysis and reporting.

• Experience with analytics software (Microsoft Access, Spotfire, Tableau, Smartsheet), document management applications, portfolio planning tools, and supply chain and financial systems (Planisware, Veeva, SAP, Ariba).

• Intermediate Microsoft Office user (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

• Experience working with virtual teams and using collaborative tools and platforms.

• Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, critical thinking, and verbal/written communication skills

• Ability to work in a highly cross-matrixed environment

• Strong planning and project management skills with the demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple high-priority projects and minimal supervision.

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT OF US

• Vast opportunities to learn, develop, and move up and across our global organization. 

• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where colleagues are empowered to bring ideas to the table, take risks, and act. 

• Generous Amgen Total Rewards Plan comprising healthcare, finance, wealth, and career benefits. 

• Flexible work arrangements.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT  

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.  

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