Sr. Associate Finance

What will you do

Amgen is looking for a highly motivated Sr. Associate Finance to serve as a member of the Financial Planning and Analysis team (FP&A) that supports corporate functions.   

In this role, you will be responsible for handling budgeting, forecasting, and reporting critical corporate functions.  This role is expected to partner closely with headquarter leadership and business partners.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Support business planning and decision making through financial analysis
• Partner with business to develop detailed expense and headcount forecasts, including development of forecast templates, planning (e.g., Hyperion, Anaplan) and timely communication.
• Perform month-end, quarter-end, year-end closing activities including accruals and journal entries, perform variance analysis.
• Monthly actuals financial reporting including managing against specific functional budgets
• Perform, compile and analyze ad hoc requests
• Support transformational initiatives through automation and financial process improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and support company objectives as required.

Business Partnering

• Build strong relationships across functions within the company, work closely with various business partners and team members across multiple geographies. Support financial reporting and partner with functional leads as part of the overall planning process and provide key financial support and analysis on an ad-hoc basis.
• Supporting the monthly close process, completing management/project reports, variance analysis, and presenting results and recommendations to Senior Management. These activities require the ability to gather and analyze data, understand, and communicate cost variance drivers, and establish effective working relationships. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong thirst for knowledge and the ability to gather and analyze data in a proactive and efficient manner.

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or related fields

Functional Skills:

Must have skills:

• Relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, accounting, and business partnering
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze data and present results in a clear and concise manner.
• Standard operating expense and headcount forecasting experience
• Experience with SAP or other large ERP and consolidation tools, Hyperion and Anaplan planning system
• Proficiency with MS Office systems, particularly Excel and Power Point and visualization tools
• Detail oriented and able to handle fast paced environment while delivering timely results

Good to have skills:

• Data analytics or data visualization and dashboard experience (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Smartsheet, Alteryx, SQL)
• Understand Continuous improvement concepts

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders.
• Strong written, verbal communication and presentation skills (English)
• Energetic, detailed oriented, highly motivated with a “can do” outlook