(Senior) Manager R&D Controlling Biosimilars

Functional Goal:

The (Senior) Manager Controlling R&D Biosimilars will be responsible for operationally running the monthly and quarterly financial closing for the dedicated reporting unit(s), including monthly/quarterly closing and annual forecasting incl. system uploads, business partnering activities for the assigned set of global cost centers & cost categories, as well as financial valuations for new project approvals & portfolio reviews for the in-house project pipeline.

The job scope extends to leading global cost tracking & standardization including split and delineation between cost types and proactively aligning with respective budget owners and stakeholders.

You will interact with various departments in the BU Biopharma and Corporate Finance & Controlling Teams.

Main Tasks:

Global Controlling & Finance Operations:

• Lead monthly / quarterly operational closing and reporting for the dedicated reporting unit(s) including FX analysis, set-up of management accruals and submissions into corporate systems including variance commentary;

• Business partnering for the assigned set of global cost centers & cost categories, including annual forecasting/budgeting and actuals costs monitoring;

• Global consolidation and mapping of key external vendor costs and alignment with the various stakeholders including consistency checking and safeguarding of proper split and delineation between cost types;

• Support the preparations of regular and ad hoc financial reports to senior management with regards to the the dedicated reporting unit(s);

• FX variation analysis vs budget / forecast;

• Submission of actual and forecast data into the global reporting system;

• Calculation and regular check of the actuals and forecast pricing calculations as per the company’s transfer pricing guideline;

• Interfacing within the BU Finance team and Finance shared service center.

Financial valuations in-house project pipeline:

• Support the I&D Biosimilars project leadership team with financial valuations for new project approvals relating to the in-house project pipeline;

• Support the I&D Biosimilars team with regular portfolio review financial assessments and simulations relating to the in-house project pipeline;

• Interface with BU Finance team with regards to valuation methodologies & ongoing toolkit enhancement relating to the financial assessment of in-house R&D projects.

Other Tasks:

• Support the continuous improvement of processes & reporting toolkit, as well as regularly exchanging knowledge and best practices within the BU Biopharma finance team.

Qualification profile:

• Bachelor or master’s (preferred) degree in economics, business administration, finance or equivalent business degree;

• Experience working with SAP and BI;

• Fluent communications skills in English, both written and oral;

• Min. 6 years business finance experience in an international company;

• Excellent skills in MS Excel & PowerPoint, ideally combined with good knowledge of SAP and experience with the common reporting systems (SAP BW, Analysis for Office);

• Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills;

• Strong business and commercial acumen, international mindset and ability to drive forward topics;

• IT affinity and interest in new technologies;

• Ability to perform under pressure and meet deadlines;

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and/or projects simultaneously;

• Ability to build and maintain effective communication and engage stakeholders inside and outside of Finance, actively enforcing collaboration.