Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Boehringer Ingelheim is a pharmaceutical company seeking a Finance Manager, IU Controlling to serve as a Finance Business Partner for assigned U.S. business functions and the Controlling/Finance organization. The role provides financial analysis and strategic guidance while managing budgeting, forecasting, reporting, accounting, project support, operations finance, and compliance activities.
Responsibilities
- Planning/Budgeting, Reporting and Forecasting
- Support US and global functional financial reporting requirements, in close collaboration with overall Finance ' business team
- As required provide scenario analysis in support of the development of alternatives, including risk identification and related mitigation proposals
- Management Accounting (incl. Closing), Cost Analysis and Product Costing
- Provide comprehensive, timely analysis, with business specific interpretation(written commentary) to assist in smart business decision process
- Complete P'L and Balance Sheet responsibility for assigned US function
- Responsible for all intercompany accounting and transaction management related to assigned US function
- Constructively challenge Business Partners, relative to market place and business trends, production volume ' capacity assumptions and business trends, for optimum decision making to achieve financial objectives/targets
- Provide, timely, transparent, right-first-time, management reporting and analysis related to financial performance, headcount, CAPEX, etc
- Participate in the verification ' approval of(standard price) calculations results (also with governmental bodies where applicable)
- Participate in alignment and coordination with GBS where applicable
- Partnership, Alliance ' Affiliates Controlling, International Projects
- Lead/participate in (international)projects as needed and ensure local implementation, integration and compliance
- Key Finance stakeholder for assigned US BI functional projects; establishing/measuring KPIs, leading/managing planning processes, and supporting global agreements
- Ensure cross-functional and global alignment and adherence to goals
- Operations / Manufacturing
- Support financial oversight and development of contract manufacturing agreements
- Support local negotiations with purchasing ' local vendors
- Participate in alignment of manufacturing schedule with forecast (optimize utilization)
- Support execution of key operations processes like inventory count / cycle counts, contract manufacturing agreements
- Audit / Compliance
- Support Internal ' External audits
- Help develop and support execution of CoSeA
- Support periodic compliance reviews (ensure quality ' risk management compliance for commercial/operations processes)
Skills
- Bachelors, Masters or CPA from an accredited institution required in Finance, Accounting, or Engineering
- Four to five (4-5) years of work experience with increasing responsibility in Finance, Accounting and Operations
- Ability to visualize, articulate, and solve complex issues and make decisions that are sensible and based on available information
- Ability to use a variety of techniques to influence Business Partners at all levels of global organization (including logic, storytelling, common vision, etc.)
- Ability to plan and manage multiple priorities under high pressure situations with tight deadlines
- Ability to manage Business Partner relations and expectations
- Ability to understand business risk and translate those risks to financial data and suggest mitigation strategies
- Ability to traverse the intersection of business, medicine, science, and technology
- This position requires strong cross functional collaboration skills, understanding of key business strategies, and interacting with the Business Partners so that financial/business advice, counsel and recommendations can be made for the purpose of meeting financial/business objectives
- Collaboration with functional management teams at the local and global levels required
- Strong project management skills required to lead or participate in special projects/assignments as requested by Finance or business leadership
- Requires knowledge and regular use of multiple systems and related complexities to ensure data consistency/integrity across all systems
- Minimum travel may be required
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction
- Previous experience in Pharma and as a Controller with P'L and Balance Sheet responsibility desired
Benefits
- The position may be eligible for a role specific discretionary bonus.
- The position may be eligible for relocation.
- Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success.
- We support our employees in a number of ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, mobility, networking and work-life balance.
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