Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, Animal Health Finance

Job Description

The Executive Director, Technology Solutions & Site Process will be leading Animal Health (AH) Manufacturing as it integrates the Technology Solutions onto Animal Health Manufacturing processes. The incumbent will be responsible for coordinating planning & reporting deliverables across all operating areas of technology manufacturing, as well as the preparation of clear & concise summaries of overall results for the Senior Vice President Manufacturing, Animal Health Leadership Team (AHLT) and Executive Committee.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) lead for the Technology Solutions line of business providing analytics, accurate actuals/forecast reporting with system integrity enabling informed decisions. 

• Primary business partner to Associate Vice President, Technology Solutions Manufacturing and Manufacturing Operational Excellence team

• Oversee & assist in preparation of financial analysis for 23 sites including:

  • COGs estimates

  • Site estimates

  • Productivity enhancements

  • Standard cost creation

• Sponsor productivity initiatives across the Line of Business (LOB) including leveraging cost diagnostic information.

• Support LOB driving sustainable productivity each year.

• Partner with MPS representatives ensuring projects in tracking tool & tie to financial forecast/Actuals.

• Perform FP&A responsibilities ensuring on time and accurate financials.

• Participate in LOB hoshin initiatives as key partner driving toward becoming number one AH company

• Support internal/ external audits ensuring compliance.

• Collaborate with business to develop optimized network strategy delivering competitive cost of goods across an optimal infrastructure.

• Serve as the point of contact for Technology Solutions for both system and data as relates implementations or projects ensuring consistency and accuracy across manufacturing and financials.

• Work closely with relevant cross functional stakeholders to validate data for accuracy, completeness, and integrity.

• Work directly with COSI, GPO and IT and AH COE teams on all system enhancements and future state systems design & implementation initiatives.

• AH Manufacturing Operations Excellence Lead harmonizing and streamlining end-to-end FP&A processes across the sites.

• Define financial KPIs along with visualization, cadence, and mechanism to track.

• Provide tools driving excellence and performance improvement/efficiencies across the organization.

• Partner with COSI defining and implementing fit for purpose intercompany profit solution for Technology Solutions.

• Liaison across finance partners (COSI/GPO/BSC/IT/HH) aligning financial reporting, developing clear roles & responsibilities, understand/resolving issues and implementing enhancements.

• Sponsor the development and implementation of global digital & data analytical tools enabling informed decisions while also improving business performance & financial accuracy.

• Drive MPS mindset along with Operations Excellence team continuing to deliver sustainable efficiency savings in biopharma while expanding to the technology sites.

• Lead the EPIC (Evaluate Production, Improve Cost Project Lead) dynamic Tool Implementation for AH Manufacturing. 

• Provides visibility into drivers of product cost and foundation for economic based analysis and simulation/modeling optimizations.

• Partner Animal Health IT to create the HH EPIC tool in Animal Health

Education Requirements:

• B.S. / B.A. degree

Required Experience and Skills:

• 10+ years’ experience of financial support in the pharmaceutical or equivalent setting

• Strong business acumen

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• Excellent attention to detail to ensure accurate and on-time deliverables

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Ability to clearly prepare and communicate financial materials to senior management

• Advanced Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and ThinkCell capabilities

• Knowledge of BPC

• Knowledge of Animal Health & Manufacturing

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Well-versed in manufacturing accounting concepts, such as deferrals, standard cost productivity, standard revision

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