Associate Business Finance Partner - API

Role Summary

Associate Business Finance Partner - API. Act as Finance Partner to relevant stakeholders within the site's Finance team, using data and business knowledge to create insights that support decision-making and financial control. Establish and sustain planning, controlling, and forecasting processes for designated areas at the site, ensuring solid financial deliverables and guiding investment project economies.

Responsibilities

• Use process area knowledge and business insights to seek improvement opportunities and solve business challenges
• Proactively support central or local business cases and decision-making in areas of responsibility
• Increase financial understanding across the organization by offering training and participating in cross-area processes and site visits
• Deliver timely and solid submissions and ad-hoc requests within area of expertise
• Ensure site financial deliverables align with HQ Finance requirements
• Maintain financial targets through continuous analysis, follow-up, and corrective actions with production directors and CVP
• Represent the site in financial matters as needed in central forums and work groups
• Manage areas such as adherence to accounting guidelines, project portfolios and assets, investment budgets and reviews, BI tools, budgeting of manpower and capacity, and planning, forecasting, and financial controlling activities
• Follow safety and environmental requirements in performance of duties
• Other accountabilities as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, or related field required with minimum two (2) years of financial analytical and financial accounting experience
• Alternate option: Associate Degree with minimum four (4) years of financial analytical and financial accounting experience
• MBA in finance, accounting, economics or related field preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, maintenance, or process with preference for pharmaceutical or other regulated industries
• Experience with project management and project financials preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of SAP preferred
• Advanced knowledge of corporate finance systems, preferably in pharmaceutical industries preferred
• Ability to develop and manage action plans to achieve targets

Skills

• Financial analysis and accounting
• Forecasting and budgeting
• Business partnering and stakeholder management
• Process improvement and training
• Project financials and portfolio management
• Experience with SAP and corporate finance systems

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, or related field (required)
• MBA in finance, accounting, economics (preferred)

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time