Budget Execution Manager, US

Role Summary

Budget Execution Manager - US

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate annual budget planning collection and related analysis
• Ongoing maintenance of budget plans and reconciliation with actual spend
• Lead contributor for quarterly forecast updates and close activities
• Coordinate regular functional leadership updates
• Provide ad hoc analytical support for spending trends, resource utilization, and variance analysis
• Support efficiency initiatives and business case generation
• Provide expert budget execution support throughout the procure-to-pay process

Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree and 2 years of biotech/pharma-related business operations/financial analytics experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 4 years of biotech/pharma-related business operations/financial analytics experience OR Associate’s degree and 8 years of biotech/pharma-related business operations/financial analytics experience OR High school diploma / GED and 10 years of biotech/pharma-related business operations/financial analytics experience
• Preferred Qualifications: Advanced degree in either business, finance, or life sciences
• Experience with financial reporting and forecasting
• General familiarity with the drug development process and various business units within an R&D function
• Demonstrated proficiency with data visualization tools (Tableau) and collaboration tools (Smartsheet, MS Teams)
• Proficient with MS Office suite and advanced capabilities in Excel
• Experience with enterprise tools SAP, Ariba, Anaplan
• Ability to thrive working with detailed information and drawing key insights from trends
• Ability to thrive in a complex and matrixed environment, to collaborate and coordinate with individuals at various levels, to influence others effectively, and to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously
• Excellent communicator able to develop and deliver communications that facilitate organizational change in an efficient, effective, and expedient manner
• Natural builder of relationships with collaborators and partners alike
• Quick learner who is proactive and takes initiative

Skills

• Budget planning and forecasting
• Spend analysis and variance analysis
• Procure-to-pay processes
• Financial analytics
• Business case generation
• Data visualization (Tableau); collaboration tools (Smartsheet, MS Teams)
• MS Office, Excel; SAP, Ariba, Anaplan

Education

• Doctorate or Master’s or Bachelor’s in related field (or equivalent experience as listed in Basic Qualifications)