Role Summary
Senior Manager, Price Forecasting is responsible for Established Products and Women’s Health gross-to-net sales planning and reporting, including total specialty price consolidation. The role leads planning, forecasting, and reporting for rebates/discounts, LBE/LRP processes, and price-related variance analysis, and serves as the primary pricing contact for the brand team and Investor Relations.
Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects for planning and reporting for franchise’s rebates/discounts for Plan, LBE and LRP.
- Update all monthly and Plan/LBE schedules.
- Assist with routine LBE submissions.
- Take the lead in forecasting all product rebate/discount rate and utilization for all payer channels.
- Understand and discuss all price related variances on a monthly and plan cycle basis.
- Attend routine planning meetings and Plan/LBE/LRP meetings with the brand team. Primary contact for brand team for any pricing related questions.
- Work with forecasting and commercial finance to present a consolidated net sales message.
- Additional ad-hoc project work and analysis.
- Coordinate timing of consolidated reporting and key deliverables for the US Commercial Pricing team.
- Prepare Quarterly Landing file for Demand Planning net sales estimate
- Key Contact for Investor Relations information and analyses
- Role also intended to be the main contact/direct manager of any US pricing: Short-Term Assignee, Intern, or FDP.
- Role will also include presentations to Leadership and inclusion in US Therapeutic-wide activities.
Qualifications
Skills
- The ability to interact with and support senior level management and to partner effectively and independently in a matrix organization.
- Strong organizational, analytical, problem solving, planning and decision making skills.
- Extensive interpersonal skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills including a high energy level.
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint technical and content strategy skills.
- The ability to manage and coordinate multiple activities and shifting priorities under tight timeframes.
- A highly motivated self-starter who can translate broad directions into high quality analytical output.
- Open to new ideas, creative and utilizes value-added principles in approach.
Education
- BS in Finance or Accounting. MBA/CPA preferred.
Additional Requirements
- 7+ years of progressive Accounting/Finance.
- Prefer experience in pricing, forecasting, or FP&A
- Key Stakeholders: Corporate Controller’s organization (Consolidations, External Reporting); serves as key point of contact with internal and external stakeholders.