Sr Associate Finance

Company: Amgen Inc.
Location: Thousand Oaks
Posted on: May 31, 2021

Job Description:

This position will be on the Financial Insights & Technology (FIT) team within Amgen's Corporate Finance group and will report to the FIT Reporting & Analytics Team's finance manager.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: gaining familiarity with reporting/analysis done by finance groups and business partners, identifying where FIT can help relieve these groups of manual and ad-hoc approaches to reporting that FIT can replace/replicate/improve upon with its enterprise-grade data process and Tableau reporting capabilities (especially where there are broad use cases), project managing the development of Tableau dashboards and underlying dataset creation/augmentation, and working with finance/business partners to test, roll-out and train on the new reporting.

The client-facing element of the job is especially important, given this role's success rests on networking with potential internal clients to understand their needs, promoting the FIT team's offerings/services in a roadshow-like capacity to influence adoption and providing regular, engaging, extensive training opportunities to empower the users of FIT tools.

This position will continue to drive the FIT team's standardization agenda where possible: encouraging that planning and actuals entries to be done correctly, consistently and timely in agreed-upon systems of record, that financial calculations be done consistently across the organization as much as possible, and to generally push finance and business partner groups towards standardized, centralized and automated reporting where time-consuming, manual reporting approaches can be replaced.

Basic Qualifications:

Master's degree

OR

Bachelor's degree and 2 years of finance experience

OR

Associate's degree and 6 years of finance experience

OR

High school diploma / GED and 8 years of finance experience

Preferred Qualifications:

* Master's degree & 3 years of finance experience * Bachelor's degree & 4 years of finance experience * CPA or MBA * Amgen Finance experience * Experience with dataset design and analysis * Experience with Tableau dashboard development * Experience with Hyperion Planning and Smartview reporting * Experience training large groups remotely and in-person * Experience with the basic financial statements * Demonstrated success at facilitating processes for complex issues and partnering cross-functionally * Able to work in matrixed teams, across geographic and functional reporting lines * Able to own and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders * Compelling and persuasive communicator (verbal and written) with excellent interpersonal skills * Comfort with training large groups both in-person and remotely * Demonstrated track record of being a team player and providing versatility and flexibility to a team * Ability to manage reporting and data projects from upfront ideation/requirements-gathering, through development, implementation and training customers

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.

Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Join Us

If you're seeking a career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others, a career where you can work at the absolute forefront of biotechnology with the top minds in the field, you'll find it at Amgen.

Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other but compete intensely to win. Together, we live the Amgen values as we continue advancing science to serve patients.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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