Business Planning and Analysis Specialist

Career Category

Finance

Job Description

Responsibilities

As a member of the Finance & SME team:

• Develops market analyses in support of the product strategy.
• Based on commercial and financial teams’ input, develops an appropriate forecasting model and ensures proper sales recognition, prepares with the other team members the proposed Budget / LE for the BG affiliate, as well as the consolidated picture for the affiliate. Anaplan: Keeps a close connection with demand management teams and signals any demand deviations from the Budget.
• Evaluates, tracks and updates opportunities and risks included in the Budget presentation thought out the entire financial year
• Supports BG Distribution process necessary to ensure proper sales recognition, as well as monthly allocations for the Wholesalers
• Act as a single point of contact from Finance with the BG Wholesalers
• Supports the Pricing process for the Actual (Commercial policy), Budget, LRS & LE’s – ensuring proper coordination between Market Access team, Legal team and Supply chain manager, Quality manager.
• Prepares and manages entire SIP process from the SOP update, target setting and tracking of actuals v targets, including the SIP payment calculation for ROBG.
• Uses the quantitative competitive data from IMS, NHIH and PI data from regional team, etc.
• Acts a Subject Expert Matter for ROBG for all SFE processes in relation to Veeva and coordinates the quarterly KPIs Reviews for Field Force, Marketing & Medical activities
• Displays proactive involvement in best practices and shared approaches processes across audiences, affiliates and products (MS Teams, Tableau reporting) .
• Uses the local BU business planning models (forecasting –Diagnostics, Hyperion – Sales module, Anaplan – Stocks & OPEX modules)
• Supports the Medical, Onco-Hema & Gen Med BUs with forecasting and tracking the Direct Operation Expenses plans, as well as GAV, Exec, Finance, Regulatory with forecasting and tracking the Indirect Operational Expenses.
• Supports ROBG GAV & Commercial teams with Brand PLs in LINK (if required)
• Supports and drives through to implementation Business projects that require financial & accounting treatments
• Delivers regular, as well as ad-hoc reports, analysis and support to the Business teams
• Acts as the Finance BG representative to the Management team of BG
• Supports FM with any tasks or projects within the responsibility area of the role.
• Conforms to agreed planning and analyses processes
• Builds Amgen’s capability in market analysis and planning. Builds Amgen’s capability in market analysis and planning

Competencies:

• Knowledge and ability to work well within a matrix environment to help the Commercial teams to a successful product commercialization
• Sales analyst with ability to execute market analysis and business forecasts, an ability to capture important insights from the marketplace, and with a working knowledge of operations and finance
• Ability to champion ideas, focus on results and raise fair challenges in order to help decision making process lean and smooth for stakeholders
• Good interpersonal skills with ability to interact with, focus, and help drive consensus among individuals from a variety of cultures, and disciplines (medical, finance, licensing, sales, marketing)
• Ability to interpret commercial and economic product data and positioning and raise challenges to help develop sound analytical data to support  marketing strategies.
• Management skills-- planning, prioritization, meeting management and plan execution
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to efficiently and productively communicate both orally and in writing at all levels
• Creative problem solver
• Demonstrates behavior consistent with Amgen’s Values.
• Business professional with capacity to grow and learn, self aware, emotionally intelligent.
• Ability to spot and synthesize relevant competitive information.
• Accurate and organized.

Minimum Requirements

• Academic/HBO level
• One-two years of relevant experience.
• Fluent in English, both in oral and written communication.

Preferred Requirements

• Strong Excel knowledge.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.

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