Sr Associate Finance

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Job Description

The Operations Finance Senior Associate will play a key role in supporting Amgen’s Operations Finance team through financial planning, analysis, reporting, and business partnering. This role requires strong knowledge of corporate finance, accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and operational performance management.

The individual will partner with Operations, Finance, and cross-functional business teams to provide financial insights, support decision-making, manage forecasts and budgets, and help ensure financial discipline across operational activities. This role will also contribute to process improvements, standard reporting, and the development of clear financial analyses that support business priorities.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities for Operations Finance.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports, including variance analysis, trend analysis, and commentary on business performance.
• Partner with Operations stakeholders to understand key business drivers, cost trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support expense management, cost center analysis, headcount tracking, capital planning, and other operational finance activities.
• Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key variances and providing actionable insights.
• Assist in the preparation of management presentations, financial summaries, and business review materials.
• Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including accruals, journal entry review, account reconciliations, and financial validation.
• Help maintain financial discipline by ensuring compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and corporate finance requirements.
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, and other business partners to support operational decision-making.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting consistency, and forecast accuracy.
• Support ad hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, and business case development for operational initiatives.
• Use financial systems and reporting tools, such as SAP, S4 Hana, Hyperion, Anaplan, Excel, Smartsheet, ChatGPT, Codex and other standard finance platforms, to gather data and support analysis.
• Communicate financial results, risks, and opportunities clearly to finance leaders and business partners.