Amgen - Senior Associate - Transactional Finance

Job Description:

Amgen's Research and Development (R&D) Business Operations organization addresses complex business challenges with outstanding people, tools, and processes. The team delivers on key initiatives and capabilities to support R&D and key Amgen partner organizations. The senior associate in Transactional Finance is responsible for supporting end to end financial transactions and ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of supplier contracting processes within the Global Business Transactions Center (GBTC). We are looking for talent who have capabilities in resource and expense management, which include but are not limited to, accounting of resources and expenses, data analytical skills to provide insights and enable decision making as well as a strong financial and system acumen. This role requires a solid understanding of Ariba, Anaplan and SAP software and its functionalities, as well as a solid background in general contracting and/or supplier management processes. The senior associate will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sourcing, accounts payable, and finance, to ensure smooth and seamless financial operations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Execute financial transactions including purchase order processing, invoice verification, payment processing, and expense management activities using Anaplan, Ariba, and SAP.

- Partner with business functions to plan and manage resources, budgets, and expenses.

- Maintain budget trackers, line-item records, and monthly actuals reporting.

- Reconcile financial transactions against planned activities and identify discrepancies for leadership review.

- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.

- Manage master data, vendor information, cost centers, WBS elements, scopes, quotes, and supporting documentation within Ariba and SAP.

- Partner with Responsible Amgen Employees (RAEs) and suppliers to maintain accurate financial and procurement records.

- Review supplier documentation for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to required formats.

- Coordinate supplier onboarding, SIF updates, Ariba enablement, and vendor account maintenance activities.

- Monitor and maintain the status of purchase orders, invoices, ePayments, approvals, tickets, and supplier actions.

- Follow up on routine transactional issues through resolution and provide timely status updates to stakeholders.

- Collect, analyze, and interpret financial data using Smartsheet, OPTS, Tableau, Ariba, and SAP reports.

- Prepare recurring and ad hoc financial reports, dashboards, and analytics to support business decision-making.

- Identify trends, insights, cost-saving opportunities, and process improvement recommendations.

- Support invoice submissions, payment follow-ups, PO maintenance, PO closeouts, accrual documentation, amortization tracking, transfers, and quarterly LE reporting activities.

- Produce reports on budget status, PO and invoice aging, payment status, commitments, and documentation completeness.

- Collaborate with sourcing, accounts payable, finance, and other cross-functional teams to streamline financial processes and resolve transactional issues.

- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.

- Support audit activities by maintaining accurate, complete, and audit-ready documentation.

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance process efficiency, accuracy, and operational effectiveness.

- Provide guidance and support to users on Ariba and SAP processes, functionalities, and best practices.

- Develop and maintain process documentation, user guides, and training materials as required.

- Review proposed arrangements through Amgen's healthcare compliance system of record (C3).

- Provide C3 system support and address healthcare compliance-related questions from Amgen staff.

- Perform activities in accordance with Amgen's Healthcare Compliance Policy and Standard Operating Procedures.

Required Qualifications:

- Master's or Bachelor's degree and 5 - 9 years of related resource management, paralegal, contracting and/or financial accounting experience.

Preferred Requirements:

- Familiarity with research and clinical development in biopharmaceutical industry as well as medical and scientific terminology.

- Finance, resource, and budget management experience including cost analysis and reporting.

- Experience with analytics software (Microsoft Access, Spotfire, Tableau, Smartsheet), document management applications, portfolio planning tools, supply chain and financial systems (Planisware, Veeva, SAP, Ariba).

- Intermediate Microsoft Office user (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

- Experience working with virtual teams and using collaborative tools and platforms.

- Exceptional interpersonal, organizational, critical thinking and verbal/written communication skills.

- Ability to work in a highly cross matrixed environment.

- Strong planning and project management skills with the demonstrated ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with multiple high priority projects and minimal supervision.

Location:

Hyderabad, Telangana

Job Type:

Full time

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