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But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.
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Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.
Global Financial Services (GFS) was formed in Q3 2018 through the merger of Global Finance Operations, Integrated Finance Solutions and Cash Generation.
GFS is at the heart of the Finance function - accountable to the AstraZeneca (AZ) Group for the design and delivery of high quality, simple to operate transactional finance processes that enable our customers to focus on AZ's strategic priorities.
Our processes cover record to report, purchase to pay, order to cash, controllership, financial planning and analysis and finance operations, and we drive AZ's cash focus through disciplined management of supplier and customer payment terms and practices.
GFS operates globally through a combination of in-house captive and offshored business process outsourcing (BPO).
The BPO element has been provided in partnership with our service provider partner Genpact since 2008.
AZ Finance is part way through an ambitious, broad ranging, multi-year transformation programme, called Finance Transformation (FT).
FT plans for transactional process and technology improvements will underpin a next wave of GFO transformation and a step change in service effectiveness and efficiency.
**Role Profile**
**The Operations & Enabling Team** will establish best practice across the Operations site network, Central Operations, and all Enabling Units (IT, Global Finance, HR, Legal, and Compliance) as well as the Global Product and Portfolio Strategy (GPPS) Group.
Your primary focus will be on serving the finance business partners as well as providing support to GFS colleagues.
**Role Responsibilities**
**Y**ou will be working in a large team to provide support to the factories Cost Analysis.
- Review costs of goods sold, non-dairy make, delivery expenses vs. budget and forecast.
- Perform month end closing duties pertaining to cost of goods sold and manufacturing make costs, including inventory account reconciliations and other journal entries as needed.
- Participates in cross-functional teams and provides financial analysis to evaluate investments and process changes.
- Evaluates the incremental net income because of marketing and trade expenditures.
- Partners with Supply Chain to evaluate current logistics costs and evaluate proposals to minimize costs and to better serve customers.
- Reviews economics of SKU mix for various product lines and recommend changes.
- Evaluates net income because of new product developments working in conjunction with category management and research and development (NPI).
- Provides economic payback analysis for proposed product changes, including packaging changes product line extensions product category extensions, and new products.
- Cross train with other Analysts to provide back up.
- Understands BOM structure; able to review BOMS for integrity.
- Review and updates manufacturing standards.
- Collaborate with external auditors to provide necessary inventory information during year end audits.
- Experience with manufacturing operations, physical inventory and cycle counting.
- Perform financial statement analysis and financial planning & analysis.
- Understand Financial Planning cycle.
- Issue project cost reports for review and approval.
- Support Customer lead and Business partner in ensuring that intercompany cost allocations are in line with management agreements and transfer pricing policy.
- Develop, document and implement process improvements within the accounting/finance department, including initiatives to streamline close processes and reduce close time.
- Responsible of the different forecasting cycles of the company in Manufacturing/Operations.
- Coordinate with both external and internal auditors to complete financial audits of and SOX testing of responsible accounts.
- Routinely takes the lead in conducting the month-end closing process (within SAP) for the monthly closing, prepares financial reports and accompanying comments for significant variances.
Oversee, Cost Analysts activities related to month-end closing to ensure accuracy and timeliness of reporting.
**Essential**
- Experience of finance and accounting is required.
Self-motivation and a commitment to team
work is key.
- A recognized finance or accounting qualification.
- 4+ years accounting/cost/FP&A experience where applicable.
- Use of general office and financial systems for budgeting, forecasting and reporting.
- Cross boundary experience including building relationships remotely and cros