Job description
Provides financial support for a portfolio of high priority early and late-stage assets spanning the categories within WRDM and GPD, including 3rd party co-development medicines. High priority assets include those that are included in 25 by 2025 goals, those that involve complex co-development arrangements, medicines with multiple indications, medicines with large active $ budgets, those that include discussions with external partners or are in business development discussions, and others. Overall budget managed is ~$250-300M. Lead Op Plan and forecast discussions with cross functional teams and propose options to address gaps and optimize costs and capital allocation.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- May Provide strategic financial support for Research Unit and/or Clinical Development operating expenses. Routinely interacts with R&D Finance VP, R&D Category Finance Leads, GPD Chief Development Officers (ELT-1), WRDM Chief Scientific Officers (ELT-1), GPD and WRDM Medicine Team Leaders (ELT-2), and 3rd Party Finance organizations as well as supports the clinical and Pharm Sci teams in managing medicine life of program budgets and advises on financial impacts operational decisions (hereinafter referred to as Clients/Partners)
- Work closely with the medicine teams to provide business counsel, financial leadership and identify / deliver cost efficiencies to optimize costs of new programs / studies and ensure budget compliance
- Collaborate closely with the Clients/Partners to manage the financials of the overall category portfolio to drive investment decisions
- Synthesize information from various sources across the R&D organizations to prepare multi-year budgets and forecasts for medicines; proactively identifies creative solutions through focused financial and operational analyses to provide business guidance and drives investment decisions within Clients/Partners; provides sound financial and business guidance to ensure transparency in support of high priority medicine portfolio investment decision making at PSI and within the Research Units
- Demonstrate superior financial and analytical skills, an ability to work proactively, negotiate, influence, relate well to others, and think strategically, all which will further enable the candidate to advise, support and problem solve with senior leaders is required
- Serve as key business partner and valued member of the Client/Partner Leadership Teams. Prepare business results, financial projections and analyses; anticipated operational changes and proactively communicates financial impact; synthesizing information, identifies trends, opportunities and recommendations for action to the Client/Partner
- Provides critical financial support for co-development medicines for which he/she is the “Face of Pfizer” from a finance perspective by participating in Joint Finance Committees, collaborating both internally and externally with the 3rd party company to manage the collaboration financials to ensure adherence to the contract
- Lead budgeting and forecasting processes with Client/Partners to ensure quality, accuracy and timeliness of the month end close and reporting, forecasts, and annual operating plan
- Collaborate with Client/Partner to identify creative solutions to ensure management of budget within authorized target, enables effective decision making and drive efficiency savings. Provide financial analysis in support of Operating Plan. Lead ad hoc analyses related to medicine and/or portfolio investments
- Ensure compliance with all fiduciary responsibilities and finance policies and enable effective decision making
REQUIRED BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 7 years' of finance experience or other applicable experience
- Bachelor’s degree
- Experience should include budgeting, forecasting, planning and analysis for a global organization
- Knowledge of accounting and prior experience in monthly financial close activities
- Knowledge of SAP and fluency in Microsoft Office tools
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MBA and/or CPA/ACA
- 6 years' work experience with advanced degree
- Experience providing financial support for clinical studies and operating budgets
Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.
Other job details:
Last day to apply: March 24, 2023
Work Location Assignment: Hybrid, must be able to work from Pfizer assigned office 2-3 days per week, or as needed by the business
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $113,900.00 to $189,700.00. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus with a target of 17.5% of the base salary and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program. Benefits offered include a retirement savings plan, paid vacation, holiday and personal days, paid caregiver/parental and medical leave, and health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Salary range does not apply to the Tampa, FL location.
Relocation assistance may be available based on business needs and/or eligibility.
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