Finance Manager

Job Description

Finance Manager | Amgen

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Amgen, with the possibility of telecommuting. Amgen pioneers biotechnology, fighting tough diseases across Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease to serve millions of patients globally. This role is crucial for providing key financial support and in-depth analysis that directly informs and improves business performance across various organizations. By developing sophisticated financial models and strategic assessments, the Finance Manager ensures Amgen makes informed decisions regarding investments, operational optimizations, and overall financial health, ultimately contributing to its mission of developing innovative medicines and serving patients.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-Time
• Location: Remote (USA)
• Pay: $103195–$132834 yearly
• Mission: This role supports business organizations by providing key financial analysis and insights to drive and improve business performance and strategic decision-making.
• Tech Stack: Excel tools including VBA macros, pivot tables, and data visualization

What You’ll Actually Do
• Business Support: Provide key financial support and in-depth analysis to business organizations to help drive and improve their overall performance and strategic initiatives.
• Financial Modeling: Develop sophisticated financial valuation models and perform comprehensive business analytics to inform strategic decisions and business cases, including investment opportunities, potential mergers and acquisitions, capital structure, and pricing strategies.
• Planning & Forecasting: Prepare detailed long-range plans, annual budgets, and strategic assessments, conduct investment analysis forecasts, and meticulously review actual operational results against projections.
• Operational Optimization: Proactively research and identify opportunities for operational efficiencies and cost savings within specific functional areas, subsequently presenting these findings to managers and actively assisting in their implementation.
• Policy Guidance: Educate staff across various functional areas regarding Amgen’s financial policies and procedures, offering assistance and interpretation to ensure proper application and compliance.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Business Administration, Mathematics, Accounting, or a related field.
• Experience: 2 years of experience in a finance-related occupation.
• Skills: Proficiency in presenting complex financial analysis and actionable recommendations to senior management and stakeholders; expertise in valuation methodologies including discounted cash flow modeling, valuation multiples, and assessing incremental profit and loss impact; advanced financial modeling to support executive decision-making, particularly for mergers and acquisitions and asset partnering, leveraging Excel tools such as VBA macros, pivot tables, and data visualization; comprehensive experience in managing the external reporting process, including consolidating, reviewing, and coordinating quarterly and annual financial statements for accuracy, GAAP/IFRS compliance, and timely filings; and strong capabilities in financial planning and analytics, encompassing forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, time series modeling, peer benchmarking, and trend analysis, alongside managing banking relationships, daily liquidity, and supporting capital allocation decisions.