Digital Finance Associate
About Astellas:
At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their caregivers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.
The Opportunity:
As a member of the Budget/Forecast/Reporting chapter of the CDTO office our goal is to optimize resource and budget allocations through timely, accurate reporting.
Your primary responsibilities will include support and delivery of Budget/Forecast/Reporting for assigned sub-functions within DigitalX. You may serve as our primary contact within the region, your responsibilities will include communication and coordinating of regional activities relating to DigitalX financial management with other functional units. You will provide coordination and support of DigitalX activities in the following areas: finance processes (regional and global), DigitalX budget/forecast, financial management and financial reporting.
Hybrid Working:
At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.
Key Activities for this role:
- Budget/Forecast/Reporting: Responsible for the coordination of budget, forecasts, and reporting for assigned groups. Coordination with and support for DigitalX members and project teams with budget/forecast planning processes. Provide necessary monthly reporting and analysis, to group Heads and leadership teams as needed. Review initiative proposals for project teams to ensure correct spend categorization adhering to global and regional accounting principles. Support month end, quarter end and year-end financial close processes, ensuring that DigitalX costs are categorized and recorded according to global and regional accounting principles.
- Procure to Pay: Support DigitalX members with inquiries, vendor contracts, requisitions, system approvals and payments aligned to approved budgets and in accordance with the defined processes and managerial accounting guidelines.
- Master Data: Prepare and submit Master Data requests utilizing both global and regional systems as required. Update cost objects, as necessary.
- Fixed Assets Support: Support and coordinate with regional teams regarding reporting work under construction, capitalization, and registration of all DigitalX tangible and intangible fixed assets.
Essential Knowledge & Experience:
- Relevant years of related responsibility required, with demonstrated progress in managing a service and operational management, reporting and continual improvement; preferred in an IT planning, governance, or control functions.
- Pharma sector experience with strong customer focus; in multi-disciplinary, matrix and cross-cultural settings.
- Knowledge and strong understanding of and ability to comply with industry laws and relevant regulations.
- Excellent organization skills and capable of operating in a matrix organization.
- Well-developed communication skills and the ability to maintain positive and cooperative working relationships with IT teams.
- Demonstrable examples of ability to promote best practice and knowledge sharing.
- Collaboration skills to interact with all levels of personnel to achieve shared goals and fluent in written and verbal business English.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SAP S4 – reporting.
- BPC – Business Planning & Consolidation.
- Project Management.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, computer science or business required or equivalent.
Additional information:
- This is a permanent role.
- This position is based in Poland.
- Role requires a blend of home and minimum twice a week in our Poland office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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