Finance Manager

Desired Skills: Qualified Accountant,Financial Guidance,Business Partnering,SAP,SOX,GAAP,Budgets

What you will do.
In this key role you will you will serve as a key finance partner on all aspects of pre-commercial clinical and development program spend (P&L Net Expense) to the External Supply team, providing financial guidance, spend management and reporting insight, to support the business across a complex and growing external manufacturing and supplier network. External Supply supports a significant base business, a late-stage pipeline, new capabilities, and growth across Rare Disease and device-enabled formats, while managing a broad network of CDMOs and suppliers. 

This individual will be responsible for planning, reporting, and analysing financial results across pre-commercial spend (Net Expense), payroll and related costs, and sweep allocation activities within External Supply Operations. The role will also provide spend-management support for clinical and development programs.  This individual will report to Finance Director External Supply, Operations Finance.

Key responsibilities:

• Program Spend Management – ensure effective spend management of multiple large programs for clinical / clinical trial manufacturing, and development within External Supply, working closely with the program teams.
• Business Partnering – pro-active engagement with program leads to understand key shifts in business drivers, costs or timings, leverage these engagements to improve Quarter Close reporting and Forecast / Budget / LRS processes and commentary.
• Forecasts / Budgets / LRS – Clinical and Development spend, movement analysis by program, management reporting and key business driver commentary. Payroll and related costs and associated sweep allocations to Net Expense and COGM.
• Quarter Close / Month Close – ensure accurate, timely reporting and analysis of P&L Net Expense by program, including key variance driver commentary. Ownership of key External Supply month close processes including prepayments, accruals and sweep allocations.
• Systems and Processes – support the External Supply transition to Anaplan and S4 Hana in 2027. Identify opportunities to improve existing financial processes and lead the improvement initiative where appropriate.
• Compliance – Ensure accounting entries are completed in accordance with GAAP and SOX requirements. Manage transitions of programs from pre-commercial to commercial (90:90 approvals). Engage with the Accounting Team as appropriate to ensure policy alignment.
• Headcount – ensure accurate tracking of headcount and payroll & related costs within ACDM External Supply (staff + CW).
• Sweep Certification – ownership of 6 monthly Sweep Certification process to ensure accurate spend allocations to products and programs.

What we expect of you:

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Manager Finance External Supply (Net Expense) professional we seek should possess qualifications and experience.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree / Professional Accounting qualification with at least 6 to 8 years of experience in finance, FP&A or operations finance.

Proven experience and skills needed:

• Post-qualification experience in a multi-national environment, prior Biotech / Pharmaceutical experience is preferred.
• Strong experience managing spend and budgets across large, dynamic program environments.
• Demonstrated strong technical knowledge of accountancy and accounting systems/processes.
• Proficiency with Smartsheet, SAP GL, Ariba, Hyperion and Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build effective interpersonal relationships and collaborate cross-functionally.
• Proactive professional with a growth mindset, strong problem-solving capabilities and a detail-oriented approach.

Please click the link below to apply or alternatively send an up-to-date CV to howie.leahy@peglobal.net

***Please note our client cannot assist with any visa sponsorship and candidates must have the correct visa to live and work in Ireland***