Finance and Operations Manager Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Finance and Operations Manager to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Disseminating cost information to the different Amgen Operational and FP&A staff to ensure that this cost is captured in their budgets;
- Prepare monthly variance analysis and reconciliations including preparing quarterly accruals;
- Includes some travel;
- Coordinating the financial forecasting with the ISP and disseminating the forecasts to the Amgen FP&A staff;
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed;
- Work closely with senior management for budgeting and forecasting as well as annual planning. Identify and execute on opportunities for improvement;
- Synthesize financial impacts on the business and provide business analytics to drive initiatives critical to ongoing growth;
- Accountable for accurate and on-time reporting including forecasting;
- Develop a deep understanding of the existing business using data to build insights about customers, products and competitors;
- Lead analysis on product performance and adoption to drive insights;
- Manage efficient distribution of financial reports and other intelligence essential to the company strategic plan;
- Analyze financial and business performance against key business metrics;
- Oversee company product cost model and analyze manufacturing costs and drivers including inventory;
- Support sales and operations teams on medium and long-term planning including revenue potential, product focus, resourcing and pricing;
- Strategically evaluate market opportunities and work with leadership and cross-functional teams to drive growth in the business.
Requirements:
- Concentrate and focus for extended periods of time;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Maintain organizational confidentiality;
- Demonstrated management skills coupled with a “hands on” approach;
- Organized and self-directed;
- Analytical and problem solving abilities;
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks in a changing work environment;
- Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or equivalent field, with a minimum of 5 years FP&A or Accounting experience;
- Strong proficiency with Excel, as well as proficiency with other Microsoft Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.);
- SAP,BPC & HFM experience preferred;
- Prior experience at a mid to large sized company/division, in manufacturing and/or consumer products;
- Excellent analytical skills;
- Previous experience in annual budgeting and forecasting;
- Bachelors degree, MBA preferred;
- Must be results driven, solution oriented, focused and motivated with excellent decision making capabilities.