UK Operations Finance Business Partner

Location: Macclesfield, UK

Competitive salary and benefits apply

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, operations finance business partnering? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact global supply chain strategy in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

With our portfolio of medicines AstraZeneca business is growing as we continue to meet patients medical needs around the globe and as a result we are looking to expand our finance business partnering team. UK Operations produces one of our leading Oncology brands Zoladex as well as packing a number of our tablet brands.

SITE DESCRIPTION

Welcome to Macclesfield, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day.

This role is based in Macclesfield as a home location but you will be working with colleagues around the globe as we support and challenge the operations teams continue to drive and improve our performance.

BUSINESS AREA

UK Operations comprises commercial manufacturing activities at Macclesfield in the UK and is a key part of Operations SET area. Macclesfield site currently formulates and packs a wide range of products and supplies these to other AstraZeneca sites and Marketing companies around the world.

This business partner role provides financial leadership to Zoladex PET and functional management teams at site and is an integral member of those teams. The role holder will provide insightful financial and commercial input to business decisions, challenge key forecasting assumptions and deliver expert financial analysis of key risks and sensitivities.

What you’ll do

As the Finance Business Partner, you will provide wide and varied financial support to:

• Fully integrated member of PET leadership teams, supporting Zoladex Business Unit / PET leader to drive strategic and tactical direction, contributing across the range of financial and non financial issues

• Constructively challenge the business to deliver productivity and financial improvements

• Increase financial / commercial awareness of leadership teams and broader factory as a whole

• Develop budgets and FMC, ensuring that key issues and sensitivities are clearly communicated to key stakeholders

• Develop models and insights to test and support business strategy and apply them to generate robust decisions

• Provide regular financial performance data to support operational decision making

• Working with GFS to identify and deliver key improvement areas creating value adding opportunities and efficiencies across finance

• Operate key monthly controls and ensure corporate governance standards are met

Essential for the role

• You will be a qualified finance professional or equivalent with relevant post qualified experience

• You will have proven financial and management accounting experience within Manufacturing/Supply Chain accounting

• Strong interpersonal skills will be required as you will be expected to confidently interact and influence leaders across a number of functions and also independently work with colleagues across a number of global locations.

Desirable for the role

• Operating in a change environment where there is opportunity to shape the future

• Working collaboratively with business partners to drive business performance improvement

• Having a clear line of site between improvement actions implemented and unit business results

• Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry would be advantageous

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we’re opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it’s yours.

• If you’re curious to know more then please reach out to Iain Godden We welcome with your application, no later than 15th February 2023.

Where can I find out more?

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.