Global Product Teams Finance Manager, R&D Finance

Global Product Teams Finance Manager, R&D Finance

Gaithersburg, MD

Finance

Hybrid Work- on average three days a week from office

Are you ready to use your financial expertise to spark innovation? Are you passionate about shaping business strategy and guiding key decisions? If so join AstraZeneca and help deliver life-changing breakthroughs in oncology!

At AstraZeneca, your work matters. We put patients first and thrive on collaboration, diversity, and ongoing learning. As part of our Global R&D Finance team, you'll work directly with senior leaders, influencing major R&D decisions and advancing our medicine pipeline.

What You'll Do

As the finance lead on Early Global Product Teams, you'll enable smart, data-driven decision-making. Major responsibilities will be to :

• Ensure that all investment decisions have an internally consistent, robust financial case supporting them and that they are in line with strategy.
• Provide input to all governance body papers (e.g. Early Stage Portfolio Committee), leading the preparation of the financial sections.
• Ensure senior Finance leaders are appropriately briefed ahead of key decision points.
• Deliver Post Deal Management Finance support for any external agreements. This includes understanding and managing AZ financial rights and obligations.
• Provide proactive financial analysis and scenario modelling to support teams in assessing the cost and value impact of critical project decisions, including but not exclusively clinical trial design.
• Work with the Therapeutic Area Finance Directors to monitor the value of R&D spend and assess the impact of any key changes to project & portfolio development assumptions and key deviations from plan.
• Support the monthly close analysis and forward plans with up to date asset forecasts / valuations.
• Undertake ad hoc project work to assist in the improvement of the R&D Finance team's and wider businesses working practices.

Required for the Role

Desirable Skills / Experience :

The annual base pay (or hourly rate) for this position ranges from $115,969.60 - $173,954.40 USD as an annual base salary. Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered include a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an "at-will position" and the company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, company or individual department / team performance, and market factors.

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.