Finance Business Partner Oncology (m/f/x)

Description

With over 120 years of experience and more than 17,000 employees in over 20 countries, Daiichi Sankyo is dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering new standards of care that enrich the quality of life around the world.

In Europe, we focus on two areas: The goal of our Specialty Business is to protect people from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in Europe, and help patients who suffer from it to enjoy every precious moment of life. In Oncology, we strive to become a global pharma innovator with competitive advantage, creating novel therapies for people with cancer.

Our European headquarters are in Munich, Germany, and we have affiliates in 13 European countries and Canada.

For our headquarters in all Europe we are seeking highly qualified candidates to fill the position:

Finance Business Partner Oncology (m/f/x)

The position:

We are looking for a forward-thinking and results-oriented Senior Finance Business Partner (f/m/d) who has extensive experience with advanced financial analytics & planning.

In this exciting role, you will report to the Head of Finance Oncology Europe and will work closely with different Finance teams and business functions across the European organization as well as stakeholders in the US or in Japan, to support the growth of the Oncology business in Europe and the expansion of strategic Alliances.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Act as a senior advisor on all financial aspects for the European Oncology Functions as well as for the EU/CAN Committees within one or multiple product alliances. Take the full lead in managing all Finance aspects of one or more Alliances, interacting with the Alliance partner and the Finance team in our Affiliates
• Earn trust of your business partners to influence and support tactical and strategic business decisions driving business improvements and cost reductions
• Identifies risks, evaluates impact, pro-actively proposes changes and implement improvements to remediate gaps and enhance processes
• Understand the details of the cost structure to make thoughtful judgement calls in ambiguous environments where data may be difficult to procure
• Supervise and co-own the Financial and operational planning processes to produce a challenging/stretch/bold yet solid operational plan for the European Oncology Functions as well as for the EU/CAN Alliance Forecasts
• You will monitor sales and investments development within the European organization, identify key trends and necessary action plans in strong relationship with your Business Partners and/or Business Units Controllers
• You will be involved in setting up, expanding and maintaining reporting structures, including the definition of KPIs and controlling standards in accordance with current requirements, and financial requirements of business plans
• Carry out budget planning, forecast preparations including related reporting tasks within your area of responsibility together with your Business Partners and potentially with external commercial alliance partner
• Continuously challenge and optimize existing processes and tools together with all stakeholders

Tasks:

• Coordinate and manage reporting and planning timelines
• Define and cascade planning targets
• Support the European Oncology functions with creating solid business plans and implementing the defined actions and activities, in connection with the different Affiliates
• Maintain a strong and regular collaboration with the EU based Oncology Functions, the different affiliates as well as our alliance partners to ensure solid business plans preparation and clear actions and activities implementation
• Drive and perform the monthly / quarterly business reviews as a part of the regular planning cycles (internal and alliance) as well as for monthly budget management and reporting purposes
• Representation of the EU based Oncology Functions towards the global and alliance stakeholders in planning and reporting cycles

Professional experience & education:

• Degree in business administration or a related degree with a focus on Finance and / or Controlling
• 8-10 years of experience in Controlling, Finance and Accounting ideally with experience within the R&D section and / or global interaction
• Result oriented with a strong affinity for numbers in financial context that enables you to quickly think your way through complex tasks
• Teamwork, goal awareness and high-quality standards
• Must be a self-starter with an attention to detail
• Understanding of data best practices
• Fluency in English