Manufacturing Accounting Business Case and Benefits Lead - 18 Month FTC
- Recruiter
- AstraZeneca
- Location
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 14 Jan 2021
- Closes
- 28 Jan 2021
- Ref
- R-095222
- Job role
- Accountant
Finance at AstraZeneca has a clear vision to become trusted partners, creating value and leading change. As such, Finance has a pivotal role to play in shaping our long-term financial health, partnering to deliver great results through insight, delivering excellence in financial operations and safeguarding AstraZeneca's assets and reputation.
In Finance Transformation, we support this ambition by being trusted partners for change excellence and building long-term capabilities to make us future-fit. This is where you could come in. Working in Finance Transformation is fast-paced, dynamic and challenging. We are looking for people who want to seize the opportunity to take an exciting step in their personal development journey and play a fundamental part of delivering a world-class finance organisation.
The Manufacturing Accounting project is improving and standardising the end-to-end manufacturing accounting processes, delivering a more granular level of cost accounting to enable site and brand level decision making. You will provide the necessary leadership and influencing in defining the global MAP benefits management approach and realisation - investigating across all Manufacturing Sites and Processes where the forecast benefits will be realised, identifying further opportunities, quantifying all identified benefits and updating those findings back to Business Case. Ensuring the business are aligned to the realisation of the benefits once the project is live.
To be successful candidates will need to have experience in business case designing best practise performance measurement processes in pharma industry, process re-engineering skills (e.g. Lean Six Sigma), solid working knowledge of SAP & BI, superior influencing capabilities, major change measurement capability and ability to lead a team. You will be working closely with the MAP Programme leadership and business sponsors to agree the benefits realisation strategy and embed this ongoing capability into the business.
Your new role!
Business Case/Benefits
Your essentials qualifications, skills and experiences:
Your desirable skills:
Date Posted
14-Dec-2020
Closing Date
30-Jan-2021
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.
In Finance Transformation, we support this ambition by being trusted partners for change excellence and building long-term capabilities to make us future-fit. This is where you could come in. Working in Finance Transformation is fast-paced, dynamic and challenging. We are looking for people who want to seize the opportunity to take an exciting step in their personal development journey and play a fundamental part of delivering a world-class finance organisation.
The Manufacturing Accounting project is improving and standardising the end-to-end manufacturing accounting processes, delivering a more granular level of cost accounting to enable site and brand level decision making. You will provide the necessary leadership and influencing in defining the global MAP benefits management approach and realisation - investigating across all Manufacturing Sites and Processes where the forecast benefits will be realised, identifying further opportunities, quantifying all identified benefits and updating those findings back to Business Case. Ensuring the business are aligned to the realisation of the benefits once the project is live.
To be successful candidates will need to have experience in business case designing best practise performance measurement processes in pharma industry, process re-engineering skills (e.g. Lean Six Sigma), solid working knowledge of SAP & BI, superior influencing capabilities, major change measurement capability and ability to lead a team. You will be working closely with the MAP Programme leadership and business sponsors to agree the benefits realisation strategy and embed this ongoing capability into the business.
Your new role!
Business Case/Benefits
- Throughout the duration of the programme, you will work with the Manufacturing Accounting Global Process Owner (GPO) and MAP Workstream leads to update the MAP business case, preparing it for periodic CFO reviews and approvals
- Work closely with the Global Process owner and key business sponsors impacted by MAP to define and develop the sustainable, ongoing approach to Manufacturing Accounting benefits management and realisation
- Using the agreed approach, create and implement the overall benefits realisation plan including launch, mobilisation and regular senior stakeholder feedback
- Train business colleagues in the agreed approach of how to sustain and continuously improve our Manufacturing Accounting benefits realisation capability
- Support Stakeholder mapping and action delivery
- Support MAP project reporting processes and input to weekly team meeting status updates etc.
Your essentials qualifications, skills and experiences:
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Accounting experience
- Business Case creation experience
- Benefits management experience
- First-rate coordination, collaboration, organization and multi-tasking skills
Your desirable skills:
- Finance experience
Date Posted
14-Dec-2020
Closing Date
30-Jan-2021
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.