Operations Finance Senior Manager

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Role Description:
The Senior Manager of Operations Finance will play a leadership role in supporting Amgen’s Operations Finance team through financial planning, analysis, reporting, business partnering, and operational performance management. This role requires strong expertise in Operations & Corporate finance, accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and strategic financial decision support.

The individual will serve as a key finance partner to Operations, Finance, and cross-functional business leaders, providing financial insights, leading planning and forecasting activities, identifying risks and opportunities, and helping drive financial discipline across operational activities. This role will also lead process improvements, strengthen reporting standards, and develop clear financial analyses and recommendations that support business priorities and operational performance.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning activities for Operations Finance.
• Oversee monthly and quarterly financial reporting, including variance analysis, trend analysis, executive-level commentary, and business performance insights.
• Serve as a strategic finance partner to Operations stakeholders, helping translate business drivers, cost trends, risks, and opportunities into actionable financial recommendations.
• Manage expense planning, cost center analysis, headcount tracking, capital planning, and other key operational finance activities.
• Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key variances, explaining business drivers, and recommending corrective actions where appropriate.
• Lead the preparation of management presentations, financial summaries, business reviews, and executive decision-support materials.
• Oversee month-end and quarter-end close activities, including accrual review, journal entry support, account reconciliations, and financial validation.
• Ensure financial discipline and compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and corporate finance requirements.
• Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, and other business partners to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Identify, lead, and implement opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting consistency, forecast accuracy, and overall finance effectiveness.
• Lead ad hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, investment evaluation, and business case development for operational initiatives.
• Leverage financial systems and reporting tools, such as SAP, Hyperion, Anaplan, Excel, Smartsheet, S/4HANA, and other standard finance platforms, to drive accurate analysis and reporting.
• Communicate financial results, risks, opportunities, and recommendations clearly to senior finance leaders and business partners.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and review support to finance team members, helping build analytical capability and ensure high-quality deliverables.