Finance Manager, Global Reporting and Long Range Forecasting

Role Overview

The Finance Manager will provide financial and strategic leadership across Innovative Medicine by integrating worldwide management reporting, analytics, long-range planning, portfolio insights, and decision support. The role will own the collection, validation, interpretation, and communication of consolidated worldwide sales, balance sheet, cash flow, and forward-looking analytics; lead the Innovative Medicine five-year LRFP; and translate complex information into clear insights for business and senior leaders. The Manager will partner broadly across Commercial Regions, Global Finance, R&D, the Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Enterprise SCA, Investor Relations, and strategy teams. This highly visible role supports senior executive reviews and has two direct reports.

Key Deliverables and Specific Responsibilities

• Drive the Innovative Medicine LRFP process, partnering with regional and global teams to develop a robust five-year plan.
• Own the collection, validation, consolidation, interpretation, and communication of worldwide Innovative Medicine sales, balance sheet, cash flow, and other relevant financial metrics.
• Generate recurring sales reporting and analysis for weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual close cycles, business planning, and major forecast updates.
• Generate cash flow reporting and analysis for close cycles, business planning, and major forecast updates.
• Develop balance sheet, cash flow, and related financial metrics used in enterprise LRFP submissions, strategic plans, forecasts, and executive reviews.
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of sales and cash flow reporting in the SCA environment, including Anaplan and CFIN.
• Translate complex data into relevant insights through specialized analyses, trends, scenario assessments, and executive-ready reporting that influence business decisions.
• Lead reviews with the Innovative Medicine CEO, CFO, and other senior leaders, enabling strategic decisions and a clear understanding of portfolio direction, financial outlook, and market dynamics.
• Align critical framing and communications across Commercial Regions, Global Finance, R&D, Enterprise SCA, and other key stakeholders.
• Partner with R&D and the Global Commercial Strategy Organization to scope pipeline considerations and long-term sales extrapolations.
• Partner with Investor Relations and strategy organizations on external reporting and external business review opportunities.
• Participate in and shape capital allocation and sector valuation initiatives, sharing best practices and supporting decisions that maximize shareholder value.
• Present and communicate LRFP, forecasts, and management reporting across the organization, tailoring the message, level of detail, and framing to each audience.
• Lead cross-functional, multidimensional process and systems updates required to meet evolving business needs.
• Identify and deliver data integrity improvements that define, standardize, streamline, and enable system enhancements across multiple classifications and reporting areas.
• Provide ad hoc reporting, financial analysis, strategic projects, and special-request support for the Innovative Medicine CFO and broader business.
• Manage and develop two direct reports, setting clear priorities, building capabilities, and maximizing individual and team potential.

Qualifications

Required

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• A minimum of five years of related experience in finance, accounting, or a relevant business discipline.
• Demonstrated financial planning, management reporting, forecasting, and P&L analysis capabilities.
• Experience working with cross-functional and global teams in a complex organization.
• Strong business partnership and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships and deliver results across organizational boundaries.
• Strategic thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to convert complex financial and business information into clear recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including formal presentation experience with leaders at multiple organizational levels.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and lead cross-functional processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint, and experience with general ledger and enterprise financial systems.

Preferred

• Master’s degree or MBA and/or a professional certification such as CPA or CMA.
• Experience in Innovative Medicine or pharmaceutical R&D finance, including portfolio, pipeline, or long-range planning support.
• People management experience and a demonstrated ability to develop talent and maximize team potential.
• Experience with Anaplan, CFIN, SCA, or comparable planning, consolidation, and reporting platforms.
• Strong technical finance expertise, including product P&L management, cash flow analysis, allocation methodologies, valuations, and scenario analytics.
• Innovative and pragmatic approach to emerging analytics, data integrity, reporting automation, and process improvement.