Senior Director, Finance, Above Commercialization & Central Medical
Bristol Myers Squibb
Summary
The Senior Finance Director of Above Market Commercialization and Central Medical will be responsible for Above Market FP&A Commercialization capabilities, including multi-billion-dollar operating expense management, standardization of reporting & analytics to drive business performance and facilitate timely decision making as well as alignment with enterprise priorities. The role will lead across the matrix and partner with four Commercial Leadership Team members.
Job description
Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities
- Business partner to the Senior VP of Global Medical, Senior VP of Global Market Access, VP WW Commercial Strategy as well as the VP Commercialization AI Strategy & Analytics. Member of their respective leadership teams, and trusted partner to ensure BMS objectives are achieved.
- Manage end to end budget, projection and financial close processes, including providing in depth analysis of financial performance, challenging results and forecasts, driving achievement of targets, timely identification of risks and opportunities and communication of results to Commercial leadership.
- Serve key role as partner to the Leadership teams on resource allocation decisions, including optimization through portfolio prioritization, operational excellence and innovation (AI and automation).
- Collaborate with several Commercial and Finance stakeholder groups, including Medical and Commercial stakeholders (e.g., Therapeutic Areas, Medical Evidence Generation, Strategy & Operations, CASA, Commercial Excellence) and Finance stakeholders (e.g., Commercial HQ, Controllership, Procurement and CFR).
- Ensuring business priorities are aligned with markets, regions and therapeutic areas; Ability to influence outcomes supported by data-driven analysis.
- Managing FP&A capabilities across Above Market, including reporting, planning, and overall calendar for an organization with multi-billion dollars in operating expenses.
- Standardization of Reporting & Analytics: Delivering timely, accurate and consistent reporting and analyses.
- Implementing Data-Driven Processes: data readiness, analytics, and automation.
- Close partnership with Commercial Digital Finance and Commercial WW Reporting.
- Manage a team of 4 individuals in NJ focused on above market capabilities.
Qualifications
- Minimum education of a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or a related field is required; MBA is preferred.
- Minimum of twelve (12) plus years of relevant finance experience in business planning, budgeting, and profitability analysis is required.
- Strong FP&A skills and ability to orchestrate global processes is highly preferred.
- Pharmaceutical industry experience is preferred.
- Proven leadership capabilities and collaboration across global/regional teams.
- Strong ability to lead in the matrix organization and experienced in senior stakeholder management.
- Ability to translate high-level strategy into day-to-day operations.
- Experience within in-market & global roles is preferred.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting or a related field
- Minimum of twelve (12) plus years of relevant finance experience in business planning, budgeting, and profitability analysis
- Strong FP&A skills and ability to orchestrate global processes
- Pharmaceutical industry experience
- Proven leadership capabilities and collaboration across global/regional teams
- Strong ability to lead in the matrix organization and experienced in senior stakeholder management
- Ability to translate high-level strategy into day-to-day operations
- Experience within in-market & global roles
Benefits
- Wellbeing Support
- Retirement Benefits
- Financial Protection Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Flexible Time Off
- 11 Paid Company Holidays
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Volunteer Days
- Summer Hours Flexibility
- Annual Global Shutdown
Company overview
Bristol Myers Squibb is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to discovering, developing, and delivering innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. Founded in 1887 and headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, the company operates with a unique BioPharma strategy that combines the reach and resources of a major pharmaceutical company with the entrepreneurial spirit and agility of a biotech firm. BMS focuses on transformative therapies in key therapeutic areas including oncology, hematology, immunology, cardiovascular disease, and fibrosis. The company has built a sustainable pipeline of potential therapies and leverages translational medicine and data analytics to deliver the right medicine to the right patient at the right time. With over 10,000 employees worldwide, Bristol Myers Squibb maintains a strong commitment to scientific excellence, patient-centric innovation, and global health equity through its foundation. The company's portfolio includes groundbreaking treatments such as Opdivo (nivolumab) for cancer, Eliquis (apixaban) for cardiovascular conditions, and Orencia (abatacept) for autoimmune diseases, among others.