Associate Director, Pdm Finance

Associate Director, PDM Finance
United States - California - Foster City
Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based bio-pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. With each new discovery and investigational drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients living with life-threatening diseases around the world. Gilead’s therapeutic areas of focus include HIV/AIDS, liver diseases, cancer and inflammation, and serious respiratory and cardiovascular conditions.
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Job Description
Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative therapeutics in areas of unmet medical need. The company's mission is to advance the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases worldwide. Headquartered in Foster City, California, Gilead has operations in North, South and Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Gilead makes it a priority to increase access to its medicines for people who can benefit from them, regardless of where they live or their economic status.
This position will play a key role in partnering with the Pharmaceutical Development & Manufacturing (PDM) organization and will be based in Foster City, CA. The individual will drive business partnering with leaders in the PDM organization and lead the forecast and budget process, decision support and analysis, management reporting and process improvement initiatives. The individual must have the ability to interact with and present effectively to senior management in both Finance and PDM. This position reports to the Senior Director in PDM FP&A.
Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Provide financial support and leadership to PDM including but not limited to the following:
  
• Establishes strong business partnerships with the PDM organization to provide comprehensive financial support and ongoing analytics for key strategic initiatives as well as day-to-day operations.
  
• Drives development of meaningful financial analyses and creates effective presentations to communicate conclusions and recommendations to senior leadership.
  
• Leads PDM financial consolidation for the groups supporting clinical development and commercial manufacturing including planning and delivery of management reporting packages for budgeting, monthly close and other corporate requirements.
  
• Responsible for the accurate reporting, analysis and forecasting of Gilead's Gross Margin.
  
• Delivers accurate and timely management reporting to business partners to drive discussions on business trends, forecast accuracy and upcoming projects/activities.
  
• Drives development and implementation of key process improvement initiatives. Proactively engage with Finance colleagues and business partners to develop continuous process improvements to planning, analyses and reporting.
  
• Monitors and ensures compliance with internal controls, company policies and procedures including the Worldwide Controller's Policies.
  

Key Competencies:

• Business Partnership and Collaboration: The candidate must demonstrate an ability to build strong relationships with Finance and non-Finance business partners. The candidate should be a proactive leader exhibiting strong influencing capabilities with business partners and a willingness to maintain open and transparent communication across the organization.
  
• Results Orientation: The ideal candidate will be results-driven and must thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Must have the ability to lead and meet deadlines for multiple priorities and projects and take ownership of issues and resolve them in a timely manner. A “can-do” attitude is an absolute must.
  
• Willingness to be hands-on: the individual must have a willingness to become involved in operations to understand the processes so that the person can be viewed as the financial partner by the business.
  
• Provide Forward Thinking: The individual must be able to identify the interdependencies across different parts of the organization and proactively address the potential impact of issues with relevant parties.
  
• Business Savvy and Financial Acumen: The candidate will possess exceptional financial analytical and problem-solving skills. These skills must be balanced by sound business judgment.
  
• Team Leadership: The candidate must demonstrate the ability to align and motivate a team to achieve objectives including financial results, timely and accurate reporting, transparency, and controls.
  
• Change Leadership: The candidate must possess a desire to proactively pursue continuous improvements and guide the team in challenging the status quo to gain efficiencies and raise the quality of deliverables.
  
• Calm under pressure: The ability to switch gears, respond swiftly and accurately to ad-hoc requests or time sensitive deliverables and able to re-prioritize workload as necessary according to the needs of the business.
  
• Strong organizational skills: The ability to manage multiple deliverables and to keep key contributors and collaborators aligned.
  

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ Years of experience in Finance with BS/BA, or 8+ Years with MS/MA or MBA.
  
• Experience with project reporting, operational accounting and reporting is required.
  
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  
• Excellent problem solving and analytical abilities.
  
• Demonstrated success working in a deadline driven and multi-task environment.
  
• Experience with major ERP implementations a plus, either direct involvement or as a system user/adapter.
  
• Must have proficiency with Hyperion/Essbase/AO or similar financial planning software and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA is preferred.
  
• Prior experience in biotech or pharmaceuticals industry or supporting manufacturing is preferred. Experience in a multi-national organization a plus.
  
• SAP experience strongly preferred, Oracle experience a plus.
  

The salary range for this position is: $177,905.00 - $230,230.00. Gilead considers a variety of factors when determining base compensation, including experience, qualifications, and geographic location. These considerations mean actual compensation will vary. This position may also be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus, discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role), paid time off, and a benefits package. Benefits include company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans*.
For additional benefits information, visit:
https://www.gilead.com/careers/compensation-benefits-and-wellbeing
* Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

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