Associate Director - Finance Business Partner

Job Title: Associate Director - Finance Business Partner

Career Level - F

Introduction to role:

Join our dynamic team at AstraZeneca as a Lead Finance Business Partner. In this role, you will be a key player in providing financial advice, guidance, and support to our business units. You will be viewed as a business expert with a speciality in Finance, actively shaping specific business initiatives. This is an opportunity to be part of a global network of Finance Business Partners and Business Analysts, sharing best practices and delivering valued support to the Business with global consistency and efficiency.

Accountabilities:

As a Lead Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for working proactively with the business to understand future financial information needs and producing efficient solutions to meet these needs. You will assess the relevant input required to lead others during difficult decisions and negotiate and communicate effectively across teams and business units. You will also be actively involved in the review and development of short & long-term strategy in your area of accountability.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Successful business partnering experience

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, including oral & written

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Successful track record of developing others and strong coaching skills

• Demonstrable knowledge of global and corporate business context

• Experience of financial management of service organisations, including recharging models

• Ability to apply governance, risk and compliance components

• IT or technology business experience

• Pharma or Life science experience

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash aggressive thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our outstanding and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we are powering to better serve patients every day. As part of our talented global team, you will help unlock the power of what science can do and ultimately have a big impact on patients' lives. We are integrated and closely aligned with the whole enterprise, offering our expertise, leveraging exciting new technology and digital innovations to accelerate AstraZeneca's evolution. We operate strategically, looking ahead to the new challenges we'll face and improving the way the enterprise operates today.

Are you ready to embrace accountability and focus on impactful work? At AstraZeneca, you will feel listened to and empowered. As part of an agile and strategic team, we embrace the accountability we are given to focus on delivering what really matters to the business. It's about playing to win by speaking up, rolling our sleeves up and seeing things through.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now to join our team at AstraZeneca!

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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.