Business Operations Lead

Business Operations Lead

Introduction to role:

Join our dynamic team as a Business Operations Analyst, a role that supports Compliance, Legal and Contraction Operations (CLCO) within GBS. This role is pivotal in providing operational and financial guidance, ensuring that all collaborators receive the information they require to drive business performance. This may involve various financial and/or operational analysis, as well as supporting the annual business planning cycle and monthly reporting. The Business Analyst has deep practical experience, with repeated practice performing business analysis and design in a variety of complex situations. The role will form part of the CLCO Operations Team, reporting to the CLCO Operations Director, and will partner with the CLCO LT and their designees to deliver defined foundational operational deliverables.

Accountabilities:

As a Business Operations Analyst, you will partner with Finance Business Partner on budget development, management and reporting. You will maintain and report on HC across CLCO and partner with HR and IT where needed to support CLCO Operations activities. You will participate and deliver the annual MTP plan, support the development of annual department objectives and measurement mechanisms. You will manage the CLCO Risk Register and Key Risk & Control monitoring, manage KPI and SLA reporting role-up across CLCO, evaluate, ensure and/or perform process monitoring as needed to ensure operational controls are adequately designed and operating effectively. You will also perform business analysis planning and monitoring, develop and Maintain T&E and CO2 spend prioritization plan, help with design, documentation and set up of supporting processes across CLCO, partner with various GBS functions to deliver CLCO objectives, drive insights and improvement across CLCO, maintain high level of internal and external customer satisfaction.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• 5+ years Finance, Business Partnering and/or Compliance experience

• Budget Management and Business Reporting experience

• Strong organizational and operational skills

• Strong customer service orientation skills

• Excellent interpersonal, conflict management, and customer relationship skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent facilitation skills

Desirable Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent directly- related experience

• Pharmaceutical or healthcare industry experience

• Experience working globally

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Data analysis

• Excel, Power Point and Power BI/ Smartsheet 

• Leadership skills

• Presentation preparation

• Collaborative style, teammate

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold 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 unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?

Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients, every day. The fuel behind our evolving, rapidly growing enterprise, we're here to help unlock the power of what science can do and ultimately have a big impact on patients' lives. Integrated and closely aligned with the whole enterprise, we offer our expertise, and leverage exciting new technology and digital innovations, to accelerate AstraZeneca's evolution. We do all of it strategically, looking ahead to the new challenges we'll face and improving the way the enterprise operates today. An entrepreneurial spirit that keeps us ahead of the rest. we apply creativity to every task we do, taking smart risks to turn our ideas into reality. Always at full speed, we thrive in our fast-paced and dynamic environment.

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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.