Do you have an extensive finance experience within manufacturing/supply chain? Do you have a strong track record for building high performing Finance Business partners team? Would you like to apply your expertise at a company that are following the science and turning creative ideas into life changing medicines? Then, join us at AstraZeneca Sweden Finance Operations.

Working at AstraZeneca means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. The work we do here is meaningful. Every action we take is focused on putting our patients first, and they add up to something bigger. We help AstraZeneca to run faster and better, powering everyone else to focus on what’s important and work towards delivering life-changing medicines. 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.

We are now offering an exciting opportunity for a talented and highly motivated individual to join us in the role as Senior Director, Sweden Finance Operations. This position is based in Södertälje (Sweden).

What you´ll do

As the most Senior Finance Director in Sweden Operations, you will provide the financial input, guidance and challenge to shape the business strategies and development of the operational plans. The role also include:

• Drive business and financial performance; support the delivery of efficiencies year over year to improve the COGS of the Enterprise.

• Ensure best practice sharing and delivery of a valued support to the Business. Actively support the Business transformation (Ops 2025) and lead the Finance Transformation in the site.

• Ensure financial compliance and act as the Operations Finance expert in the entity.

As Senior Director, you will lead the Finance function by providing leadership to a team of 7 people ( Business partners) and implement consistent ways of working with other teams and across the site.

Business size:

Sweden - value of production $700m, costs $630m, 3000 FTEs, $130m capex

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Business Strategy & Decision Support

• Contribute to strategy development for operating unit by shaping strategies and developing business and operational plans.  Lead financial business and risk analysis and decision support to leadership teams showing various business models and ROI analysis. Generate innovative ideas based on synthesis of qualitative and quantitative information. 

• Provide financial input to shape strategies and develop business and operational plans. Lead Finance role in review and development of short & long-term strategy for the assigned business unit.  Maintain an up-to-date understanding of all developments which may affect the organisation’s options and assessing business impact.

Business Performance

• Joint accountability with the business for the accuracy of forecasts and leveraging sound understanding of the business model and financial drivers to challenge and influence the key cost drivers.

• In partnership with the VP , manage the Operations P&L as appropriate.

• Ensure team provides reliable operational and financial forecasts ensuring resources are allocated to maximize value

• Lead the financial planning cycle for the assigned business unit, setting stretch but attainable performance targets and incentives, aligned to strategy and operational plans.  Partner with GFS ( shared services) to provide accurate reporting and ensure timely flow of information  to the business unit/ project/central finance. Highlight sensitivities and risks.

• Proactively drive efficiencies including seeking cross functional process solutions

• Lead finance and cross-functional teams and drive initiatives leading to increase business improvement.

• Direct preparation of all presentations for key business and finance review meetings.

• Through best practice stakeholder management techniques, explore needs with internal customers and external suppliers and utilize this information to improve business results leveraging significant commercial and business acumen.

Continuous Improvement, Governance and Coaching

• Coach and lead a team of Business Partners and Business Analysts to excellent performance. Drive teams to focus more on decision support activities and less on routine components of Business Performance Management. Develop the professional capability of the finance team and financial understanding on non-finance managers.

• Coach business team members on finance planning and business cases. Coach both direct and indirect(CoE) Finance team members to understand needs of the business customer.

• Initiate changes to improve working practices and processes in Finance and communicate these amongst the Finance Network.  Drive to shift appropriate levels of work to both Group Transactional Finance to optimize delivery of Finance processes.

• Lead Finance role in communicating governance and compliance standards and statutory regulations to non-specialist in a way that is understandable and relevant and relays the risk of commercial decisions effectively.

• Lead insightful and proactive risk management processes to ensure the organisation’s regulations, rules and process are adhered to; highlighting areas of concern

Essential for the role

• 15+ years of manufacturing / supply chain Finance experience at local, regional and global level preferably in Pharma industry

• Expertise in driving productivity and efficiencies in a manufacturing environment

• Change agent with experience in Transformation

• Operate at senior executive ( VP) level

• Track record of building high performing Finance Business partners team

• Excellent impact and influence / collaborative partnering skills

• Rigorous and analytical thinking.

• Digitally savvy

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including oral and written, especially on complex matters

So, what’s next?

Are you already imagining yourself joining us? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you! Welcome with your application (CV and cover letter) no later than Aug 27, 2021.

We will review the applications continuously so please apply as soon as possible.

Date Posted

Closing Date

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 authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.