Do you have expertise in, and passion for, Training Delivery?  Would you like to apply your expertise to impact the Finance Transformation Journey in a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

Finance at AstraZeneca has a clear vision to become trusted partners, creating value and leading change. As such, Finance has a pivotal role to play in shaping our long-term financial health, partnering to deliver great results through insight, delivering excellence in financial operations and safeguarding AstraZeneca’s assets and reputation.

In Finance Transformation, we support this ambition by being trusted partners for change excellence and building long-term capabilities to make us future-fit. This is where you could come in. Working in Finance Transformation is fast-paced, dynamic and challenging. We are looking for people who want to seize the opportunity to take an exciting step in their personal development journey and play a fundamental part of delivering a world-class finance organisation. 

This is the place to drive change – to challenge the norm, take ownership, make quick decisions, and run with them. A global community, our strength is in our strong network – a two-way exchange of sharing and learning that enhances our ability to make an impact.

In this role you will be reporting to the FT Central Training Lead and working closely with Training Managers and Business Change Leads within FT -  being the bridge between the Programme and the business and a key part of the central project team that will be deploying the overall Change,  Training and Communications. The role is based primarily in AZ Luton, the FT Programme Hub. The role is global and requires working across time zones.

In this role you will:

• Work closely with the FT Central Training lead, Training Managers and Business Change Leads to support FT Projects training activities such as Training Needs Analysis (TNA), scheduling sessions, setting up training environment,  developing Training Material and updating training material prior to Transition to BAU

• Identify end user training requirements and support the development of training programs by completing a TNA

• Provide support to schedule training sessions to drive consistency across FT projects

• Track trainee participation and report statistics back to project team to ensure compliance are met

• Support the start-up of using a global LMS tool for scheduling training sessions for FT projects (Saba or equivalent)

• Track and monitor central FT Training Plan

• Plan and deliver training activities in order to ensure that training activities are conducted efficiently, cost-effectively, and in accordance with AZ’s policies and standards

• Development opportunities to step into Training Manager role on a demand basis to cover immediate resource gaps

• Support potential usage of Degreed as a platform to create Projects training portfolio (based on decision by Training horizontal to move ahead with usage of Degreed)

• Update training material prior to Project Transition to BAU

• Work across time zones

Essential Skills and Experience

• Training facilitation skills

• Experience of planning, scheduling and delivering training in a large project

• Skilled in using MS Excel and MS PowerPoint

• Good Written and Verbal Communication with the ability to flex style based on the region

• Interpersonal Communication, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Planning Skills, Collaboration

• Experience of working with stakeholders across functions and geographies and managing them effectively

• Excellent team working, networking and influencing skills to develop solutions

• Ability to prioritise tasks

• Strong organisation skills

• Able to challenge the status quo, think beyond boundaries of own role and act upon opportunities to work more effectively and seek opportunities for continuous improvement

• Mental Agility: Comfortable with complexity –   Breadth and Depth of thinking - Problem solving.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Business or Human Resources

• Business or Accounting degree

• Experience of planning and delivering training in a large, complex project

• Experience of Learning Management System (LMS) tools

Competitive salary and benefits apply

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.