[Remote] US Commercial Finance Partner, Revenue (Manager/Sr. Manager)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Astellas Pharma is hiring a US Commercial Finance Partner, Revenue to provide financial leadership, analytics, and decision support for its US Commercial business. The role owns gross-to-net sales accounting and reporting, supports financial planning and forecasting, and partners with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance and improve forecast alignment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates monthly revenue accounting closes and ensures all liabilities are properly accrued for in accordance with Company policy/IFRS/J-SOX
• Ensures all underlying transactions generated are in accordance with accounting principles established by the Company
• Provide all internal, external and royalty audit assistance for quarterly/annual reviews and audits including J-SOX surrounding GTN activities
• Preparation of detailed payment vs. accrual tracking reports and analyses
• Partners and coordinates all GTN operational accounting and reporting activity, including cross-functional collaboration with numerous internal clients and departments
• Partners with Contracts & Pricing and Government Pricing to incorporate all known liabilities in monthly GTN accruals
• Responsible for completion of monthly account analyses and monthly and quarterly GTN reporting and analytics packages
• Collaborate with Finance and Contracts & Pricing to support recommendations to Senior Management regarding the GTN budget and strategic direction that supports the Company’s financial objectives
• Work collaboratively to perform detailed variance analysis to explain to internal customers forecast and GTN variances
• Improve and maintain transparency of GTN activities across functions.
• Identifies, designs, and implements ongoing forecasting methodology and process improvements across the Reserves team (automation & simplification projects)
• Responsible for calculation, accounting and forecasting for Astellas Branded Pharma fee
• Actively monitor industry trends to continuously benchmark and subsequently elevate Astellas’ functionality as it pertains to GTN accounting and sales forecasting
• Implement and maintain policies and procedures established for the department, including identified J-SOX controls
• Lead the maintenance / development of processes and tools to ensure GTN forecast alignment between Commercial Finance and Contracts & Pricing
• Partner with Contracts & Pricing, Government Pricing, Market Research, Brand Marketing and Management to ensure forecast models are properly capturing the correct GTN input variables and producing the optimal outputs
• Provide quarterly gross sales (demand & inventory) estimates to Contracts & Pricing for quarterly GTN builds, including working with Supply Chain to obtain potential orders or discuss any irregularities in trends
• Be a Subject-Matter-Expert in Revenue Recognition (IFRS 15) organizationally to assist in any revenue related matters
• Responsible for Weekly Sales Reporting to the Company
• Embed Compliance Culture, ensuring Integrity in Action is actively applied in all initiatives, and proactively address non-compliance
• Ensure a culture of Ethics and Compliance; lead by example and incorporate cross-cultural perspectives when addressing challenging situations
• Support and own forecast allocation process for US-Commercial
• Aid in forecasting GTN for Established/Non-Promoted products within US-Commercial portfolio
• Responsible for gross-to-net sales accounting with an annual budget of approximately +$6B and balance sheet liabilities of +$1B
• Responsible for calculation, accounting and forecasting of US Branded Pharma Fee ~$60M to ~$70M a calendar year

Skills

• Bachelor' Degree required in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
• English professional level in speaking and writing
• 5 + years employment experience, in finance functions including accounting, costing and/or FP&A
• Strong FP&A skills, with good technical financial background (i.e. accounting, internal control, compliance)
• Solid experience in business partnering and influencing senior stakeholders
• Solid experience with ERP (SAP) and Planning systems (BPC preferred)
• Profound experience with Excel and PowerPoint
• Solid experience in matrix environment
• Solid organization, project and change management skills
• Solid financial analysis skills, coupled with ability to communicate meaning from data
• Solid commercial and organizational acumen
• Solid communication skills and ability to influence with various mgmt. levels
• Profound relationship and stakeholder management skills
• Has demonstrated proficiency and level of accuracy required in an audit-sensitive environment
• Experience in process improvement and project management is preferred
• Experience in Pharma industry is preferred
• Experience in Public Accounting is preferred
• CPA Preferred

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off options, including Vacation and Sick time, plus national holidays including year-end shut down
• 401(k) match and annual company contribution
• Company paid life insurance
• Annual Corporate Bonus and Quarterly Sales Incentive for eligible positions
• Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions
• Company fleet vehicle for eligible positions
• Referral bonus program
• Remote work from anywhere in the US is available.
• Hybrid work allowing time to connect with colleagues at the office and the flexibility to also work from home; hybrid work from certain locations may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines.
• A supportive environment that values your contributions, champions your development, and empowers you to pursue your passions.

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