Career Category

Finance

Job Description

At Amgen, every challenge is an opportunity. And every opportunity brings the potential to change lives. Our shared mission—to serve patients—has driven our status as one of the world’s preeminent biotechnology companies, reaching over 10 million patients worldwide. Leverage your high-level expertise to lead and forge partnerships that advance the biotechnical and biopharmaceutical science that can turn the tide of serious, life-interrupting illnesses.

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role for the Finance organization, the Executive Director of Financial Reporting will lead our Internal and External Reporting, and Financial Controls groups. This role serves as a key leading in the accounting organization and is a key governance resource across the company. The position will report to the Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer and provide thought leadership and current best practices surrounding consolidation accounting, SEC reporting, ESG reporting, and controls.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead global consolidation process for financial reporting by preparing, reviewing and analyzing internal and external financial statements

• Oversee the drafting, review and filing of all SEC reports including form 10-K, 10-Q, and other regulatory filings.

• Ensure compliance with SEC reporting requirements. Monitor changes in SEC regulations and assess impact on the company’s financial statements.

• Build and maintain relationships across functions, including business operations, general accounting, tax, treasury, law and HR to ensure timely communication and review of reporting matters

• Coordinate limited and reasonable assurance over ESG disclosures with external accounting firms where required

• Support and coordinate with teams managing our ESG reporting to ensure we’re working in a collaborative manner

• Ensure SOX compliance in an increasingly complex and dynamic business and audit environment.

• Work with global business and process owners to educate on an effective internal control environment and to provide support to ensure controls are designed and implemented.

• Build and maintain a strong working relationship with the external auditor

• Play an active leadership role in key cross functional committees including but not limited to the Financial Reporting Risk and Control Committee

• Develop, coach, and mentor the team to reinforce a strong team culture and to assist team members in reaching their individual development and professional goals

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree & 6 years of accounting experience OR

• Master’s degree & 10 years of accounting experience OR

• Bachelor’s degree & 12 years of accounting experience AND

• 6 years of managerial experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs or directing the allocation of resources

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experienced finance executive with a finance, accounting, and/or internal control background

• Experience leading external financial reporting

• Experience in accounting organization of a large, global company

• Governance skills and executive communication capabilities in dealing with all levels of management within the organization

• CPA license (active or inactive)

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being. The annual base salary range for this opportunity in the U.S. is $237,258 to $297,889. In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan comprising health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities including:

• Comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.

• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan

• Stock-based long-term incentives

• Award-winning time-off plans and bi-annual company-wide shutdowns

• Flexible work models, including remote work arrangements, where possible

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

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Salary Range

237,258.00 USD - 297,889.00 USD