Career Category

Finance

Job Description

Join Amgen's Mission to Serve Patients

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of.

Live

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will lead local accounting, ensuring compliance with local statutory requirements and regulatory standards and adherence to Amgen’s internal controls and policies. This role reports directly to the Amgen India Finance Site Lead.

• Oversee the day-to-day local financial processes and controls including statutory accounting. Partner with global accounting to ensure appropriate general ledger and financial reporting for Amgen India site
• Ensure transactions aligned to local accounting principles
• Ensures fulfillment of company obligations/payments to third parties and Amgen employees according to local and corporate instructions
• Fulfills all statutory accounting and reporting activities as well as local tax authorities’ requirements, in compliance with applicable legislation
• Ensures accuracy of tax forms presented to local authorities and timely payment of local taxes (VAT, CIT, local business taxes, etc)
• Prepare accurate local cash-flow forecast to ensure proper funding
• Support payroll administration in partnership with local Human Resources (HR)
• Partner with Global Accounting team for period close including statutory accounting activities.
• Adherence to accounting calendar in coordination with global collaborators
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and seek appropriate support to fulfill the requirements.
• Support intercompany accounting processes in partnership with global collaborators
• May participate in wider projects across Finance organization
• Support Amgen’s continuous improvement agenda, where applicable
• Contributes to a learning environment, supports the team growth and development, and enhances learning methodologies and technical tools where applicable.
• Reviews accounting entries and supports account reconciliation process that Global Accounting performs for Amgen India.
• Understands local statutory requirements and ensure compliance with corporate and regulatory financial standards, including:
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

Win

What we expect of you

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree OR
• Master’s degree and 4 to 6 years of Accounting experience OR
• Bachelor’s degree and 6 to 8 years of Accounting experience OR
• Diploma and 10 to 12 Accounting experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of financial management and local accounting principles.
• Proficiency in Finance and Accounting knowledge
• Strong understanding of compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Experience with ERP systems and financial software.
• Experience supporting finance and accounting operations.
• Resourceful leader who can “connect the dots” across matrixed organization
• Experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams and/or directing accounting activities
• Managerial and financial experience in a pharmaceutical and/or biotechnology manufacturing environment
• Experience supporting senior leaders of an organization as an Accounting or Finance business partner or in some other advisory capacity
• Managerial experience to include hiring and staff performance management

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Familiarity with the pharmaceutical industry.
• Proficiency in data analytics and business intelligence tools.
• Business performance management
• Accounting and/or Finance transformation experience involving recent technology advancements
• Prior multinational capability center experience
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and planning.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent leadership and team management abilities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• High level of integrity and standards.
• Problem-solving and critical thinking capabilities.
• Ability to influence and inspire change.
• Adaptability to a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

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.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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