Sr. Manager Global Cost Accounting Job at Amgen (Thousand Oaks)

Job Description

Join Amgen's Mission of Serving Patients. At Amgen, if you feel like you're part of something bigger, it's because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do. Since 1980, we've helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world's toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you'll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives. Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you'll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Job Responsibility

Supervise team of 3+ Amgen or Contract/Temporary staff in day-to-day accounting operations to deliver on accounting close and reporting activities related to inventory, site support, COS, reserves, standard costing, pre-approval inventory for Amgen's manufacturing network and to ensure US GAAP compliance in the related areas
Develop the team by providing coaching and guidance to team members utilizing the Amgen values as the basis, building subject matter expertise and fostering a transformation and continuous process improvement mindset
Manage roles and responsibilities within the team to balance workload across the team and prioritize based on resources available
Participate in organizational strategy and succession planning discussions
Implement effective processes to identify and provide timely guidance on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles by partnering with Technical Accounting and External Auditors, as needed
Review and validate variance analysis prepared by team for the movements of Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow statements
Establish efficient processes to draft and review footnote disclosures and review detailed support is appropriate for external reporting deliverables (10Q/10K)
Develop strategic relationships with Finance and Operational team leaders to coordinate the successful execution of Month End close activities
Provide leadership support to initiatives or projects by providing accounting guidance and identifying risks to internal controls
Identify and escalate concerns or issues that impact the accounting close process and financial reporting
Partner with Internal Controls team to execute and review Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Certification and other control verification processes
Review draft deficiency reports as applicable and lead and monitor implementation of remediation actions
Support Internal/External/Tax audits by identifying the resources to support the requests and ensuring timely and accurate submission and responses
Ensure tax compliance and statutory financial requirements are adhered to and related government transactions, if any, are timely and accurately executed
Understand and interpret Policies and Procedures to provide guidance to stakeholders on proper application
Collaborate with process stakeholders to proactively determine and implement continuous improvement opportunities that will enable an efficient and effective accounting close process
Engage in gaining knowledge and deploying Automation and Reporting solutions (e.g. AI tools, UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Anaplan, Tableau, Alteryx, MS Teams, Smartsheet, Docusign) to reduce transactional work in favor of strategy and analysis
Manage special projects for which Global Accounting representation is required, including company expansion, business acquisitions and divestitures, and financial system implementations
Engage with Leadership of our External Services vendor supporting accounting operations to monitor activities and address issues on a timely basis
Engage in regular governance meetings to discuss status of activities, projects, and issue resolution
Monitor Service Level Metrics and manage expectations and deliverables
Provide timely feedback on external services personnel performance and work with vendor leadership to remediate

Requirements

Doctorate degree and 2 years of accounting, audit or financial reporting Experience OR Master's degree and 6 years of accounting, audit or financial reporting Experience OR Bachelor's degree and 8 years of accounting, audit or financial reporting Experience OR Associate's degree and 10 years of accounting, audit or financial reporting Experience OR High school diploma / GED and 12 years of accounting, audit or financial reporting Experience
minimum of 3 years experience directly managing people and/or leadership experience leading teams, projects, programs, or directing the allocation or resources

Nice to have

Proficient in usage of Microsoft Office Applications
Comprehensive accounting knowledge on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial reporting
Strong written, verbal communication, and presentation skills
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with multiple functions and locations
Detail oriented, excellent analytical, problem solving, management and organizational skills
Ability to work independently, to multi-task, and to establish priorities
Positive attitude and a strong work ethic
Ability to take initiative and work with a minimum level of direction in a fast-paced environment
Strong project management skills
Strong leadership skills
Experience with SAP, S4 HANA, BW, Hyperion, EDW applications
Experience in implementing automation initiatives
Managing outsource partner team

What we offer

A 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
Flexible work models where possible

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