Finance Manger

Location:  Novato, California Category: Finance Employment Category: Fulltime-Temporary

Description

Who We Are

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

  • ybrid - Tuesday (wed or Thursday) 
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  • FP&A: Lead the periodic forecasting, planning, and analysis for the assigned business functional areas.
  • Monthly and Quarterly closing support: Support the Cost Accounting team and the North America Accounting team to ensure the key activities are recorded correctly based on US GAAP, by working with the business partners to understand and adequately communicate the nature of the business activities and follow through the communication
  • Business Partnership: Develop relationships and become a trusted finance business partner across TOPS. Collaborate with business partners and FP&A team members to understand business activities, how they translate to the financial plan, and develop recommendations.
  • Reporting - Produce and distribute monthly/quarterly metrics reporting for review with business and finance partners. Support executive-level reporting. Help develop next-generation reporting tools, data visualizations, and processes.
  • Support financial analytics and SAP implementation
  • Continuous improvement – Support ongoing business process improvements, including process and technology improvements

 

Skills


  • 7+ years of relevant financial planning and analysis experience
  • Experience working in multi-national Biotechnology / Pharmaceutical industry (preferred)
  • Understanding of accounting principles, procedures, and internal controls
  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to resolve conflict, drive consensus, and reach conclusions
  • Self-starter, energetic, dynamic individual with a hands-on mentality and knowing how to prioritize given responsibilities
  • High attention to detail and the ability to communicate at all levels
  • Intellectually curious, self-motivated, results-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable dealing with ambiguity
  • Advance in MS Excel and/or any analytic tools
  • Experience with financial and ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Hyperion Planning, Smart View, Anaplan

Education


  • Advanced degree in Economics, Finance, and/or any quantitative majors
  • CPA and/or CMA



Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.