Lead, Finance Business Partner

Lead Finance Business Partner About Astellas: At Astellas we are making treatments that matter to people.

We are tackling the toughest health challenges putting the patient at the heart of every move we make.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience.

At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn't a buzzword - it's a guiding principle for action.

We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We have developed ground-breaking, innovative medicines in immunology, oncology and urology.

Our medicines are extending and saving the lives of cancer patients, making transplantation possible and improving the quality of life for those living with conditions where needs are often overlooked.

We take a patient-focused approach, that allows us to convert brilliant early science into treatments and solutions that directly improve and save patients' lives.

From lab to clinic to patient, we focus on the most promising science, empower the best talent to pursue it, and develop life-changing solutions alongside the best partners.

The Opportunity: As a Lead Finance Business Partner Dublin Plant, you will collaborate with key stakeholders providing valuable financial insights to support optimal decision making at the Dublin plant.

Your role is also responsible for monthly management reporting, budget & forecast preparation along with investment evaluation, while ensuring the appropriate control and value-add of plant expenditure.

Key Responsibilities: Develop strong relationships with Plant Management and other key stakeholders and provide relevant financial analysis to support decision-making, while actively participating in strategy development and site management meetings.

Provide financial data and insights to support site activities for cost optimisation, volume maximization and new product introduction along with operational excellence initiatives and investment business cases.

Collaborate with global plant finance teams to harmonize processes, leverage best practices in management accounting and implement process/system efficiency improvements Oversee all aspects of management accounting, reporting and JSOX compliance for the Dublin plant, including the monthly close and costing process, reporting, sales and product costing, inventory management, stocktakes, relevant external reporting and conducting ad-hoc analyses as needed.

Manage the budgeting & forecasting cycles for Dublin site, including functional partnering for cost consolidation, headcount planning & costing, volume forecasting, product costing, business case compilation & presentation to leadership.

Mentor finance graduates and undertake additional activities and projects as directed by the line manager.

Essential Knowledge & Experience: Previous experience in an accounting environment, including experience in a finance business partnering role with a proven track record in strategy development and implementation.

Expertise in product costing within a multi-product environment, on an SAP platform (or similar ERP System) with knowledge of SAP FI/CO, PP, SD, and MM modules preferably.

Experience in data analytics and business intelligence (BI) tools.

Education: Professional Accounting Qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) or equivalent.

Additional information: This is a permanent, full-time position.

Position is based in Dublin, Ireland.

This position requires you to be in the office 2-3 times a week.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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