Finance Manager

Amgen Inc. (IR); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen India is seeking a highly skilled Finance Manager to lead local accounting, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and regulatory standards while aligning with Amgen’s internal controls.

The role reports to the Amgen India Finance Site Lead and involves partnering with global accounting, managing tax compliance, payroll support, and involvement in S/4 HANA and process modernization projects across the Finance organization.

Qualifications

• Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree with 8–10 years of accounting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree with 10–12 years of accounting experience.
• Diploma with 12–14 accounting experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day local financial processes and controls including statutory accounting.
• Partner with global accounting for general ledger and financial reporting for Amgen India site.
• Ensure transactions align with local accounting principles.
• Fulfill statutory accounting and reporting activities and local tax requirements.
• Prepare accurate local cash-flow forecast to ensure proper funding.
• Support payroll administration in partnership with HR.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors for accurate reporting.
• Assist intercompany accounting with global stakeholders.
• Participate in Finance projects and process improvements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Time management

Organizational skills

Adaptability

Influence and change

Education

Doctorate degree

Master’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Diploma

Tools

ERP systems

Financial software

Job description

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

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Finance Manager to join our team in India. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in financial controls, financial processes and statutory accounting principles and practices, with a proven track record of managing financial and accounting operations in a corporate environment. The Finance Manager 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.

Roles & Responsibilities

• 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 stakeholders
• 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 stakeholders
• Play pivotal role in wider projects across Finance organization (e.g. S/4 HANA and Process Modernization/ Improvement)
• 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 8 to 10 years of Accounting experience
• Bachelor’s degree and 10 to 12 years of Accounting experience
• Diploma and 12 to 14 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

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

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's life. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential. For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen