R&D Financial Controller Corporate

Job Purpose

The purpose of the R&D Financial Controller Corporate is to deal with controlling activities in the strategic area of R&D and Medical Affairs which involves new indication/drug on clinical/non-clinical development projects, all R&D departments Regulatory, Pharmacovigilance, Quality, cross functions, and Medical information activities, in a fast-growing multinational pharma company headquartered in Milan with Sales of 1.7 B in the first 9 months of 2024 and presence direct with subsidiaries in most Countries or indirect sales worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting Corporate Finance in financial analysis and reporting setup, as well as controlling the accuracy of accounting data and maintaining business data.
• Supporting different departments within R&D to monitor budget and perform monthly reconciliations between G/L accounts and reporting, including the supervision of R&D activities to guarantee compliance with the expected phasing and budget.
• Interacting with multiple functional R&D stakeholders who are spread across multiple geographies and business units.
• Carrying on all monthly closure activities in SAP for the controlling part and conducting regular variances analyses vs. previous year, forecast, budget, etc.
• Assisting in budgeting and forecasting, and reviewing accounting information for accuracy.

Main Activities:
Reporting/Closing
• Support closing process by posting accruals and risks estimation on top of accounting in S/4Hana for all P&L items, checking employee costs, cost allocations, assets amortization, etc.
• Support in preparing the Financial Statements and related accomplishments.
• Set up a new comprehensive reporting in Oracle planning of all the R&D expenses.
• Influence accounting process discipline to actively seek full leverage of SAP 4/Hana functionalities.
• Coordinate cross charges costs for activities through subsidiaries.

Business Support:
• Build up a robust and detailed backup for budget and forecasting interacting with key functional stakeholders & support the Finance Manager to collect information from the business to properly include them in the monthly reporting.
• Support the preparation of R&D operating reviews.
• Coordinate for timesheet and KPIs collection for activity-based analysis and costs reallocations.
• Support in the preparation, according to Management directives, of R&D Group multi-year project plans.
• Participate proactively in collecting data and information relevant for tax benefit on R&D projects and related expenses.
• Tracking, reporting, analysing and monitoring variances vs budget and vs forecast for each R&D functional area and the related stakeholders.

Required Education

Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, commerce, economy.

Required Skills and Experience

• Teamwork aptitude and positive approach, proactivity and collaborative attitude oriented to achieve objectives.
• Knowledge of SAP 4/H, Oracle suites, Microsoft Office programs, particularly Excel and Power Point, expert of reporting consolidate system like Hyperion/Planning.
• 2 to 4 years of experience as Financial Controller in international companies.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, organizational skills, problem-solving orientation.
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
• Willing to learn, rigorous, goal-oriented.
• Ability to work efficiently under time pressure and to balance various changing priorities in a highly dynamic environment.
• Dynamic and consistent acting.
• Creative implementation of solutions simplifying and standardizing work.
• Familiarity with the specifics of the pharmaceutical market preferred.

Required Languages

Fluent English is a must.