Senior R&D Controlling Partner | Hybrid US

EMD Serono, Inc.; Billerica (MA); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement contributions

Job summary

EMD Serono, Inc. in Massachusetts is seeking an Associate Director of Healthcare R&D Controlling to serve as a senior business partner for two Healthcare R&D Functions.

You will manage functional spending around €90m with ~400 employees, partnering with the business to optimize the pipeline, operations, and organizational setup. You will drive Operating Plan and Forecasting for indirect costs, enhance personnel cost transparency with HR, and support local US initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics and/or Finance.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in Controlling in pharmaceutical industry in a business partner role.
• Business-fluent English skills.

Responsibilities

• Be an active part of the respective functional R&D Leadership Teams, understand functional business needs, have an influencer voice within R&D Controlling team and towards the functional Leadership Team.
• Manage and control the Healthcare R&D IT budget in close collaboration with R&D IT Committee
• Identify and drive functional efficiencies, aligned with longer term functional strategy, together with Business and Human Resources
• Strive to improve existing processes and drive efficiency initiatives with your business
• Represent Controlling within local US investment initiatives and strategic local functional R&D projects (e.g. Business cases creation, CAPEX project valuations)
• Provide regular valuable management business performance insights for your functions
• Lead and handle all Controlling processes (Forecast, Financial Steering, Year-end close) for the respective Functions / Indirect Budget (Cost center => Personnel cost controlling)
• Act as a financial business partner for two L2 function(s), provide financial advice and analysis to optimize strategic/ operational decisions both short and long-term

Skills

English fluency

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Economics and/or Finance

Tools

SAP

TM1

SAC Mcloud

MS Office

Job description

EMD Serono, Inc. in Massachusetts is seeking an Associate Director of Healthcare R&D Controlling to serve as a senior business partner for two Healthcare R&D Functions.

You will manage functional spending around €90m with ~400 employees, partnering with the business to optimize the pipeline, operations, and organizational setup. You will drive Operating Plan and Forecasting for indirect costs, enhance personnel cost transparency with HR, and support local US initiatives.