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, Medical information activities, in a fast growing multinational pharma company headquartered in Milan and 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. 
•    Interact 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 seeking 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 for 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 Fcst for each R&D Functional areas 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
•    From 2 to 4 years of experience as Financial Controller in international companies
•    Strong analytical skills, attention to details, 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