Senior Manager -I, FP&A

At Bristol Myers Squibb, we are creating innovative medicines for patients who are fighting serious diseases. Were also nurturing our own team with inspiring work and challenging career options. No matter our role, each of us contributes. And that makes all the difference.

The Senior Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis Operations for BMS will be a highly collaborative Finance business partner. This exceptional leader will act as a player-coach, overseeing and supporting execution of FP&A activities for market focused Revenue team in BMS Hyderabad Hub and demonstrate the following attributes:

• Exceptional expertise in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and financial modelling
• Deep understanding of the business landscape, market / product trends, forecasting, and industry dynamics in the market
• Outstanding ability to forge strong partnerships with fellow Hub team members and in-market Finance colleagues to provide high quality services in a timely fashion
• Open communication and cooperation to ensure the FP&A Hub in Hyderabad remains an integral part of the local FP&A teams, aligned to broader vision and strategy, and contributes to the overall success of the Finance function and BMS

Successful candidates will possess excellent leadership skills, inspiring and motivating team members to deliver exceptional results.

A minimum of 9-12 years of experience is required.

The position will be based in BMS Hyderabad Location (expected 50% in-person) with minimal travel expected.

Key Responsibilities and Major Duties:

FP&A activities

• Leads team and supports execution of Finance Planning & Analysis / Revenue forecasting activities for regional and senior management consumption
• May serve as day-to-day Revenue forecasting contact for in-market FP&A team in the market
• Builds and reviews budget and projections for Revenue for the market
• Provides effective analyses to clearly highlight key trends / variances and rationale
• Prepares presentations for budget & projection reviews; updates forecast templates as needed
• Prepares analysis of monthly actual variances vs. budget / projection in alignment with standard framework and templates
• Manages and executes special projects, ad-hoc analysis to ensure highly effective outcomes

Process standardization and improvement

• Support Associate Director, FP&A Operations, who owns FP&A Operations revenue forecasting process globally for BMS
• Support the development and execution of a global strategy for policies, processes, and technologies
• Define and establishing consistent end to end process, KPIs and targets and intervene accordingly to drive results improvement
• Collaborate with data owners / stewards to align on process and data issues
• Propose revenue forecasting improvement projects with a focus on delivering key business outcomes
• Develop the business case for process improvement decisions, and tracks actuals against the plan to validate execution and improve future plans
• Participate in process governance
• Identify, design and incorporate industry leading practices into standard operations within the Hyderabad Hub necessary to identify, and raise / resolve issues involving tradeoffs, especially around cost, quality, and customer service
• Maintain to a culture of continuous improvement at all levels of the organization and foster a business-oriented culture; continuously monitor the needs of the business
• Solicit feedback from internal customers, both operationally and regionally to determine the best response to continually improve process performance and year-over-year cost reductions
• Ensure and continually validate operating procedures are established and documented to support execution, and are maintained to align with process changes

Relationship management and teaming

• Interacts with in-market FP&A team for the market
• Serves as an inspirational and engaging leader who motivates and engages through clear articulation of FP&A priorities for the market
• Shares leading practices and learning with other Hub sub-tower teams
• Collaborates across Hub sub-towers to drive process standardization and innovation
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with Associate Director, FP&A , Senior Director, FP&A Hub Lead, Business Insights & Analytics (BI&A), and other Hyderabad service delivery teams
• Assists in recruiting, hiring, and retaining of strong local team members
• Identifies and manages training and upskilling of local team members
• Holds self and others to timelines, quality, and accuracy

Risk management

• Articulates material risks and opportunities and takes an active role supporting Market FDs in designing and executing response or contingency plans