Senior Associate - Global Distribution Finance

Overview

Supports Global Distribution financial planning, forecasting, reporting, purchase-order management, invoice and payment management, and control activities across the network, consolidating budget and forecast inputs and preparing financial insights for hubs, Finance partners and leadership.

What you'll do

• Coordinate the collection of annual budget, quarterly forecast, monthly outlook, and year-end estimate inputs from Global Distribution hubs and functional teams.
• Consolidate budget assumptions, spending forecasts, actuals, and supporting commentary into a complete Global Distribution financial view.
• Review monthly actual spending, accruals, and open commitments with Finance and budget owners to support accurate financial reporting and forecast updates.
• Perform variance, trend, and scenario analysis to explain changes in distribution and logistics spend, identify emerging risks, and highlight opportunities for action.
• Prepare recurring reports, dashboards, variance bridges, and executive summaries that translate complex financial data into clear business insights.
• Track productivity initiatives and savings projects, validate supporting assumptions, monitor performance against commitments, and escalate material variances.
• Manage purchase requisition and purchase order creation for logistics and distribution services, validating budget availability and creating purchase orders through Ariba and SAP procurement processes.
• Manage purchase order approvals by routing requests through the appropriate workflow and ensuring compliance with spending thresholds and established controls.
• Communicate approved purchase orders to suppliers and confirm supplier acknowledgement of the order and related commitment.
• Manage invoice and payment activities for logistics and distribution services by confirming that goods were received or services were performed before invoice approval.
• Review and approve invoices in accordance with established controls, resolve invoice mismatches with suppliers and internal stakeholders, and support timely accounts payable processing.
• Support assessment of project timelines, operational changes, and network initiatives to ensure financial implications are reflected in forecasts and planning submissions.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning tools, reporting processes, data quality, and automation, and support implementation of approved improvements.
• Complete all work in accordance with applicable cGMP requirements, Amgen procedures, and financial control standards.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field and 5 to 9 years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, operational finance, supply chain analytics, or a comparable analytical role.
• Advanced Excel and/or Smartsheet skills, including formulas, pivot tables, data modeling, and analysis of large datasets.
• Ability to consolidate information from multiple stakeholders, identify data inconsistencies, and deliver accurate outputs within planning-cycle deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financial results to non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and maintain attention to detail in a global, cross-functional environment.
• Working knowledge of financial governance, controls, and the relationship between operational drivers and financial results.
• Clear presentation and technical-writing skills for leadership reports, meeting materials, and financial commentary.
• Collaborative stakeholder-management skills and the ability to work effectively across regions and functions.
• Sound judgment, accountability, and a continuous-improvement mindset.
• Alignment with Amgen Values and Leadership Attributes.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, or financial close processes in a supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, or operations environment.
• Experience with SAP or other financial and enterprise resource planning systems.
• Experience with Smartsheet, Power BI, Tableau, or comparable reporting and visualization tools.
• Experience tracking savings initiatives, productivity projects, or operational cost-reduction programs.
• Knowledge of project management concepts, including milestones, change control, and financial impact assessment.

Details

• Location: India - Hyderabad.
• The role has no direct people-management responsibility and receives assignments in task- and objective-oriented terms.
• Works closely with Global Distribution hubs, functional teams, and finance partners across regions.