Financial Planning & Business Analysis Senior Manager
€82.3k - €111.3k
Expert
Bachelor's
Paris, France
In PersonOn-site in Paris.
Finance & BankingCorporate Finance & FP&A
About the job
Requirements
- A degree in Economics or Business Administration.
- More than 8–10 years of experience working in a similar position in an international environment; pharmaceutical-industry experience is preferred.
- Two to three years of experience in a management position within an international finance department is an asset.
- Two to three years of accounting experience and five to six years of budgeting and planning experience.
- Excellent user of Office programs, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Basic knowledge of applicable business administration and tax laws, especially value-added tax, as well as accounting and consolidation.
- Basic knowledge of United States generally accepted accounting principles.
- Ability to translate business strategy into financial plans, performance targets, and resource allocation decisions.
- Strong business acumen and understanding of commercial, operational, and market drivers.
- Advanced communication skills and ability to simplify complex financial issues for diverse audiences.
- Ability to collaborate, build partnerships, and influence stakeholders across functions and levels.
- Ability to negotiate and challenge constructively to drive business decisions and financial outcomes.
- Ability to apply critical thinking and scenario analysis to identify risks, opportunities, and solutions.
- Ability to lead with empathy and inclusivity, fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to develop and coach local and international team members, building organizational capability and succession readiness.
- Ability to lead finance transformation, process optimization, and automation initiatives.
- Ability to learn quickly and motivate others to adapt to new systems, processes, technologies, and ways of working.
- Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills.
- Ability to model Amgen values and foster an inclusive, ethical, and patient-focused culture.
Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and manage a team of four finance professionals, including two local direct reports and two Amgen Capability Center Portugal analysts, ensuring capability building, engagement, and high-quality delivery.
- Own the affiliate forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning processes and be accountable for forecast accuracy and financial performance visibility.
- Act as a strategic advisor to the Leadership Team, translating financial insights into business decisions.
- Partner with Commercial, Medical, Access, Human Resources, and Supply Chain leaders to drive business performance and resource allocation decisions.
- Coordinate affiliate planning activities with ELMAC regional consolidation and planning teams.
- Lead strategic planning, investment evaluation, and scenario modelling to support business decisions.
- Lead forecasting of revenue, expenses, and operating profit, identifying risks and opportunities.
- Partner with Value & Access to assess pricing strategies, market access risks, and financial implications.
- Oversee monitoring of actual and forecasted costs and revenues on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
- Coordinate and consolidate the budget, latest estimate, and variance analysis.
- Lead long-term planning activities, including Long Range Scenario.
- Influence strategic decisions through financial insights and challenge-based discussions.
- Deliver financial insights and performance reporting to the Affiliate Management Team and broader organization.
- Lead finance transformation, process improvement, and automation initiatives.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in the pharmaceutical environment.
- Experience with Diagnostics, Hyperion, Anaplan, SAP, CODEX, and artificial intelligence.
About the company
Amgen develops and makes biologic medicines, which are drugs built from proteins and antibodies grown in living cells, for serious conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and bone loss. Its anemia drug Epogen, approved in 1989, became one of the biotechnology industry's first blockbuster medicines. Amgen grows these drugs in large tanks called bioreactors, and its products include the cholesterol drug Repatha, the bone-building drug Evenity, and the severe asthma drug Tezspire. It earns money by selling these medicines, mostly through large drug wholesalers that supply hospitals and pharmacies. Amgen was founded in 1980 and is based in Thousand Oaks, California.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Thousand Oaks, California
Founded
1980
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Growth is broad-based: 22 products grew at least 10%, lifting June 2026 quarter revenue 10% to $10.1 billion.
- Stock grants gained value: Amgen shares rose 27% from January to October 9, 2026, versus 10% for rival Eli Lilly.
- Many U.S. roles are remote: 145 of Amgen's 615 U.S. job openings in October 2026 were fully remote.
What critics are saying
- Its 2025 best seller is shrinking: cheaper copies cut bone drug Prolia's sales 32% in the June 2026 quarter.
- MariTide, Amgen's obesity bet, faces a giant: Lilly's Mounjaro and Zepbound outsold all of Amgen in the June 2026 quarter.
- Most tech openings are in India: 156 of Amgen's 210 information systems jobs in October 2026 were in Hyderabad.
What makes Amgen unique
- It copies rivals' blockbusters too: Pavblu, its version of Regeneron's eye drug Eylea, sold $700 million in 2025.
- Amgen hunts drug targets in a nation's DNA: its Icelandic unit deCODE has genetic data on two-thirds of Iceland's adults.
- Amgen opened a U.S. cancer-drug class: Blincyto, approved in 2014, was the first to tether immune cells to cancer.
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