Lilly Looking for Finance Associate at Concord, NC Full Time

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our 35,000 employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Position Brand Description:

Lilly is entering an exciting period of growth and we are committed to delivering innovative medicines to patients around the world. Lilly is investing over $1 billion to create a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site, in Concord, North Carolina. The brand-new facility will utilize the latest technology to increase the company’s manufacturing capacity in parenteral (injectable) medications, device assembly and packaging operations. This is an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help build and operate a new site. The Lilly Concord site will be built using the latest high-tech equipment, advanced highly integrated and automated manufacturing systems, and have a focus on minimizing the impact to our environment. This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss! The primary focus of the position includes monthly reporting, forecasting, planning (long-range plan and business plan) and business decision analysis. Ability to influence leadership and present complex financial information to non-financial personnel are key capabilities for this position. In addition, this position will be responsible for managing local and major capital for the site.

Key Objectives/Deliverables:

Planning/Forecasting/Reporting for Concord Plant:

• Coordinate processes for long range plan, quarterly forecasts, and annual business plan for a brand-new manufacturing site

• Present monthly financial results and explain main drivers of business performance to local and plant management, as appropriate

• Annual product costing for key Products

• Site local and major capital management reporting and related analytics

• Implement & establish best practices internally and create procedure guidelines to flow for new site development

• Perform Financial analysis for plant operations and provide decision support on any operational and technical matters of plant operations under guidance from Concord finance director

• Monthly financial closing of books

• Preparation of accounting Journal Vouchers and documentation for Concord financial closing

• Provide guidance to the plant on financial policies, internal controls, costing, and accounting matters

• Prepare Annual Business Plan Financials

• Preparation of monthly opex reports and analyze variances actual opex vs business plan

Business Partnership, Scenario analysis and other business case analysis for plant operations

• Support management and business partners on key initiatives, including expense control, strategic sourcing, materials pricing, monthly metrics, headcount reporting, and operational opportunities.

• Work with Operation and Functional directors for execution of productivity and gross margin improvements plan

• Assist local Competitive Continuous Improvement (CCI) team

• Business Case analysis for Tech Agenda and other productivity projects

• Create and establish new hire finance training policy & materials

Local SOX responsibilities

• Serve as site SOX coordinator for Concord site and interface with Corporate Financial Controls Organization (FCO)

• Accountable for execution of key SOX deliverables and serving as liaison for internal and external SOX audits

Capital Controllership responsibilities

• Work with site engineering resources to develop the site capital plan and monitor site capital spending

• Local resource for capital spending and fixed asset policies and practices

• Depreciation Forecasting

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum B.S. Finance, Accounting, or Equivalent

• 4 years+ Finance / Accounting / Manufacturing Experience: Financial/accounting experience, specifically Planning, Forecasting, Reporting

• Technical Leadership (Product Costing, Controllership, Data Stewardship)

Additional Preferences:

• Pharmaceutical Industry specific experience/ knowledge

• Strong analytical skills

• Self- Starter & Motivated & Ability to work well with ambiguity

• Ability to work well with Teams/ cross functionally and independently

• Computer/PC skills – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP

• Business/Technical Leadership potential

• Teamwork/Interpersonal skills

• MBA or CPA preferred

• Cost Accounting experience

• Strong multitasking and prioritization capabilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Lean, 6-sigma experience

Education Requirements:

• Minimum B.S. Finance, Accounting, or Equivalent

Other Information:

• The position is onsite at the Lilly Concord NC site and is an Individual Contributor role

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