Amgen India | Associate Contracts & Pricing

Key responsibilities

• As the Associate, Medicaid – Contracts & Pricing Execution (AIN), you will support execution of U.S.
• This role will support invoice gathering, claim loading, validation checks, CLD processing, dispute documentation, payment package preparation, reporting, reconciliation support, SOP documentation, controls, and operational improvement activities.
• The role will partner with the Medicaid Manager, AIN team members, ATO Medicaid process owners, Government Pricing, Finance, Compliance, Contracting, Information Systems, and other U.S.-based stakeholders to support accurate, timely, and compliant Medicaid operations.
• The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented Medicaid / managed markets operations professional with strong analytical, documentation, and process execution capabilities.
• This individual should bring ownership, accuracy, curiosity, stakeholder collaboration, and a continuous improvement mindset to support compliant and timely Medicaid rebate execution.
• Support day-to-day execution of Medicaid rebate operations including invoice receipt tracking, invoice conversion, Model N upload preparation, claim processing, payment package support, and documentation maintenance.
• Execute assigned standard-state activities in accordance with SOPs, work instructions, checklists, quality standards, and established timelines.
• Maintain accurate trackers for invoice status, CLD receipt, validation outcomes, open items, dispute status, payment package readiness, and evidence retention.
• Perform first-pass invoice validation checks for assigned Medicaid states, including unit, NDC, reimbursement, URA, invoice, and source data reasonableness checks.
• Support CLD formatting, control checks, historical utilization comparison, duplicate discount screening support, and preparation of analysis files for review.
• Prepare dispute documentation, dispute tracking updates, response support, and evidence files for disputed units and rebate amounts.
• Support preparation of ROSI, PQAS, remittance, payment package, and SharePoint archival documentation in accordance with SOP requirements.
• Assist with prior quarter adjustments, supplemental claim support, interest calculation evidence, and payment reconciliation support as assigned.
• Maintain clean audit trails, decision logs, and supporting workpapers for Medicaid invoice and payment activities.
• Assist with UAT, defect documentation, access readiness tracking, SOP updates, work instruction drafting, training material preparation, and knowledge repository maintenance.
• Participate in KT, shadowing, reverse shadowing, and supervised execution activities to build Medicaid process proficiency.
• Identify process gaps, manual effort reduction opportunities, recurring exceptions, documentation gaps, and quality improvement ideas.
• Compliance, Controls & Audit Readiness.
• Execute work in accordance with internal policies, Medicaid SOPs, controlled process requirements, documentation standards, and compliance expectations.
• Maintain accurate evidence for invoice receipt, validation, disputes, payment support, approvals, reconciliations, and archival steps.
• Support audit, SOX, and control review activities by providing complete workpapers and organized documentation.
• Invoice Validation & CLD Support
• Document validation findings, assumptions, supporting evidence, and required follow-up actions clearly and consistently.
• Escalate complex state nuances, high-risk exceptions, unusual utilization trends, or ambiguous payment/dispute issues for manager or ATO review.
• Use Model N / PbN, SAP, Validata, SharePoint, state portals, reporting tools, and Microsoft 365 applications to support Medicaid workflow execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration, Economics, Life Sciences, Pharmacy, or related discipline.
• 2–5 years of experience in pharmaceutical / healthcare operations, managed markets, Medicaid rebates, finance operations, revenue management, claims operations, analytics, or related controlled business operations.
• Strong Excel, documentation, reporting, analytical, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet timelines, follow SOPs, and work effectively in a deadline-driven and highly controlled environment.
• Exposure to Medicaid rebate operations, payer rebates, managed markets finance, claims validation, CLD processing, dispute tracking, rebate adjudication, Gross-to-Net, or pharmaceutical revenue management.
• Experience with Model N / PbN, Validata, Revitas Flex, SAP, SharePoint, Tableau, Qlik Sense, Power BI, Power Query, Alteryx, Power Automate, or comparable tools.
• Understanding of NDC, AMP, Best Price, URA, AWP, ROSI, PQAS, 340B duplicate discount concepts, managed care utilization, and compliance documentation is desirable.
• Experience supporting SOPs, WSIs, audit-ready workpapers, issue trackers, UAT, system implementation, automation, or process improvement activities.
• Strong collaboration, communication, problem-solving, attention to detail, and ability to work with U.S.-based stakeholders in a distributed global operating model.

Amgen Inc.

Amgen was founded in 1980 in Thousand Oaks, California, as Applied Molecular Genetics. Still based in Thousand Oaks, it is a biotechnology company that discovers, develops, makes and sells medicines, including Prolia and Evenity for bone health, Repatha for high cholesterol, Enbrel and Otezla for inflammatory diseases, and Kyprolis and Blincyto for cancers. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the symbol AMGN, and it became part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2020. The purchase of Horizon Therapeutics in 2023 added medicines for rare diseases. In 2024 Amgen announced a technology and innovation site in HITEC City, Hyderabad, set up first to build technology and digital tools for its global organisation and then to add work in AI, data science and other global functions. The Indian entity is Amgen Technology Private Limited.

Finance hiring in Hyderabad covers financial planning and analysis, technology project controls, accounts payable statements and reconciliations, transactional finance, global distribution finance and expense audit. A sizeable group of tax roles spans indirect tax compliance, international tax, US federal direct tax and tax reporting, and tax technology, while contracts and pricing associates work on Medicaid rebates and chargebacks. Roles run from associate to director, the most senior FP&A post asking for 18 or more years. FP&A and finance manager postings name a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant, CPA or a master's degree in finance, economics or business administration, and the US tax roles look for a CA or US CPA.

• Industry: Biotechnology: discovery, development, manufacture and sale of medicines for bone health, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory diseases, cancer and rare diseases
• Headquarters: Thousand Oaks, California, United States (Amgen Inc., listed on Nasdaq as AMGN)
• In India: Amgen Technology Private Limited, a technology and innovation site in HITEC City, Hyderabad (announced in 2024)