Amgen India | Finance Manager

What you'll do

• We are seeking a strategic and analytically strong finance leader based in India to support the U.S.
• This role will serve as a key finance business partner to U.S.-based brand, and cross-functional leaders, providing insight into brand performance, forecasting, planning, and decision support for the P&L which includes both revenue and OPEX.
• Partner with largely U.S.-based Ultra-Rare brand, sales, and business leaders to provide financial insight and support strategic decision-making.
• Partner closely with U.S.-based RDBU Finance, brand, and cross-functional leaders to support planning, forecasting, financial analysis, and decision-making.
• Develop a deep understanding of the Ultra-Rare market, competitive landscape, pricing and reimbursement dynamics, and key revenue and cost drivers.
• Lead or support monthly close activities, including financial review, variance analysis, and issue identification and resolution.
• Own sales and expense forecasting, annual operating plan development, and long-range planning activities.
• Identify opportunities to streamline forecasting, reporting, and planning processes through automation, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to enhance tools, reporting, and workflows that improve efficiency, accuracy, and business insight.
• Build and maintain complex business and financial models to evaluate scenarios, risks, opportunities, and investment decisions.
• Analyze actual results against forecast, explain variances clearly, and communicate implications to senior management and business partners.
• Prepare and deliver clear, concise written and verbal presentations with actionable recommendations for leadership audiences.
• Collaborate across global and cross-functional teams, including Pricing, Contracting, Forecasting, Sales Operations, Commercial Finance, Corporate FP&A, Investor Relations, and other partners.
• Provide leadership and financial support on multiple initiatives and ad hoc projects.
• Operate effectively in a global team structure, including regular collaboration across India and U.S. time zones to support business priorities, planning cycles, and shared deliverables.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree and 7+ years of progressive finance experience; OR.
• Financial Planning & Analysis experience, including revenue and OPEX forecasting.
• Biotech and/or pharmaceutical industry experience with exposure to sales and marketing finance.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; Hyperion experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of corporate finance concepts and the ability to think critically and challenge assumptions.
• Executive presence with the ability to communicate clearly and influence stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Experience working in a global matrixed environment, including support of U.S.-based stakeholders and cross-time-zone collaboration.
• Self-starter who can work with minimal direction in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on leader who balances strategic support with strong execution and follow-through.
• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of progressive finance experience;

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)