Amgen India | Director- Finance

Key responsibilities include

• The Director of Finance at Amgen will be responsible for overseeing, managing, and coordinating all financial operations within the company.
• You'll also be in charge of developing the financial strategy, financial planning and forecasting, cost and revenue management, both short term and long term.
• In this vital role, you will lead the build-out and ongoing leadership of a high-performing finance team at Amgen India, designed to support Operations Finance and our global Operations business partners.
• You will play a critical role in shaping a scalable, efficient, and insight-driven finance support model, delivering high-quality financial planning, reporting, and analytics across a broad set of manufacturing, supply chain, and operational functions.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing finance team within Amgen India, including talent strategy, capability development, and ways of working.
• Partner with Operations Finance and business leaders to deliver actionable financial insights that support decision-making, resource allocation, and performance optimization.
• Oversee delivery of core finance activities including Business Plan, Latest Estimates, and long-range planning across supported functions, as well as Standard Costing and Cost of Goods Manufactured (COGM) processes.
• Build strong partnerships with Corporate FP&A and Operations teams at Amgen India.
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly financial reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis, with clear communication of key drivers and risks.
• Drive consistency and simplification across financial processes, tools, and data, enabling scalable and efficient support models.
• Support financial analysis for key operational initiatives, including capacity expansions, network changes, productivity programs, and cost optimization efforts.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, and other partners to improve cost, service, and financial performance.
• Act as a key liaison between onshore Finance teams and the Capability Center, ensuring alignment on priorities, deliverables, and service levels.
• Identify and implement opportunities to enhance data quality, automation, and reporting capabilities.
• Help establish and scale standardized processes for financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytics in support of Operations Finance.
• Help define and evolve the future-state operating model for finance support within Amgen India, driving standardization and best practices.

Requirements

• Experience in finance, FP&A, operations finance, or manufacturing finance.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading teams, ideally within a shared services or capability center environment.
• Strong understanding of standard costing process, Cost of Goods Manufacturing (COGM), and Cost of Sales processes.
• Experience supporting global operations, supply chain, or manufacturing organizations.
• Strong financial planning, forecasting, modeling, and variance analysis capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable business insights.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and work effectively across a matrixed organization.
• Experience driving process improvement, standardization, and scalable finance solutions.
• Strong communication skills and executive presence.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Experience leading change and shaping operating models, including transitioning work into centralized or capability center structures.

Amgen India

Amgen India is an employer hiring in India. In its own words: "Amgen discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers innovative medicines to fight some of the world’s toughest diseases."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in India are mostly in Hyderabad.