Manager - Manufacturing Finance

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location. The anticipated wage for this position is

Lilly unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. Lilly is a fortune 500 company that has been in operation for over 145 years. We make medicine with safety first and quality always while living our company values of Integrity, Excellence, and Respect for People.

Lilly recently acquired a state-of-the-art parenteral manufacturing site located in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. This new site will further expand Lilly's global parenteral (injectable) product manufacturing network and support increased demand for the Company's medicines. This position will serve as a key financial business partner at the site. 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 the Pleasant Prairie 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 RTP finance director

• Monthly financial closing of books

• Preparation of accounting Journal Vouchers and documentation for RTP 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

• Serve as SOX coordinator for the site and interface with corporate contacts, and partner for key deliverables

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

• Create and establish new hire finance training material

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 experience in Finance / Accounting: Financial/accounting experience, specifically Planning, Forecasting, Reporting

Additional Preferences:

• Pharmaceutical or manufacturing specific experience/ knowledge

• Strong analytical skills

• Self- Starter & Motivated

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

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

• Cost Accounting experience (product costing)

• Strong multitasking and prioritization capabilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. Lilly does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.

Other Information:

• The position is for the Lilly Pleasant Prairie site.

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Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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