Senior Finance Manager, TOPS US Manufacturing, Facility and Engineering

SUMMARY

The Senior Finance Manager forUS Manufacturing, Facility and Engineering is a key member of the TOPS (Technical Operations) Finance team. This leader is expected to partner closely with business leaders to provide insightful business advice and drive successful outcomes, leveraging your financial background to support and influence key strategic and operational business decisions.  Additionally, support the local and corporate level accounting and FP&A groups and the monthly and quarterly closing activities.  Lead the cost of goods manufactured (COGM) and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) reporting and analysis work, lead the FP&A activities for the assigned business areas, and support the SAP implementation of Standard Costing. The successful candidate hasstrong finance technical skills in FP&A andsolid knowledge in Costing while possessingstrong business acumen and business partnering skills. The candidate is expected to lead through influence and be aresults and performance drivenachiever and great team player.

Responsibilities

• Business partnering and business process improvement: closely partner with the business to find opportunities to improve productivity and cost efficiency by initiating and/or supporting business process improvement as a thought leader; facilitate solving business problems by removing barriers and enhancing performance measures; Drive the business cost ownership culture change.
• COGM and COGS reporting: Manage all aspects of the Costs of Goods Manufactured and Costs of Goods Sold for the US produced products under the current Costing process, including such costs as raw material purchases, Drug Substance manufacturing, Contract Manufacturing and other overheads, for actual results reporting, forecasting and budgeting
• FP&A: Lead the periodic forecasting, planning and analysis for the assigned business functional areas
• Monthly and Quarterly closing support:Support the Cost Accounting team and the North America Accounting team to ensure the key activities are recorded correctly based on US GAAP, by working with the business partners to understand and properly communicate the natures of the business activities; drive the determination of inventory provision amounts and follow through the communication
• Project execution support: support or lead the financial assessment for capital investment projects and continuous improvement projects. Lead local and global projects and initiatives within BioMarin Finance.  Engage in continuous improvement initiatives todrive process efficiencies and participate in transformation projects.  Identify process automation opportunities to eliminate non-value add activities.
• Standard Costing implementation with the SAP: Provide effective support to the Standard Costing implementation, including problem resolution, testing, and development of applicable reporting processes, as well as local and global ad-hoc projects.

• Internal control: foster a strong internal control environment for the assigned business areas to minimize the chance of SOX and Financial Reporting exposures; support the auditing and remediation activities as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong skills in analytics, leadership, communication, teamwork and organization
• Minimum 10 years of Finance/Accounting or equivalent experiences in a public company
• Provide coaching for junior staff, assess development opportunities to keep team engaged and motivated.
• Working knowledge and skills in SAP or Oracle Manufacturingand Hyperion are preferred
• SAP or Oracle General Ledger experience is preferred
• HFM / SmartView/SAP Analytics experience is preferred
• Experience in Costing or Controllership is desired but not required
• Experience of US GAAP, Sarbanes Oxley, and internal control environment essential

Education and Certification

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field is required
• MBA, CMA or CPA is desired but not required

This position requires 2-4 days onsite in Novato, CA

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.