Senior Manager, Finance Planning

At Bristol Myers Squibb, we're creating innovative medicines for patients who are fighting serious diseases. We're also nurturing our own team with inspiring work and challenging career options. No matter our role, each of us makes a contribution.

And that makes all the difference. The Senior Manager, Finance Planning & Analysis Operations for BMS will be a highly collaborative Finance business partner. This exceptional leader will act as a "player-coach," overseeing and supporting execution of FP&A activities for market focused Revenue team in BMS's Hyderabad Hub and demonstrate the following attributes:Exceptional expertise in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and financial modelling

Deep understanding of the business landscape, market / product trends, forecasting, and industry dynamics in the market

Outstanding ability to forge strong partnerships with fellow Hub team members and in-market Finance colleagues to provide high quality services in a timely fashion

Open communication and cooperation to ensure the FP&A Hub in Hyderabad remains an integral part of the local FP&A teams, aligned to broader vision and strategy, and contributes to the overall success of the Finance function and BMSSuccessful candidates will possess excellent leadership skills, inspiring and motivating team members to deliver exceptional results. A minimum of 7-9 years of experience is required. The position will be based in BMS's Hyderabad Location (expected 50% in-person) with minimal travel expected.

Key Responsibilities and Major Duties:FP&A activities:Leads team and supports execution of Finance Planning & Analysis / Revenue forecasting activities for regional and senior management consumption

May serve as day-to-day Revenue forecasting contact for in-market FP&A team in the market

Builds and reviews budget and projections for Revenue for the market

Provides effective analyses to clearly highlight key trends / variances and rationale

Prepares presentations for budget & projection reviews; updates forecast templates as needed

Prepares analysis of monthly actual variances vs. budget / projection in alignment with standard framework and templates

Manages and executes special projects, ad-hoc analysis to ensure highly effective outcomes

Process standardization and improvement:Support Associate Director, FP&A Operations, who owns FP&A Operations revenue forecasting process globally for BMSSupport the development and execution of a global strategy for policies, processes, and technologies

Define and establishing consistent end to end process, KPIs and targets and intervene accordingly to drive results improvement

Collaborate with data owners / stewards to align on process and data issues

Propose revenue forecasting improvement projects with a focus on delivering key business outcomes

Develop the business case for process improvement decisions, and tracks actuals against the plan to validate execution and improve future plans

Participate in process governance

Identify, design and incorporate industry leading practices into standard operations within the Hyderabad Hub necessary to identify, and raise / resolve issues involving tradeoffs, especially around cost, quality, and customer service

Maintain to a culture of continuous improvement at all levels of the organization and foster a business-oriented culture; continuously monitor the needs of the business

Solicit feedback from internal customers, both operationally and regionally to determine the best response to continually improve process performance and year-over-year cost reductions

Ensure and continually validate operating procedures are established and documented to support execution, and are maintained to align with process changes

Relationship management and teaming:Interacts with in-market FP&A team for the market

Serves as an inspirational and engaging leader who motivates and engages through clear articulation of FP&A priorities for the market

Shares leading practices and learning with other Hub sub-tower teams

Collaborates across Hub sub-towers to drive process standardization and innovation

Establishes and maintains strong relationships with Associate Director, FP&A , Senior Director, FP&A Hub Lead, Business Insights & Analytics (BI&A), and other Hyderabad service delivery teams

Assists in recruiting, hiring, and retaining of strong local team members Identifies and manages training and upskilling of local team members Holds self and others to timelines, quality, and accuracy Risk management:Articulates material risks and opportunities and takes an active role supporting Market FDs in designing and executing response or contingency plans(Disclaimer: The responsibilities listed above are only a summary and other responsibilities will be requirements as assigned)Supervisory Responsibility (List job titles of positions that report directly or indirectly to this position and indicate nature of relationship):Direct reports:2-4