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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

$57,750 - $129,800

It is an exciting time to be part of Lilly! Our corporate finance organization is looking for hardworking talent to join the team. This position involves leading and consolidating financial planning, forecasting, and reporting for the Global Manufacturing & Quality (M&Q) organization. Responsibilities include supporting areas like Global Quality, Corporate Engineering, and M&Q Tech@Lilly, supervising Business Unit Cost of Product Sold planning processes, and analyzing company gross margins. The position also handles M&Q consolidated planning and provides financial support for manufacturing global services functions. It requires strong influence across sites and functions to offer guidance, analyze results, resolve issues, and implement changes, influencing management and senior leadership to meet goals. This position must anticipate global issues and drive resolution, while actively contributing in projects and providing inputs to influence outcomes. Additionally, it includes financial controllership duties to ensure accurate accounting and controls while advising business partners.

Are you eager to join a company striving to impact patient lives every day? Bring your financial skills to Lilly and be a part of something special today!

Key Responsibilities:Consolidate Global M&Q management reports, forecasts, and plans delivering timely insights to leadership. Create review materials for leadership in manufacturing and the Corporate Financial Planning teamPartner directly with manufacturing sites to support deliverables and resolve issues, while providing a corporate perspective to ensure optimal resultsExplain drivers of the consolidated M&Q results compared to forecast and present to the Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) and Corporate Financial PlanningAnalyze site and affiliate inventory losses to monitor root causes, understand trends, and review with finance leadershipDefine and direct the activities of the manufacturing global services functions (Finance, HR, and Tech@Lilly), supporting them to achieve planning, forecasting and reporting resultsServe as the primary point of contact and lead/coordinate activities for these functions, including liaising with the manufacturing sites globallyProvide direct planning/forecasting and accounting support to M&Q Global Tech@Lilly team as the key business partnerDesign processes, define approaches and deliverables for business plan, forecast, strategic plan, and actual resultsCommunicate objectives, processes and approaches to achieve resultsUnderstand business drivers for functions and report results to the M&Q CFO and HR leaderBuild strong relationships with business partners and leadership to have a robust understanding of the business model, strategies and challenges, to better anticipate problems, find opportunities, and offer solutions and insightsApply strong analytics to complex problems to make recommendations and influence decision-makingEnsure appropriate accounting and provide appropriate accounting direction on matters such as capital, liabilities, and prepaid assets; provide training to business partners to ensure accuracyOwn Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) controls related to key areas of responsibility and support requests from internal and external auditorsCollaborate with central finance teams and management reporting team to deliver corporate requests and address and resolve issues on behalf of the manufacturing finance team.Support global manufacturing finance projects such as trend analysis, innovation/automation initiatives, management reporting initiatives and other strategic analysis

Basic RequirementsBachelor’s degree in finance / accounting or similar subject areaMinimum of 2 years of experience in Finance, financial planning, forecasting and reporting related roleQualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization and/or visas for this role.

Additional Skills/PreferencesAbility to influence and communicate effectively across geographies, functions and levelsStrong business partnering skillsAbility to multitask, prioritize, and work well under pressureStrong attention to detail and organizational skillsWorking knowledge of SAP financial transactions including those used for accounting, planning and forecastingStrong technical skills, including with Excel, PowerPoint, SAP, and Business Objects, and willingness to adapt to and incorporate new technologies.Familiarity with planning, forecasting, and reporting processes and systemsPrevious experience / exposure to manufacturing operations and cost accountingStrong desire to learn and intellectually curiousStrong interest in continuous improvement

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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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