Associate Director - Manufacturing Finance – Lebanon API (LP1)

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This role is part of the Lebanon API Capital Finance team. This role will serve as a finance leader and strategic business partner for the Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) team and collaborator with the finance functional leadership of the manufacturing site.  The role involves promoting financial efficiency and effectiveness through cost management, advancing excellence by supporting productivity initiatives, ensuring transparency and alignment by communicating the site’s cost structure and value proposition to stakeholders, upholding standards of integrity and accountability through rigorous financial compliance, and introducing innovative solutions and perspectives to the team by providing external insights.

Responsibilities:

Capital Planning/Forecasting/Reporting

• Lead processes for strategic plan, quarterly forecasts, and annual business plan for capital investment project
• Influence/drive the business to maximize the value of the site to Lilly – cost reduction, productivity agenda, implement best practices and process improvements
• Lead monthly financial closing, including preparation of accounting journal vouchers and documentation
• Understand, prepare and present monthly results of site metrics (project expenses and capital) and be in position to discuss course corrections with Site and Capital Project Lead Teams

Business Partnering

• Influence project teams to identify productivity improvements and cost reduction opportunities
• Work with support operations in Procurement and Project Controls to identify cost savings opportunities, manage the capital budget, influence the change management process, and ensure efficient and effective financial controls processes are in place
• Support Project Teams on preparation of financial materials to be presented to various Governance and Steering teams
• Engage with and provide financial guidance to Program Management, Project Directors, and other leaders across GFD
• Partner with the Project team to develop appropriate strategies for Capital Investment Request management (eCIRs), and serve as financial approver for eCIRs
• Benchmark among other Lilly greenfield sites and externally to drive new/innovative ideas and ensure best practices
• Own the financial governance of the change management process and management reserve drawdown approvals, ensuring change requests are substantiated with evidence and correctly classified before funding
• Serve as the finance point of contact in the external business partnership with EPCM contractor, leading review and cost challenge of change order requests to validate pricing, markups, root cause classifications, and vendor responsibility, and to minimize cost on behalf of Lilly

Compliance

• Ensure appropriate financial controls exist for all accounting activity
• Provide guidance to the site on capital financial policies, internal controls, and accounting matters

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 6 years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A), corporate accounting, capital finance budgeting, or forecasting and reporting

Preferences:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics
• MBA and 3 years of experience in Finance or related role
• Overall manufacturing business knowledge
• CPA
• Technical proficiency with MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, & SAP
• Business/technical leadership potential
• Demonstrated teamwork and business partnering skills
• Excellent communication / facilitation and influencing skills with ability to translate complex financial topics simply
• Analytical & organizational skills
• Project planning and implementation skills

Additional Information:

• Position Location: US: Lebanon IN LP1
• Travel Percentage (%): <10%

• Lilly may provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role for internal applicants only.

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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

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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