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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION?

Amgen is one of the world’s leading independent biotechnology companies. For over 4 decades, Amgen has pioneered biotechnology breakthroughs, to bring state-of-the-art medicines from laboratory to the patient. Amgen has not only discovered and developed innovative human therapeutics, but has invested in cutting edge manufacturing capability and support services to deliver these exciting therapies to medical teams around the world. Japan and Asia Pacific (JAPAC) is the fastest growing region in Amgen. Now we are hiring a Finance Manager in Malaysia.

Live

What you will do

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee finance function of Amgen Malaysia Affiliate, which includes but not limited to finance business support, financial planning and analysis, actual closing monitoring, local tax review and oversight, payment & collection support/advice and distributor management

• Acts as Business Partners for the Commercial Organization of Malaysia by providing insightful information, advice and positive challenges to facilitate good decision making

• Prepares Malaysia's quarterly financial forecasts, annual budget and long-range scenario (5-year planning)

• Monitors actual closing progress. Ensures on time and appropriate manual entries (e.g. accruals) are made every quarter-end

• Analyses actuals and provides commentary and financial insight to SEA Finance and the local management team

• Proactively provides strong support to respective product brands and functions in Malaysia, especially on revenue forecast, opex planning and tracking.

• Communicates and provides financial insights and their business implications to the internal business counterparts

• Conducts price analysis and scenario planning to prepare business cases for respective product brands to explore new opportunities and increase access to patients

• Ensures local compliance of Company financial policies and procedures, e.g. expense reimbursement policy

• Manages local distributor for Malaysia, ensures prompt review and settlements of distributor’s billing

• Ensures PO compliance and continues to improve on-time vendor payment to achieve JAPAC targets

• Oversees GST and Withholding tax reporting and filing process. Works with external service provider to ensure accurate and timely filing

• Supports SEA Finance Lead on process improvement and other business development projects

• Supports Regional Tax Lead in terms of transfer pricing planning & supply price setup

• Prepare and complete profit monitoring models for Malaysia. Work with Regional tax lead and Finance Lead to review and conclude the TP adjustments

• Manages Hyperion and Anaplan upload for forecast, budget & long range scenario

• Conducts finance internal control verification including annual IICC verification

• Participate in external audit for the Malaysia Affiliate

• Drives process improvement, simplification, and automation in any FP&A areas

• Take part in local and regional projects such as business systems implementations and process improvements

• Report on cash operation activities and ensures adequate liquidity for operations for the markets within scope

• Testing of SAP implementation, Ariba and Concur integration for the Malaysia Affiliate

• Other ad-hoc projects as requried

Win

What we expect of you

Basic Qualifications:

• Degree in Accountancy or Business Administration

• Professional qualification in accountancy

• 10+ years of experience in FP&A, accounting, budgeting and planning in multinational environment

• Basic knowledge on WHT and VAT

• Fluency in English, both in written and verbal communication.

• Working knowledge of key MS office applications (Excel, Powerpoint)

Preferred Qualifications :

• External audit experience from Big 4

• Pharmaceutical industry knowledge

• Knowledge of US GAAP

• Experience with SAP, Hyperion and Anaplan

Thrive

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act

• Generous Total Rewards Plan comprising health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits

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for a career that defies imagination

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt. Join us.

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Equal Opportunity Statement

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.