Director, Finance, Puerto Rico

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The Finance Director will be recognized as an influential and collaborative senior Finance business partner who leads beyond the role and effectively interacts at all levels of the organization to shape and drive the achievement of Puerto Rico goals and objectives through:

• Key role leading the business to achieve revenue and earnings goals and managing budgets.

• Ensure the success and sustainability of our pipeline, supporting GMs and contributing actively to successful new products launches.

• An active role in strategy setting and resource allocation across brands.

• Lead the way in adopting AI tools and approaches to drive efficiency and innovation.

• Leadership of the financial planning process including the development and roll out of ambitious financial goals and targets that are grounded in facts and/or transparent assumptions.

• Identification and communication of the financial risks and opportunities and leadership of the execution or mitigation action plan.

• Developing a high performing Finance team focused on effective business partnering, strong internal controls and effective accounting processes.

The successful candidate will be a credible member of the Puerto Rico Leadership Team and Commercialization Finance LATAM Leadership Team who constructively challenges the status quo and appropriately stretches themselves and the team, while building collaborative relationships.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Lead the Financial Planning and Management Reporting Processes

• In collaboration with the General Manager, responsible for setting ambitious but achievable financial goals.

• Drive transparent financial reporting that link market insights and past performance with future outlook.

• Leverage BI&A capabilities to develop realistic sales forecast based on relevant market data.

• Articulate material risks/opportunities and lead design and execution of contingency plans.

• Drive continuous focus on simplification to enable maximum time for business support.

• Hold self and others to timelines, quality and accuracy.

• Effective communications financial results and plans.

Shape resource allocation across the market to maximize the value creation

• Drive usage of financial and market data and facts for making informed business decisions knowledge.

• Partner with Puerto Rico LTs and evaluate short vs. long term investments considering Company strategy and business priorities.

• Seek and drive opportunities to improve working capital.

Build strong Finance Organization

• Attract and develop strong finance talent.

• Serve as an inspirational and engaging leader who motivates and engages through clear articulation of company/function strategy, aligning priorities and resources to strategies, structuring department to meet anticipated needs and building best in class competencies through strong coaching and development in tandem with external pipelining strategies.

• Orchestrate development opportunities leveraging the LATAM and Intercon network (ToD, stretch assignments).

• Constantly scan for best practices and implement concepts as appropriate.

• Facilitate ongoing dialogue in the market to design, implement and maintain effective control standards.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education of a bachelor's degree is required.

• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive financial leadership experience supporting multiple functions and business units is required. Deep market Finance Director/Leadership roles in multinational pharmaceutical companies is preferred.

• Fluent communication in Spanish and English.

• MBA or other professional qualification would be a plus.

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Guaynabo - PR - US: $168,710 - $204,434


The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience. 

Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
 

Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.

• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.

​Work-life benefits include:

Paid Time Off

• US Exempt Employees: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)

• Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays

Based on eligibility*, additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.

All global employees full and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

*Eligibility Disclosure: The summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.

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On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

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