Director, Budget Integrator

Kyowa Kirin is a fast growing global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies state-of-the-art biotechnologies to discover and deliver novel medicines in four areas of unmet need: oncology, nephrology, immunology and CNS/movement disorders. The North America organization includes three offices (in New Jersey and California) that focus on drug discovery, product development, and commercialization. Together, we work as a close-knit team to understand clinical needs and advance innovations that can have a profound impact on patient lives.

As a patient centric organization that strives to deliver innovative medicines to meet unmet needs, we feel that it is critical to follow the safety guidelines defined by CDC and OSHA. We believe the COVID-19 vaccine is the best way to manage COVID risk to you, your colleagues, your family and our society. With that in mind, we are taking the essential step to ensure the safety of our employees during this health crisis by requiring all US employees, temporary workers, agency employees and independent contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, where allowed by state or local law and where vaccine supply is readily available. In accordance with applicable law, individuals may seek an accommodation for medical or disability-related conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs.

Summary:

Collaborates with the Development PMs and other functional colleagues to support the development of accurate project budgets in line with Kyowa R&D & Finance policies and governance.

Essential Functions:

•    Ensures application of budget monitoring processes and best practices in collaboration with the respective global development PMs & functions throughout the life of projects.
•    Collates development project budget information to represent an integrated view of development budgets across the project portfolio. 
•    Provision of standard global integrated budget status reports to health of the integrated development budgets.  
•    Provides timely communication and escalation of integrated budget risks and associated mitigation plans, as appropriate.  
•    Maintains budget related documents and provides. development budget analytics and trends to assess budget performance. 
•    Ensure continuous improvement of budget processes and deliverables to drive to operational excellence. 
•    Provide training on development project budget-related topics. 
•    Supports the administration of key development budget meetings for the VP, Global Head Development Project Management. 
•    Provides on-going administration of tools and technology related to development budget management. 
•    Collaborate with colleagues and functions across Kyowa Kirin to ensure on-going alignment and efficient development budget operations and operational excellence with a one Kyowa global mindset.

Requirements:

Education
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business management, finance, or similar.

Experience
At least 10 years of experience as a budget analyst, financial analyst, business accountant, business operations or similar role in Pharmaceutical Industry. A record of promoting optimized business operations and efficiencies through effective budget planning & management. Knowledge of drug development required. Knowledge of clinical operations a plus. Six Sigma and Project Management experience a plus.

Technical Skills
Proficient with MS Office Suite and accounting applications.

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