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Finance Senior Business Analyst

Posted date Mar. 08, 2025
Contract type Full time
Job ID R-217377
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Why choose AstraZeneca Portugal?

As an exciting and emerging leader in pharma and biotech, we're pushing the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. This is where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. Voted the best company to work for in Portugal 2023/24, AstraZeneca provides the thrill of a start-up within the security of a global firm that brings new challenges and pathways for a fulfilling career.

If you’re ready to make a difference, join our Global Hub in Corporate Affairs, Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, Marketing, Global Business Services or Procurement. Bring your potential to our evolving team today.

Who do we look for?

Calling all dynamic, ambitious team players. At AstraZeneca, we empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. Here, you'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.

We're on the lookout for diverse minds inspired by difference who want to reach another level in their careers. Bold disrupters who confidently rise to challenges as fearless entrepreneurs. People who want to make a meaningful impact led by science in an organisation where global meets local. Join one of our offices in Lisbon and discover a culture of openness and vibrancy where diverse perspectives are encouraged and valued. Your work will have a real impact, no matter your level or function.

Success Profile

Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.

Tech innovators

Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. If you're technology-savvy and have a digital mindset, you can use your skills and experience to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.

Dynamic

In a constantly evolving environment dedicated to innovation, you'll use your strong sense of purpose to provide outstanding contributions. Although we're a global company, our Global Hub operates like a start-up, allowing you to work autonomously. Bring your fearlessness of improving patient outcomes, and we'll encourage your personal success.

Ambitious

Play your part in progressing a world-leading pipeline. Here, you'll improve patients' lives now and better the future of humanity. With our opportunities for continuous development, you'll exhibit your passion and potential to go beyond the expected — and grow in your career with our support.

Team players

Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of openness, sharing and giving allows everyone to speak up and express their ideas. In an open atmosphere of camaraderie and support, we rely on each other to further our progress and drive much-needed change.

Responsibilities

Job ID R-217377 Date posted 03/08/2025

Introduction to role

Lisbon is home to our Portuguese Marketing Company, responsible for the marketing and supply of our medicines in Portugal. We are looking for a strong talent to join the team as our Finance Senior Business Analyst, to support all financial planning activities, achieve strategic and operational goals, and ensure robust and timely submissions.

As Finance Senior Business Analyst, you will support business functions by providing financial guidance and ensure that all stakeholders within the business area receive the financial information they require to drive the business performance. Join us and help accelerate towards our big purpose and impact patients!

Accountabilities

Responsibilities of this role will include:

The Business Analyst will be viewed by finance and business customers as a financial modelling and analysis expert. The role broadly includes the following key components:

  • Business Strategy & Decision Support: to provide support to key business & investment decisions, coordinating data collection from a variety of sources and formats, performing analysis in support of options, and enabling appropriate decision making by the business and finance partners
  • Business Performance: To be accountable for complex, manual accounting journals, to communicate monthly performance, provide analytical and data collection support to business planning processes, and coordinate presentations for key business and finance review meetings.
  • Prepare accurate and timely revenue and cost analysis against targets, being able to translate the numbers into understandable drivers
  • Collaborate with the Lead Finance Business Partner and department heads to develop annual budgets and forecasts
  • Provide financial insights and recommendations for improving financial performance (i.e. propose corrective measures, identify revenue opportunities, and investment relocations/efficiencies)
  •  Participation and contribution in ad hoc projects
  • Continuous Improvement & Governance: Support continuous improvement in Finance processes and capabilities and promote best practice sharing and support the implementation of agile financial tools and processes
  • Ensure compliance with financial standards and regulations

Essential Skills/Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting or a related field. Master’s degree or professional certificate is preferred (e.g. CMA, ACCA)
  • Experience of working in a global organisation, preferably within the pharmaceuticals industry, and of the drug development life cycle and commercial aspects of the industry
  • Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team and liaising with senior managers
  • Proven experience in financial planning and reporting
  • Very good understanding of functional cost drivers
  • Advanced knowledge of MS Office (e.g. Excel, Power Query, PBI) and proficient in financial systems (e.g. SAP)
  • Strong Excel/modelling/Power BI skills
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including oral & written
  • Oral & written fluency in English

Desirable Skills/Experience

  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, including oral & written

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca, we are a team of bright minds who are high-performing, digitally savvy innovators. We unite together as one to simultaneously support and push each other forward. Our entrepreneurial spirit keeps us ahead of the rest as we apply creativity to every task we do. We thrive in our fast-paced and dynamic environment, always looking ahead to new challenges. With countless opportunities available, this is the place to build an unrivalled reputation while making a significant impact on patients' lives.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now!

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

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Reasons to Join

Thomas Mathisen

There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.

Sales Representative Oslo, Norway

There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.

Christine Recchio

Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.

Sales Representative California, United States

Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.

Stephanie Ling

There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.

Sales Representative Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.

What we offer

We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.

Aligned to performance

Our approach is designed to deliver great performance — stimulating our commercial growth, scientific advancement, collaboration and personal development. Never standing still, you'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career.

Balanced

An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. Typical benefits include healthcare, life insurance and long-term savings, and in many markets, there’s a range of benefits for you to tailor.

Holistic

We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. Being valued for who you are and the difference you bring is at the heart of our culture — and you’ll be rewarded when you create authentic connections to our purpose.

Sustainable

Our two offices in Lisbon combine comfort with sustainability. From renewable energy, a zero-plastic scheme, electric vehicles and food waste reduction initiatives to sustainable reward practices, we're realising our ambition to harness the power of science to build a healthy future for everyone everywhere.

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