Country Finance Business Partner

Country Finance Business Partner

Do you have expertise in, and passion for Finance business partnerning? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact an organisation that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

At AstraZeneca, we unlock the power of what science can do. Empowered to explore, everyday we work towards our ultimate aim – treating, preventing, modifying and even curing complex diseases.

What you’ll do

The country Finance Business Partner is a key local role, providing robust and insightful decision support to management team to enable delivery of our financial objectives at both operational and strategic level.  The role involves forecasting, planning and analysis that drive a commercially focused business and promote an optimized and focused performance culture.

Accountabilities

• Serve as a trusted member of the Country Leadership Team (CLT), providing financial leadership, challenge, and insight to support strategic decision-making and business performance.

• Partner with business leaders to shape strategy, optimize resource allocation, manage portfolio investments, and identify opportunities to maximize sustainable growth and value creation.

• Lead the development of financial plans, including Mid-Term Plan (MTP), Budget, Rolling Business Updates (RBU), forecasts, and scenarios, ensuring alignment with market priorities and Area expectations.

• Drive business performance through proactive analysis of financial and commercial trends, identifying risks, opportunities, and actions required to deliver commitments.

• Build a deep understanding of the market, portfolio, healthcare environment, and competitive landscape to provide meaningful commercial and financial insights.

• Influence key business decisions through rigorous evaluation of investments, initiatives, business cases, and trade-offs across functions.

• Act as both a strategic and analytical partner, seamlessly moving between enterprise-level discussions and detailed analysis to uncover root causes, challenge assumptions, and improve outcomes.

• Collaborate closely with Area Finance, GFS, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure accurate financial reporting, planning, and execution.

• Simplify and continuously improve planning, reporting, and decision-support processes through standardization, automation, and best-practice sharing.

• Uphold strong financial governance, controls, compliance, and stewardship of company resources.

• Develop financial acumen across the organization by translating complex financial concepts into clear business insights and actionable recommendations.

• Foster a high-performance culture by promoting accountability, collaboration, and data-driven decision-making across the market.

Key Competencies

Strategic Business Partnering

• Trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing insight, challenge, and financial guidance to drive business performance and strategic decision-making.

• Ability to influence across a matrix organization and build strong relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Financial & Commercial Acumen

• Strong financial planning, forecasting, performance management, and business case evaluation capabilities.

• Deep understanding of commercial drivers, market dynamics, and value creation opportunities.

Analytical Leadership

• Ability to go broad and go deep—connecting long-term strategy with detailed financial, operational, and commercial analysis.

• Simplifies complex issues, identifies key risks and opportunities, and translates insights into action.

Execution & Results Orientation

• Demonstrated track record of delivering results in a dynamic environment through strong ownership, accountability, and prioritization.

• Drives continuous improvement while maintaining strong financial governance and controls.

Values & Leadership Behaviors

• Leads with integrity, courage, and collaboration, consistently demonstrating AstraZeneca's values.

• Puts patients, ethics, and compliance at the center of decision-making.

Ideal Candidate Profile

A strategic finance leader who combines strong commercial acumen, analytical rigor, and influencing skills. Equally comfortable shaping strategy with senior leaders and diving deep into business performance, this individual drives sustainable growth through insight, challenge, and partnership.

Qualification:

• Bachelors or Masters degree at an accredited College or University (degree in Finance or Accounting preferred)

• >10 years post-qualification experience, with minimum

• 5 years in managerial role of similar nature in commercial organizations

• Skill in analyzing and solving issues related to controllership areas

• Experience of working with senior management in matrix environment

• Demonstrated continuous personal growth and learning agility throughout leadership journey

• Pharmaceutical or other regulated industry experience highly desirable

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca, we embrace change to deliver greater value. The speed of change in our industry commands a shift in perspective that looks beyond managing spend. Procurement is becoming an even more strategic and value-adding function here. We play to win. Use your business acumen, entrepreneurial spirit, and determination to reinvent the way we make commercial decisions. Our international team celebrates diversity of experience, skills, and ways of working. Adaptable, agile, and curious, we step outside our comfort zone in pursuit of continuous improvement. Our people bring a strategic and commercial mindset that allows us to react rapidly to changing business requirements. We are resilient self-starters who thrive both independently and within a team. Our breakthrough ideas come from our diverse minds ready to challenge conventions and try new things.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.

• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it’s yours.

• If you’re curious to know more then please reach out to Aziza Fitriani. We welcome your application.

Where can I find out more?

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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.