Senior Associate - Global Distribution Finance

Career Category Engineering Job Description Summary The Senior Associate - Global Distribution Finance supports Global Distribution financial planning, forecasting, reporting, purchase-order management, invoice and payment management, and control activities across the network. The role consolidates budget and forecast inputs, analyzes actual spending and key drivers, and prepares clear financial insights for Global Distribution hubs, Finance partners, and leadership. Primary Responsibilities · Coordinate the collection of annual budget, quarterly forecast, monthly outlook, and year-end estimate inputs from Global Distribution hubs and functional teams. · Consolidate budget assumptions, spending forecasts, actuals, and supporting commentary into a complete Global Distribution financial view. · Review monthly actual spending, accruals, and open commitments with Finance and budget owners to support accurate financial reporting and forecast updates. · Perform variance, trend, and scenario analysis to explain changes in distribution and logistics spend, identify emerging risks, and highlight opportunities for action. · Prepare recurring reports, dashboards, variance bridges, and executive summaries that translate complex financial data into clear business insights. · Track productivity initiatives and savings projects, validate supporting assumptions, monitor performance against commitments, and escalate material variances. · Manage purchase requisition and purchase order creation for logistics and distribution services. Validate budget availability and create purchase orders through Ariba and SAP procurement processes. · Manage purchase order approvals by routing requests through the appropriate workflow and ensuring compliance with spending thresholds and established controls. · Communicate approved purchase orders to suppliers and confirm supplier acknowledgement of the order and related commitment. · Manage invoice and payment activities for logistics and distribution services by confirming that goods were received or services were performed before invoice approval. · Review and approve invoices in accordance with established controls, resolve invoice mismatches with suppliers and internal stakeholders, and support timely accounts payable processing. · Support assessment of project timelines, operational changes, and network initiatives to ensure financial implications are reflected in forecasts and planning submissions. · Identify opportunities to improve planning tools, reporting processes, data quality, and automation; support implementation of approved improvements. · Complete all work in accordance with applicable cGMP requirements, Amgen procedures, and financial control standards.