S/4HANA Enterprise Process Lead – Pricing (12 Month fixed term Project))

S/4HANA Enterprise Process Lead – Pricing (12 Month fixed term project)

The Axial Programme (Global S/4HANA implementation)

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a substantial difference to the outside world.

AstraZeneca (AZ) has been through a sustained period of strong pipeline growth and has united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ need to continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way.

The size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large scale transformation of the process and technology landscape that underpins our entire supply chain and financial capability.

Our current technology is used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This programme provides the opportunity for real transformation and to shape the way of working globally for many years to come.

This programme requires the best. Whether it be the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. The programme seeks to deliver a best-in-class change programme that leaves all employees with a better understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of a fully global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefits of its employees and patients.

This key role will focus on establishing a standardised, dependable, scalable and sufficiently agile process in delivery of AZ product pricing. Incorporating transfer pricing, published and confidential pricing agreements the successful individual will be responsible for the successful process design using S4 HANA and connected technology combined with external data sources. You will be required to deliver complex pricing agreements and rebates at an enterprise level meeting the needs of our commercial markets. Ensuring accurate, timely and repeatable high quality financial accounting in this key area of gross to net margin management and reporting.

We have now almost completed our global process design, during the next period of this project the post holder will be lead localisation of design within our pioneer sites, supporting build, test and successful deployment.

The role will also play a pivotal role in elevating pricing/margin insight to key stakeholders supporting improved pricing decisions and margin performance.

Leading a team of direct reports as part of the larger S4 programme team, this role will also work with finance, commercial and legal teams within Business Units (Therapy areas), Markets and Business Areas and will lead the work that:

• Identifies how pricing structures can be more standardised, repeatable and scalable

• Provides input into the contracting process to shape contract content and potential pricing options or structures available to improve execution of contractual agreements

• Establish influential and highly collaborative relationships with key partners

• Works collaboratively, partnering across the end to end process to ensure a clear flow of data and process hand offs and hand ins are known, identified and interdependencies understood and agreed

• Utilises standard core capabilities of SAP pricing and how these can be applied at scale

• Designs and delivers a centralised and controlled process delivering the execution of pricing within SAP

• Identifies the use of 3rd party additional pricing solutions to support more complex pricing requirements

• Establishes an approach to track of prices globally to facilitate accurate rebates, royalties and credits, including but not limited to Innovative Value Streams and Outcome based pricing

• Defines the data needed to operate these processes reliably and accurately

• Ensures Process development enables AstraZeneca to meet all applicable regulatory standards, eg FCF, SOX, accounting GAAP etc

• Builds and delivers product margin insight in accurate and timely reporting to enable improved pricing decision making

• Defines and operates future organisation model of pricing execution and insight reporting within AZ

• Supports the deployment of the above.

• Keeps self and others up to date on recent developments and emerging trends on an internal and external basis

Essential Skills & Experience

• Able to challenge and be challenged while sustaining good relationships

• People management and influencing skills

• Demonstrated success working in a team environment and leading from the front.

• Proven success building cross-functional global networks and collaborator management

• Strong analytical skills

• Commercial approach – able to drive an appropriate level of commercial challenge into all projects ensuring pragmatic benefit.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to use a range of influencing techniques, building strong working relationships and leading without authority.

• Personal agility – ability to ‘turn your hand’ to issues and events as they arise.

• Financial accounting qualification

Desirable

• Specific Expert knowledge in specialist process area

• Knowledge of current and emerging pharmaceutical pricing pressures and approaches

• Knowledge of royalty agreements both receivable and payable

• Change management and program management experience

• AZ knowledge and network

• Awareness of current tax and pricing models in AZ

This is a 12 month fixed term project initially but may be extended for longer if required.

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.

Are you ready to build a long-term career with opportunities for lifelong learning? Embrace the opportunity for development – whether it’s upskilling or reskilling. We are a high-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. We deliver innovative development experiences that sustain and grow future leaders and talent. Because we want all our people to embrace the challenges and opportunities ahead. This is the place to build a fulfilling, long-term career.

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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.