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About the Role
The Senior Finance Business Partner - Scientific Affairs and R&D is responsible for supporting the Chief Development & Medical Officer and Scientific Affairs Leadership Team (SALT) by demonstrating expert business partnership and strong financial acumen. The role spans four Functions: Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, Drug Safety (Pharmacovigilance) and Research & Development (R&D). This role requires supporting and informing global strategic decision-making through value-add insight and ensuring budget commitments are met while allowing Functions to deliver required work.
Responsibilities
- Lead Budgeting & Forecasting processes for the Global Scientific Affairs and R&D Functions (Opex), including an annual 5-year Plan and monthly Rolling Forecast.
- Prepare the Global budget and coordinate with Local Finance teams to build and lead the Total Function view.
- Develop appropriate budgets and budget tracking with SALT members to drive effective resource prioritization.
- Understand budget requirements in the context of strategic aims of the global Scientific Affairs organization.
- Prepare and support delivery of Global Scientific Affairs Budget presentations for the CFO, CEO & Chairman.
- Oversee tracking and controlling global Actuals vs Budgets for the Scientific Affairs Functions.
- Provide clear monthly performance updates, insights on variances, and recommended interventions.
- Identify and highlight any risks and/or opportunities to the Scientific Affairs and R&D Budget.
- Support Functions in responding to new in-year savings requirements.
- Support the Financial Controller of MRL, liaising with the FSSC for operational month-end activities and assisting with year-end audit work.
- Maintain and enhance the value-driven charging (allocation) model of Mundipharma Research Limited (MRL entity) costs.
- Build alignment to help global and regional finance leaders understand the charging model and the value delivered.
- Work closely with the HR Business Partner for Scientific Affairs and R&D to track monthly FTEs.
- Collaborate on the financial implications of any Restructuring or FTE changes.
Requirements
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a minimum of 5 years’ PQE.
- Proven finance background in the Pharmaceutical / Life Science / Medical Devices sector.
- Direct experience supporting Scientific Affairs and/or R&D functions.
- Multi phased clinical development experience with a good understanding of products from trial to post-launch.
- Demonstrated track record acting as an embedded finance business partner across a complex, fast-paced global matrix environment.
- Robust technical accounting acumen paired with strong hands-on experience in financial control and management.
- Exceptional written and presentation skills, with proven ability to prepare and deliver clear, high-impact budget presentations to ExCo-level stakeholders.
- Advanced critical-thinking and analytical skills.
- Proactive self-starter with the ability to operate autonomously, manage competing priorities, and maintain end-to-end accountability.
- Collaborative relationship-builder with a growth mindset, adept at partnering across all organizational levels.
- Flexibly pivoting to deliver ad hoc business projects.
Skills
- Financial acumen
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial control
- Management
- Written communication
- Presentation skills
- Critical-thinking
- Analytical skills
- Relationship-building
Location
- Pall Mall, London
- Cambridge
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full Time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Senior
- Minimum of 5 years’ PQE
Education Level
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
- Relevant university degree and/or MBA preferred
Benefits
- Flexible benefits package
- Opportunities for learning & development through our varied programme
- Collaborative, inclusive work environment
About the Company
- Mundipharma is a global healthcare company focussing on customers across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.
- Mundipharma is dedicated to bringing innovative treatments to patients in the areas of pain management, infectious disease as well as other severe and debilitating disease areas.
- Their guiding principles, centered around Integrity and Patient-Centricity, are at the heart of everything they do.
- For more information visit www.mundipharma.com.
Equal Opportunity
- Building an inclusive environment where people can thrive, grow and achieve their full potential is a priority.
- We believe this isn’t just the right thing, but also the smart thing to do.
- We are on a journey and will seek to move forward together through education and awareness to build a culture that welcomes and celebrates diversity and uniqueness.
- We will create a workplace environment where everyone can, every day, bring their authentic selves and is treated with dignity and respect.