Pfizer is a global pharmaceutical company focused on developing and providing medicines and healthcare services that support health throughout life. Its work spans scientific innovation and access to safe, effective, and affordable treatments, with a particular emphasis on advancing therapies for cancer and other significant health conditions. The company’s profile may be relevant to professionals exploring careers in pharmaceutical research, healthcare, and related commercial functions.
R&D Management Analyst at Pfizer (Chennai, Hybrid)
Support Pfizer’s global R&D budget and forecasting, including purchase orders, payment issues, and financial analysis. Improve financial processes across sites in India and EMEA.
Description
- Track GWE R&D budgets and forecasts and enter information into financial systems.
- Coordinate with GWE R&D colleagues, Procurement and Finance teams, suppliers, and local facility managers.
- Manage purchase orders across sites, including creation, error resolution, maintenance, closure, and 2WM accruals when needed.
- Review budgets, forecasts, and actuals each month.
- Enter budgets and forecasts in Mosaic and standard templates.
- Prepare monthly variance explanations for sites and GWE Business Operations management.
- Conduct analysis as requested.
- Create processes and procedures to improve spending management and meet budget targets.
- Monitor purchase-order performance to improve purchasing, consolidate supplier orders, and streamline processes.
- Resolve invoice holds and other payment-processing problems.
- Assist with system migrations and implementations.
- Contribute as an individual member of the GWE Business Operations Team.
Requirements
- 1–3 years of relevant financial experience, including budget management and financial analysis.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Experience with SAP.
- Ability to explain financial information to people outside Finance.
- Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
- Experience working with customers at all levels, including senior leaders, external suppliers, and local managers.
- Ability to examine data, interpret variances, identify trends, and forecast their effects.
- Ability to deliver work to deadlines.
- Ability to plan and prioritize tasks.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Flexibility and adaptability as workloads and priorities change.
- Ability to guide and educate others on purchase-to-pay and accounts payable processes.
- Ability to develop new processes and procedures for continuous improvement.
- Comfort with business software, especially Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, ARIBA, and SAP.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer.
- Hybrid work arrangement.