AstraZeneca · 11 hours ago
Associate Director, Tax Controversy and Risk Management
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/ExecutiveAstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical company, and they are seeking an Associate Director for Tax Controversy and Risk Management. The role involves managing key external and internal stakeholders, mitigating business risks, and leading finance processes to enhance governance and compliance.
BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Manage key external stakeholders such as banks, regulatory authorities and tax authorities
Act as a business partner across relevant SET areas
Mitigate business risk/realise the value of opportunities
Lead key cross-SET Finance processes
Establish and communicate Group Policy as appropriate
Coach and deliver effective performance management to direct reports
Define the scope and support the implementation of change initiatives to deliver performance improvement, risk reduction and enhance governance
Liaise with internal functions and external stakeholders to enhance financial performance, risk management, governance and compliance
Own external relationships with Service Providers to ensure performance managed effectively and sponsor changes to existing processes
Develop the professional capability of the Finance team and financial understanding of non-finance managers
Lead provision of in depth core technical training for the specialist finance team
Manage a team of finance specialists
Manage compliance with regulatory; governance and internal processes and procedures
Have good understanding of business environment and relevant SET area strategy and how the Specialist Finance function strategy aligns with SET area and overall strategy
Qualification
Required
MBA or other Finance/Business qualification
Extensive work experience in Finance Function
Qualified specialist finance professional
Significant post-qualification experience
Experience of working across a global organisation
In-depth understanding of regulatory/statutory requirements and governance principles/SOX
Experience of working with senior Management
Varied range of experiences in specialist Finance with specific expertise in related specialist area
Team leadership / management experience
Project Management
Preferred
Specialist financial qualification to support general financial qualifications
Company
AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription medicines. It is a sub-organization of Investor.
Founded in 1999
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.26B2024-07-30Post Ipo Debt· $1.51B
2023-02-28Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
2023-02-24Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
Leadership Team
Pascal Soriot
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Aradhana Sarin
Group CFO and Executive Director
Recent News
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