Senior Manager, Finance – Business Partnering, OBU Canada

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation – ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week.

Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects. Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work.

We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

Introduction to role: Are you ready to lead a full P&L and turn financial insight into decisions that accelerate growth and improve patient impact across Canada? In this role, you will be the financial leader for an assigned Therapeutic Area, partnering closely with commercial and functional leaders to develop strategy, guide investments, and deliver outcomes that matter.

You will join a high-performing, digitally savvy team that brings clarity to complexity and speed to decision-making. Using modern tools and rigorous analytics, you will connect brand strategy to financial results, influence resource allocation, and prepare the business for what’s next.

Do you thrive on translating strategy into numbers that drive action? Accountabilities: Full P&L Ownership: Lead the end-to-end P&L for the assigned Therapeutic Area, ensuring revenue and expense accuracy, gross-to-net integrity, and profitability; drive actions to deliver targets.

Business Partnering and Decision Support: Translate brand and functional strategies into financial implications and actionable recommendations; serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. Financial Planning and Budgeting: Lead the annual budget and in-year updates with sound assumptions, documented drivers, and timely submissions aligned to governance.

Month-End Close and Performance Reporting: Run month-end activities and produce clear, driver-based variance commentary across the full P&L. Cost Excellence and Resource Allocation: Challenge spending plans, identify efficiencies, and reallocate to high-impact initiatives while maintaining strong compliance and controls.

Commercial Analytics: Assess price/volume/mix, gross-to-net impacts, investment returns, and brand/competitor dynamics to advise portfolio choices. Risk and Opportunity Management: Proactively surface risks and opportunities, quantify P&L impacts, and support mitigation or bring together plans with clear owners and timelines.

Business Case Support: Build and review reasons for major initiatives, articulating benefits, costs, trade-offs, P&L impact, and post-implementation tracking. Stakeholder Engagement: Foster financial literacy and effective decision forums; communicate succinctly with executive leaders and cross-functional teams.

Operational Improvement: Partner with the Finance Director to standardize processes, strengthen data integrity, and streamline reporting cycles and controls. Essential Skills/Experience: Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a relevant Business subject area.

Experience: 8+ years progressive experience in finance and/or accounting with a minimum of 3 years in a CPG/Pharmaceutical environment (or equivalent). Stakeholder Management: Extensive experience fostering and maintaining internal stakeholder relationships and management; credibility at senior executive levels.

Cross Functional Engagement: Ability to engage crossfunctional working groups and teams. Planning & Execution: Strong planning and systematic thinking, including project management and budgeting; independent problem solver able to resolve conflict and sophisticated problems.

Communication & Influence: Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing abilities; excellent written English and enhanced presentation skills. Desirable Skills/Experience: Industry Knowledge: Solid understanding of the Canadian biopharmaceutical or related industry.

Systems: Prior exposure to SAP or similar ERPs. Strong curiosity about data automation and visualization (eg. PowerBI) Qualifications: CPA, CA, CMA, and/or MBA is preferred. Experience in auditing positions in an audit or finance consultancy company.

Project management experience. 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.

Why AstraZeneca: Join a global team that powers science into real-world impact for patients, where finance partners sit at the heart of decision-making and change. You will work side by side with diverse experts, use modern digital tools and data to improve how the enterprise operates, and help prepare the business for future challenges.

We combine an entrepreneurial mindset with disciplined execution, valuing kindness alongside ambition, and we back bold ideas with the support to turn them into outcomes. Your contributions will be visible and meaningful, from streamlining processes and elevating data quality to guiding investments that enable life-changing medicines to reach people faster.

Call to Action: Own a Therapeutic Area P&L, shape strategy, and see your analysis move the needle for patients across Canada—take the next step in your career and apply today. Great People want to Work with us! Find out why: GTAA Top Employer Award for 12 years Top 100 Employers Award Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture Learn more about working with us in Canada View our YouTube channel Are you interested in working at AZ, apply today!

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace that is free from discrimination. AstraZeneca is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities. Such accommodation is available on request in respect of all aspects of the recruitment, assessment and selection process and may be requested by emailing AZCHumanResources@astrazeneca.com . #LI-Hybrid ⠀ Annual base salary for this position ranges from 138,826.40 to 182,209.65.

AstraZeneca is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role.

The range provided in this posting represents an offer pay range used in a majority of situations. The base pay offered will vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, and other specific business and organizational needs.

In some cases, offers outside the range may also be considered to address unique circumstances. In addition, our permanent positions offer an annual Variable Pay Bonus/Short Term Incentive opportunity as well as eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (if applicable to role).

Benefits offered for permanent roles include a competitive Flex Benefits & Retirement Savings Program, 4 weeks’ paid vacation, and annual Personal Days. Fixed Term Contract/Temporary positions (excluding students) are offered a Contract Benefits Program.

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