Job Description

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At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive setting that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive advantages. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

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The Commercial Finance Lead, ANZ is a pivotal member of the ANZ Leadership Team, acting as the strategic business partner to the General Manager and the in-market Commercial Organization. In this role, the Commercial Finance Lead is responsible for Financial Planning and Analysis (“FP&A;”), while deeply embedded in strategic decision support, resource allocation, and business transformations.

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The Commercial Finance Lead works with a high-performing finance team within the market and above-market and may act as a dotted line leader to members of matrixed finance teams (e.g., Controllership, Business Controls Function, Order to Cash).

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In addition, the Commercial Finance Lead is expected to drive strong and productive relationships with centralized finance functions, such as the FP&A; CoE in Hyderabad, India, and the Commercial Finance HQ teams and collaborate across functions to shape the market’s commercial strategy, drive performance, and unlock value. This is a role for a visionary finance leader who thrives in complexity, influences without authority, and communicates effectively to bring clarity, actionable insights and risk management to every business conversation.

Key Responsibilities Strategic Business Partnership n

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- Serve as a trusted advisor to the General Manager and market Commercial Leadership Team.
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- Provide financial and non-financial insights/analysis to support strategic decisions across all therapeutic areas, functions and the local market (for the entire BMS portfolio).
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- Drive resource allocation aligned with company priorities and analytics.
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Financial Leadership nn




- Lead Commercial Finance function with direct and indirect team members within the market and the centralized locations from which Finance and FP&A; capabilities are delivered.
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- Partner closely with other functions that enable service delivery to the Commercial team, including Statutory Accounting and Tax, Order to Cash, Internal Controls, Supply Chain, BI&T.;
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- Own all financial planning and performance management processes, including budgets, projections, period end closes and variance analysis, financial presentations to senior management (i.e. Regional Commercial Leads).
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- Identify risks and opportunities, and partner with the Commercial leadership in the design of mitigation or acceleration plans.
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- Understand local and macro business and healthcare dynamics to enable translation of market insights into actionable financial strategies.
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- Drive innovation and adoption of AI to enhance ability to generate data driven insights and automation.
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Talent & Team Leadership nn
- Build and inspire a high-performing, matrixed, finance team with strong business acumen, analytical capabilities, and communication skills.
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- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and integrity.
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- Develop future finance leaders through coaching, feedback, and stretch opportunities.
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Cross-Functional Influence nn
- Represent Finance in cross-functional initiatives, Business Development transactions, and Transformation projects.
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- Collaborate and influence Commercial, Medical, Market Access, Legal, HR, and Supply to drive business outcomes.
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- Actively contribute to regional and global finance objectives/initiatives.
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- External stakeholder management including alliance partners, key customers, and payers to administer government rebates or other obligations.
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Qualifications & Experience nn




- 10+ years of progressive finance experience in multinational organizations, along with CPA or equivalent qualifications.
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- Preference for Pharma, life sciences and/or healthcare industry experience; consideration given to other industries.
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- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive strategic decisions.
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- Strong business acumen required (brands/market/access).
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- Strong command of financial planning, analysis, modeling, and reporting.
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- Proven ability to thrive in matrix organizations and cross-functional leadership.
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- Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
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How We Work n

Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https //careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to . Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights n

BMS will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

Data Protection n

We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself at https //careers.bms.com/fraud-protection.

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Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

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📌 Commercial Finance Lead - ANZ (Monash)
🏢 Bristol-Myers Squibb
📍 Monash