Associate Director, Commercial Controls & Cost Assurance

At Lilly, the work is demanding because patients are waiting. We unite caring with discovery to help make life better for people around the world, knowing that every decision, every detail, and every day matters. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, our over 50,000 employees around the globe take on complex challenges to discover and deliver life-changing medicines, strengthen how health is understood and managed, and support the communities we serve. This is hard, urgent, selfless work—but it’s work worth doing. If you’re driven by purpose and ready to bring your best to work that truly matters for patients, we invite you to join us. 

The Global Facilities Delivery (GFD) Organization delivers new and renovated capital assets around the world. Our mission is accomplished through a highly leveraged organization of design, construction, and qualification contractors. Many of the assets delivered focus on medical innovation and delivering innovative solutions to patients. Some of the assets delivered will expand the supply of existing medicines or strengthen the supply chain.

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Commercial Controls & Cost Assurance serves as GFD's enterprise process owner for capital invoice management, payment assurance, forecast validation, and earned value management. The role is accountable for the governance, standardization, and continuous improvement of the processes, systems, standards, controls, and performance measures that support financial stewardship and project performance across the global capital portfolio. Serving as the primary interface between the Invoice Management Office (IMO) and Project Controls organizations, the incumbent owns GFD's earned value methodology, Rules of Credit, and associated governance frameworks while driving consistent execution through KPI-based performance management and assurance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve GFD's capital invoice management, payment assurance, earned value management (EVM), Rules of Credit, and associated standards, procedures, controls, and governance frameworks.

• Serve as GFD's enterprise authority for invoice validation, earned value performance, forecast quality, cost assurance, and payment compliance determinations.

• Define, govern, and maintain business requirements, data standards, workflows, and change control processes supporting invoice management, payment assurance, forecast validation, and earned value performance.

• Partner with Engineering Systems & Tools, Finance, Procurement, and other stakeholders to define requirements, support testing activities, and prioritize system and process enhancements.

• Act as the primary interface between the Invoice Management Office (IMO), Project Controls teams, and other business stakeholders to resolve operational issues, strengthen process performance, and escalate significant risks or concerns.

• Lead cost assurance activities, including invoice validation, forecast quality reviews, compliance assessments, payment assurance controls, and performance monitoring.

• Ensure compliance with established financial controls, contractual payment requirements, governance standards, and project controls procedures.

• Establish, monitor, and report KPIs related to invoice management, forecast performance, earned value performance, process compliance, operational effectiveness, and continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with Capital Procurement, Finance, and Legal to develop and maintain contract language, commercial exhibits, payment requirements, and supporting governance procedures.

• Develop training materials, work instructions, job aids, and onboarding resources to ensure consistent adoption and execution of invoice management, payment assurance, cost assurance, and earned value management processes across the GFD portfolio.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, finance, engineering, construction, or related field, or equivalent work experience.

• At least 8 years of experience in project control, quantity surveying, or similar field.

• Qualified applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not provide support for or sponsor work authorization or visas for this role, including but not limited to F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, J-1, H-1B, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, or L-1

Preferred Requirements

• Professional certification in cost engineering, project controls, project management, or quantity surveying (e.g., AACE CCP, EVP, PSP; PMI-PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-CP; MRICS/FRICS).

• Experience leading EVM, Rules of Credit, cost assurance, contractor payment validation, and capital invoice management processes on major capital projects.

• Experience with shared service functions such as Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Source-to-Pay (S2P), Accounts Payable, or Invoice Management Offices.

• Proficiency with enterprise ERP, P2P and/or PMIS platforms that support capital invoice management, payment assurance, cost management, forecasting, earned value management, reporting, and performance governance.

• Strong knowledge of capital project contracts, payment application processes, Schedules of Value, contractor billing, audit controls, forecasting, and commercial risk management.

• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive enterprise standards, governance, and continuous improvement.

Additional Information

• Required to be based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 25%

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Actual compensation will depend on a candidate’s education, experience, skills, and geographic location.  The anticipated wage for this position is

Full-time equivalent employees also will be eligible for a company bonus (depending, in part, on company and individual performance). In addition, Lilly offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); pension; vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; and well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program, fitness benefits, and employee clubs and activities).Lilly reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion and Lilly’s compensation practices and guidelines will apply regarding the details of any promotion or transfer of Lilly employees.

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