Finance Project Manager
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.
Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.
Reporting directly to the Vice President Business Operations, the Project Manager of Finance Operations will act as an internal consultant for the Finance corporate function. This role will be responsible for strategic and corrective project management, ongoing gap analysis of current activities, and continuous operating model improvement to help Azurity scale for sustainable growth and drive success within the Finance vertical. The scope of projects may include financial governance, decision making, role clarity, operating models, reporting, resource planning, communications, or team effectiveness.
The ideal candidate will have experience with leading complex programs within Pharmaceuticals or PBMs and/or financial launch activities. A deep understanding of project plans and how to get a project off the ground through to completion is a key attribute that is needed. This is a collaborative role involving significant engagement with cross-functional stakeholders to identify solutions that can be readily adopted within departments and the organization to increase our ability to execute efficiently. The ideal candidate will be a quick learner who can work in an extremely fast paced organization and pivot from one objective to the next quickly. Being able to retain knowledge of the working Finance organization is key to the success of the role and demonstrating a level of self sufficiency with decision making is key for the candidate’s success.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide direct project management support to our Financial organization which can include but is not limited to, Supply Chain, FP&A balancing, Statutory Accounting, Business Development, Strategic Finance, and Tax/Treasury operations
- Establish and sustain a strategic partnership with leaders and decisions makers within the Finance organization. Build rapport, effective communication, and facilitate project participation with other Finance business partners (e.g., Corporate Applications Support, FP&A, HR)
- Oversees complex, cross-functional initiatives including structuring and managing programs, projects, overseeing the analytics process, helping to forge consensus among key stakeholders and ensuring adequate business cases to support the work
- Socializes, manages and makes recommendations to improve best practices, including professional development of team members within the Enterprise Project Management Office (EMPO)
- Drives the execution of Azurity’s Management System across all corporate areas. Serve as akey resource in building, improving, and shepherding the Management System process across the organization
- Create and drive the facilitation of the monthly operating committee meetings which includes the ability to collect all necessary KPI data from across the company
- Provide dedicated recommendations to the VP Business Operations for the direction of the Project Management execution process and improvement within the EPMO office
Experience:
- Bachelors degree required; Masters degree preferred
- PMP, CSM or similar certification
- Pharmaceutical or PBM project management experience
- 5+ years project management experience
- 3+ years of direct/indirect management
- Advanced experience using Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and SmartSheet
- Travel up to 15% (domestic)
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Physical & Mental Requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; talk and/or hear
- May occasionally climb stairs and/or ride elevators
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Employee must be able to manipulate keyboard, operate a telephone and hand-held devices
- Other miscellaneous job duties as required
Benefits We Offer:
- Unlock Your Earning Potential: Join our team and be rewarded with a competitive compensation package, including an annual bonus based on company performance, that recognizes your exceptional talent.
- Sales - In lieu of annual bonuses, we offer an Incentive compensation program that allows you to earn more - even over plan.
- Fuel Your Success: *Sales Only* - We understand the value of your hard work and provide a car reimbursement program and gas card for both business and personal use as part of our commitment to supporting you.
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: We value your well-being and offer excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage to ensure you and your family are always taken care of.
- Flexibility for Your Lifestyle: Achieve work-life balance with our hybrid work model, allowing you to work two days from home and three days in the office. *Excludes Sales, Manufacturing, and some Operations positions*
- Start Your Week on a High Note: Indulge in our “Bagel Tuesday” perk, where you can enjoy a fresh bagel on us every Tuesday morning. **Only for On-site/Hybrid colleagues**
- Invest in Your Future: Our Retirement Savings Plan (401K) is designed to help you secure a comfortable retirement by matching dollar for dollar up to 5%.
- Time Off That Counts: Take advantage of our generous PTO policy, which offers 20 days annually + rollover (up to 40 hours).
- Meaningful Time with Your Loved Ones: We close between Christmas and New Year’s to give you an extra week off to spend quality time with your family and recharge.
- Enjoy the Holidays: Over the course of the year, Azurity recognizes 13 holidays.
- Summer Vibes: Embrace the summer season with our Summer-Hours perk, available between Memorial Day and Labor Day. **Excludes Sales Colleagues**
- Invest in Your Education: We support your professional growth with tuition reimbursement for undergraduate and graduate level courses or certifications.
- Recognize and Be Recognized: Our Azurity High Five peer recognition platform allows you to celebrate your colleagues' accomplishments and receive recognition for your own outstanding work.
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