Sr Associate Business Analysis
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Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission-to serve patients living with serious illnesses-drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas -Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease- we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Senior Associate, R&D Business Analysis Team
What you will do
In this role, you will be an experienced individual contributor within the R&D Business Analysis Team, supporting enterprise analytics and workforce transformation initiatives through hands-on data analysis, modeling, and insight generation. You will work under the guidance of Managers and Senior Managers while building strong analytical, financial, and business acumen.
You will contribute to analytics delivery across the value journey, including development of resource, financial, and capability baselines; analytics data packs; business cases; and value confirmation and realization. You will also collaborate with Technology partners to support automation and continuous improvement efforts, contributing to the development of sustainable analytics platforms that enable ongoing transformation.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate their analytical skills to challenge the status quo, drive continuous improvement, and embed digital ways of working into our end-to-end processes
Objectives of this Role
- Support deliverables for workforce strategy: Support financial and data analyses across baselining, business case development, value confirmation, value extraction and value realization. Collaborate with cross-functional global teams to ensure accurate analytics and insights delivery operating in the "following-the-sun" model
- Activity-Based Cost Analysis: Support analyses of total workforce spend and allocation. Recommend strategic cost-saving initiatives and optimizations based on analysis findings
- Vendor Analysis: Support the evaluation of vendor performance and impact on organizational efficiency. Develop strategies for vendor optimization and cost management
- Opportunity Analysis: Support identifying and prioritizing areas of opportunity across the organization. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement organizational improvements
- System Updates & Scenario Modeling: Build and optimize data and financial models that support key processes across the value journey of our transformation. Help ensure central systems and scenario modeling tools are updated with accurate data and assumptions. Support development of new modeling tools to enhance predictive capabilities
- External Market Analysis: Support the analysis of external market trends and their impact on workforce strategy. Provide strategic recommendations based on market insights to drive organizational competitiveness
Job Responsibilities:
- Support BAT Managers with hands-on data gathering, modeling, and business case development
- Build and maintain detailed resource, financial, and capability baselines for initiatives and functions
- Conduct analyses for value confirmation and support tracking of value realization
- Assist with variance analysis, deviation management, and value reconciliation against approved cases
- Analyze workforce and financial data to identify areas of opportunity and optimization
- Build and optimize data and financial models across the value journey
- Support updates to central systems and scenario modeling tools with accurate data and assumptions
- Lead and facilitate information collection efforts, including stakeholder interviews and data validation
- Collaborate with global, cross-functional teams operating in a “follow-the-sun” model
- Partner with Finance and planning teams to understand impacts to budgets and long-range
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients.
The Senior Associate is an experienced individual contributor who delivers high-quality financial and analytical insights, supports data-driven decision-making, and partners effectively across R&D and enterprise functions.
Basic Qualifications
- Master’s degree OR Bachelor’s degree and 4-7 years of Data Analytics, Science & Technology Management, or Finance experience OR
- Proficiency in financial modeling (Excel), data analytics, and business intelligence tools
- Passion for data exploration, visualization, and building analytical narratives
- Intellectual curiosity with the ability to learn new tools, concepts, and methods
- Experience working in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments
- Working knowledge of financial data, metrics, and systems
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality financial and business analysis to support R&D planning, budgeting, forecasting, and decision-making
- Develop analytical insights that inform business cases, workforce strategy, and resource optimization
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business questions into structured analytical solutions
- Contribute to continuous improvement, standardization, and automation of analytics and reporting
- Ensure accuracy, integrity, and confidentiality of financial and workforce data
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning
- Understanding of how business decisions impact financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow)
- Experience with Oracle Hyperion/EPM, SAP, Anaplan
- Experience with PowerBI, Tableau, Alteryx, Databricks, or similar analytics tools
- Familiarity with SQL or Python and exposure to AWS services (e.g., S3, Redshift)
- Prior multinational or global corporate experience
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills
- Clear written and verbal communication
- High integrity and ethical standards
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
- Collaborative and adaptable mindset
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.
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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.
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