Lead, Global M&Q Financial Planning & Analysis

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Your Role:

Reporting to the Senior Director, FP&A and Accounting for Global M&Q, you will serve as a strategic finance leader driving financial excellence across Elanco’s global manufacturing network.

You will lead the design and execution of Global M&Q financial planning cycles across all sites, serving as the primary architect of our forecasting process.

 This high-visibility role requires an analytical leader who prioritizes results and operates with agility in a dynamic environment.

A primary focus of this role is to empower site controllers and finance teams, driving the optimization of our global financial tools to influence strategic business decisions that support Elanco’s growth.

Your Responsibilities:


* Digital Finance Enablement: Serve as the central lead for OneStream and PowerBI optimization across the Global M&Q network.

Provide expert guidance to site controllers to standardize usage, ensuring these platforms become the "single source of truth" for the M&Q network


* Financial Storytelling: Synthesize complex data insights from various sites into a unified narrative.

You will consolidate disparate data points into a compelling storyline for the Manufacturing & Quality Leadership Team (MQLT) and Finance Leadership Team (FLT), translating "the numbers" into actionable business advice


* Financial Planning & Forecasting: Lead the end-to-end orchestration of M&Q financial planning cycles and the Annual Business Plan (BP).

Ensure the integrity of SAP/S4 and OneStream data flows and provide critical review of divisional submissions to maximize global reporting efficiency


* Business Partnering: Serve as the financial support for Procurement and Supply Chain functions


* Performance Management: Evaluate global financial performance and maintain a standard reporting structure that prioritizes accuracy and actionable insights across all sites


* Process Excellence: Continuously identify opportunities for process standardization and tool optimization.

Act as a catalyst for a continuous improvement mindset, reducing manual effort and increasing "time to insight" for...