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Finance Business Analyst - Product Costing (18 months secondment/FTC)Location: WarsawHybrid Model: 3 days per week from office ABOUT ASTRAZENECAAstraZeneca Poland is a key global site that is dynamically growing in all departments – from commercial, R&D, IT, Global Trial Safety Review, Global Procurement Services, HR and Global Finance Services. Warsaw is one of the key Global Clinical Trial Centres in the world, and plays a key role in AstraZeneca’s success. The work that we do here is valued and makes a direct impact to the enterprise, and to society. Here you are part of a multi-national team with a strong reputation worldwide for excellence and innovation.What you'll doRole Overview This role is responsible to perform the end to end cycle of AstraZeneca’s product costing process which includes master data maintenance, forecasting, reporting and analysis.The Product Costing Business Analyst will:<ul><li>Be part of the GFS Product Costing COE team and collaborating closely with GFS Ops FP&A colleagues and other global Product Costing COE colleagues.</li><li>Collaborate closely with Ops Finance GPO and Standard Costing Global Process Lead in implementing policies & standards</li><li>Driving and implementing the vision defined by GPO for Product Costing, within GFS Ops</li><li>Work with the wider AZ business to ensure compliance to the agreed product costing processes and model for GFS delivery</li><li>Drive for continuous improvement and standardisation of the product costing process in collaboration with the GPO and Business counterparts</li></ul>Typical accountabilitiesReporting, Planning & Forecasting (within Product Costing)<ul><li>Responsible for overall end to end Product Costing process which includes master data and material pricing maintenance, product costing run, variance analysis, costing release, transfer pricing updates and driving compliance according to the standard global product costing processes</li><li>Interpret product costing data, and use knowledge & understanding of customer’s business, to deliver quality variance analysis and insightful commentary to GFS Ops FP&A, Embedded Finance & wider Operations Business teams</li><li>Proactive interaction with Operations Business teams to ensure robust master data maintenance, provide inputs and challenge outputs during product costing process</li><li>Work with GFS Ops FP&A team & Embedded Finance teams to determine and highlight risks and opportunities throughout the product costing process</li><li>Drive continuous improvement and standardisation of the product costing process with global Product Costing COE colleagues</li></ul>Other role requirements<ul><li>Assist in better business decisions by provision of financial expertise and insightful analysis to all ad hoc product costing queries in line with SLA, and provide support to on-going projects</li><li>Ensure corporate governance standards are met, taking accountability for effective operation of relevant financial and product costing controls</li><li>Identify opportunities for standardisation and simplification across product costing area on a continual basis</li></ul>Essential criteria<ul><li>Qualified finance professional or equivalent, with 2-4+ years of experience in manufacturing accounting and product costing</li><li>English Language proficiency</li><li>Experience of change management and building engagement</li><li>Ability to work well in and across diverse global teams</li></ul>Desirable criteria<ul><li>Understanding of SAP Product Costing module</li><li>Experience of working in a customer orientated organisation</li><li>Knowledge of Pharma Industry</li><li>Cross-boundary experience, including building relationships remotely and cross-culturally</li><li>Experience of working in a matrix organisation</li><li>Ability to speak more than one language</li></ul>What we offer:Welcome to Warsaw Site, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day. To help you maintain your best self, here’s a sneak peek into some of the things this site provides for you: <ul><li>The best team to support you,</li><li>Multisport card,</li><li>Pension plan, </li><li>Life insurance,</li><li>after-work events,</li><li>private medical care </li><li>lunch card, </li><li>bright and spacious environment, </li><li>sustainable office working environment. </li></ul>Please note we are working in hybrid model: minimum 3 days per week from the office in Warsaw and 2 days from homeDate Posted13-mar-2026Closing Date26-mar-2026AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.

Finance Business Analyst - Product Costing (18 months secondment/ FTC)

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