FP&A Manager

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.

Organization Overview

The Finance organization at Eli Lilly Taiwan strives to be an essential and trusted business partner, influencing decisions, providing insight, and driving productivity to achieve business results.

• This role is the primary contact and financial planning lead for Commercial Business Units within Taiwan. Activities include financial control, budgeting, forecasting and analysis.
• The position requires a strong knowledge of finance and accounting, leadership skills, and excellent communication skills in both Taiwanese/Mandarin and English as the successful candidate will be working closely with senior management, global / cross-functional teams, and external partners.

Responsibilities

Planning Cycle

• Lead and own the full planning cycle including Business Plan, Spring Business Review, Strategic Plan, and Long-Range Plan processes, coordinating across Business Units and global teams.
• Own the preparation of the affiliate's consolidated financial outlook (revenue and OPEX), ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with corporate timelines and standards.
• Correlate key business data with macroeconomic trends and regional economic indicators to drive forward-looking, insight-driven financial decisions.
• Provide authoritative analysis of monthly regional financial results, interpreting current performance as a predictive tool for full-year attainment, and communicating findings clearly to the CFO.
• Design and deliver high-quality presentations for the CFO, BUDs, and global stakeholders that clearly articulate gaps versus plan, key risks and opportunities, and recommended actions.

Strategic Financial Support & Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary financial thought partner to the CFO, proactively identifying opportunities to maximise business upside and mitigate financial risk.
• Lead pricing management and analysis, including sensitive and confidential analysis commissioned by the CFO.
• Drive financial evaluation of business development opportunities, new indication proposals (AAP), and other strategic initiatives, providing robust recommendations to enable efficient resource allocation.
• Partner with the PRA team to support reimbursement strategy and accelerate patient access timelines from a financial modelling perspective.
• Lead OPEX governance by ensuring Business Units have robust monitoring frameworks and accountability mechanisms in place.

Planning Systems & Process Excellence

• Serve as the affiliate SME for financial planning and reporting systems (SAP / SAC / Tableau / BOXI), maintaining system integrity and ensuring data quality across affiliate and IBU reporting.
• Identify, champion, and implement best practices and business process improvements, automation, and simplification initiatives across the FP&A function.

People & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Coach, develop and mentor the Financial Analyst, providing guidance on task execution, analytical approach, and professional growth.
• Build strong, trusted relationships across Commercial, Medical, Market Access, and global Finance teams, leading financial dialogue without formal authority.
• Represent the Finance function in cross-functional forums, ensuring the financial perspective is clearly articulated and influences business decisions.

Requirements

• Min. 2-3 years of experience in Finance, Accounting, IT/Tech, Consulting or Audit
• Presentation/communication skills, ability to effectively communicate and influence across cultures
• Strong Learning Agility and Curiosity: Ability to thrive in a high pressure and ambiguous environment
• Cross functional experience in Demand Realization
• Proven knowledge of financial forecasting and diagnosis, corporate finance, and information analysis
• Analytical skills: ability to analyze, organize, interpret and present large quantities of data.
• Desire and ability to think strategically about the business and add value “beyond the numbers”
• Detail oriented but still able to see the bigger picture, high level of initiative
• Innovative mindset - willingness to challenge the status quo, seek continuous improvement
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and SAP
• Competency in accounting and financial concepts
• Candidate must be fluent in English

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Degree in Business/Commerce/Accounting
• Accounting and Finance experience and/or certification (e.g., CPA)
• Systems Use/Knowledge – computer-based skills particularly in SAP, Power BI, Power Automate etc

Additional Information

• Job Level: P3
• Department: Finance
• Location: Taipei, TW
• Reporting to: Sr. Director - Finance, Taiwan CFO
• Travel Required: Minimal (<5%)

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