Business Controls Function Manager, SOX Program
Job Description
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At Bristol Myers Squibb, we’re creating innovative medicines for patients who are fighting serious diseases. We’re also nurturing our own team with inspiring work and challenging career options. No matter our role, each of us makes a contribution. And that makes all the difference.
The BCF Manager, Workiva Admin for BMS will be a highly collaborative member of the Global Business Operations team in the Controllership organization. This exceptional team member will support BMS’s business controls activities in BMS’s Hyderabad team, and demonstrate the following attributes:
Exceptional expertise in financial and operational controls
Deep understanding of the business landscape, market trends, and industry dynamics
Outstanding ability to forge strong partnerships across the organization to provide insights and guidance to cross-functional teams
Open communication and cooperation to ensure BCF activities are executed seamlessly
Strong project management and organization skills, including having the ability to influence others, to ensure program milestones are met
Successful candidates demonstrates the ability to inspire and motivate team members to deliver exceptional results.
A minimum of 5-7 years of experience is required.
The position will be based in the BMS’s Hyderabad Location (expected 50% in-person).
Key Responsibilities and Major Duties:
Workiva administration
Manages administration of Workiva compliance platform, including system configuration optimization, and maintenance of templates, reports, and workflows
Manages user access provisioning lifecycle, including granting, modifying, and revoking system access, and supporting periodic user access reviews (UARs) to ensure compliance with internal controls and policies Oversees administrative aspects of the SOX testing lifecycle, including testing setup, schedule management, status and quality tracking.
Prepares reporting on a monthly and quarterly basis
Ensures compliance by BCF team members with established closing calendar
Implements and manages security measures within Workiva to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with BMS policies and regulations
Provides technical guidance for end users, addressing any issues or questions
Create and maintain documentation on Workiva configurations, best practices, and procedures
Actively influences the identification of continuous improvement opportunities, investigating and resolving technical issues related to Workiva
Open-mindedness and professional curiosity to explore and adopt AI and automation capabilities within Workiva and other BCF activities to enhance efficiency, data quality, and scalability of SOX compliance processes
Relationship management and teaming
Holds self and others to timelines, quality, and accuracy
Risk management
Articulates material risks and opportunities and takes an active role in designing and executing response or contingency plans
Experience/Qualification:
Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s degree or CA / CPA preferred.
A minimum of 5-7 years of experience
Experience managing compliance platforms, preferably Workiva
Compliance and controls experience within the pharmaceutical industry preferred
Public accounting experience preferred
Competencies – knowledge, skills, abilities:
Familiarity with automation tools and scripting languages (e.g., Python)
Mastery of the Workiva platform, including Wdesk, and in-depth knowledge of its features and capabilities.
Ability to navigate, configure, and troubleshoot issues within the platform
Knowledge of key accounting processes and systems
Fluency in written and spoken English
Strong oral and written communication skills
Strong relationship management skills
Adaptability and ability to manage change
Customer-first mindset
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Ability to drive collaboration with senior leaders
Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Growth mindset to look for innovation and continuous improvement opportunities
If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
Supporting People with Disabilities
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R1603762 : Business Controls Function Manager, SOX Program