OTP Senior Business Analyst

About this role

Responsibilities

• Performing annual price setting for markets in scope (OTP and manual).
• Executing in-year adjustments, including Q2 and Q4 forecast adjustments.
• Performing the annual true-up for all markets in scope.
• Sourcing statutory adjustments from GFS Market Analysts and Controllers for input into OTP.
• Supporting ad hoc transfer pricing requests.
• Maintaining and updating local market dossiers outlining the application of Group Transfer Pricing policy.
• Providing additional support to other operational transfer pricing activities as required, including hub recharges, central service recharges, Patent Box, and R&D processes.
• Typical Accountabilities
• OTP system execution: Developing expert-level system knowledge to independently execute processes for all markets in scope.
• Preparation of segmented P&Ls: Understanding the structure of the AZ P&L and its interaction with sales, marketing, and distribution processes.
• Stakeholder management: Managing stakeholder relationships across planning, data gathering, analysis, review, approval, and ad hoc inquiry stages.
• Change management: Supporting the OTP Process Lead with new requirements arising from policy updates, business changes, or continuous improvement initiatives.
• Training and documentation: Ensuring robust documentation is in place to support consistent execution of the marketing company OTP process.
• Key Stakeholders
• OTP Process Lead and Marketing Companies Lead – overall accountable for the marketing company process.
• Group Tax OTP Team – ensuring compliance with AstraZeneca Transfer Pricing policy.
• Market Controllers and GFS Analysts – supporting dossier updates, statutory adjustments, and approval of transfer pricing positions.
• System Accountant – support for source data and system calculation queries.
• Suppliers’ OPS Team – Support for transfer price updates and coordination between Market Controllers and other supply chain stakeholders.
• Essential Skills and Experience
• Strong financial accounting knowledge and business acumen.
• Proven experience in P&L cost allocation, planning, or operational transfer pricing.
• Experience working with complex, integrated systems and large datasets.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience operating in a regulated environment.
• Ability to collaborate and deliver effectively in a virtual and global context.
• Experience with Hyperion PBCS / Planning, Smart View, or equivalent tools.
• Desirable Experience
• Experience working in a global organization with geographically diverse operations.
• Pharmaceutical industry knowledge or broader business domain awareness.
• Operational transfer pricing execution experience.
• Tax technical transfer pricing policy expertise.
• Product costing experience.