Who we are looking for
Purpose
The Finance R&D Planning & Control Team occupies a vital position at Chiesi Farmaceutici SpA, tasked with monitoring the short-term R&D projects’ pipeline. The R&D pipeline is subject to the common uncertainties of the pharmaceutical industry, during the entire drug development phases and for this reason is crucial adopt a robust approach for delivering budgeting, rolling forecasts, and reporting activities.
The Team provides Global R&D and Chiesi top management with valuable information on R&D expenditures and headcount requests to support the budgeting and decision-making processes, aiming at maximizing the business value delivery of Chiesi pipeline.
Main Activities
R&D Controlling Model & Reporting
- Support Finance R&D Planning & Control Team during periodic delivery of R&D expenditures and headcount reports, enabling clear understanding of the reasons for variances
- Analyze and deep-dive R&D data to provide business information on Chiesi R&D projects pipeline leveraging on analytical skills to identify new insights on R&D pipeline, encompassing but not limiting to the identification of potential trends and patterns in R&D costs within a pharma R&D context deeply affected by high volatility rates.
- Contribute to business administration of R&D Project and Portfolio Management system, while ensuring appropriate alignment with the company ERP system.
Continuous Improvement
- Participate to reporting optimization projects, enabling to manage R&D complexity in a flexible and lean way to provide reliable short-term projections leveraging also visual analytics tools
- Act as a point of reference within R&D Controlling for support on data analysis potentially partnering within cross-unit teams for common innovation projects.
Education
Business Administration / Economics / Finance Degree or equivalent
Languages
Fluent English (both written and spoken). Experience abroad is a plus
Technical Skills
- Knowledge of controlling, business administration, capital budgeting, economics
- Use of Microsoft Office applications (advance use of Excel and PowerPoint is a plus
Soft Skills
* Analytical skills
* Attention to details
* Planning and organizational skills
* Team working
Contract and Benefit
6 months internship
Monthly Reimbursement of 1000 Euros
Free access to internal canteen for lunch and Meal vouchers for each day of remote activities
Free shuttle for Chiesi employees from raliway station to HQ or free pass for urban public transport
What we offer
You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.
In Chiesi we firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development. Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.
We want our people to come to work happy every day, and we know how important it is to find the right work-life balance in order to be able to give our best. That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-care services.