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Business COE Mgr in Thousand Oaks California United States

Last updated on May 24 2012

Auto req 12946BR
Job Posting Title Business COE Mgr
Career Category Finance
Employee Subgroup Salaried FT
Country (State/Region) United States - California
Location (City) Thousand Oaks
Amgen Job Description This role will consist of supporting ongoing business processes and systems for master data and security in the ERP system.

The manager will support an ongoing system of services and controls over master data to assure accuracy and integrity, which in turn provides a reliable basis for sustainable business processes and decision making. The governance of master data is required to ensure consistency (i.e. global compliance with defined uses) and usage across processes and systems with a scope of Material, Customer, Vendor, Employee, and Asset (WBS Element). The manager will also support the goals of Amgen’s business units by assuring the appropriate access to ERP as well as specific identified systems (e.g., GCPS, eFinity), in compliance with various rules and regulations with respect to Amgen’s ERP framework, i.e. SOX, GMP, Unblinding, Privacy.

Specifically this role will:

• Develop and support SAP master data and security governance and control systems
• Drive value-add improvement of security and master data management especially in the ERP system
• Manage and develop data conversions, mass updates, and data-quality reports/metrics
• Monitor SAP data quality
• Protect SAP master data design integrity
• Assess proposed changes for SAP master data impact
• Monitor ERP access via SOX 40.1.3 SAP Security Monitoring
• Support SOX Process Owners’ and business leads with their quarterly SOX certification processes and related audit observations
• Authorize changes to security roles, limiting the risk of segregation of duties occurrences, and maintaining the confidentiality of restricted information
• Monitor all security role changes promoted to production
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of business processes and priorities as related to the ERP system
• Lead cross-functional teams
• Participate in key projects
Basic Qualifications • Doctorate degree
OR
• Master’s degree & 3 years of directly related experience
OR
• Bachelor’s degree & 5 years of directly related experience
OR
• Associate’s degree & 10 years of directly related experience
OR
• High school diploma / GED & 12 years of directly related experience
Preferred Qualifications • Understanding of SAP master data and/or security
• SAP experience using Virsa or GRC or equivalent software
• Prefer 3 years of experience in a business function using an ERP system
• Experience with access controls/design in IS systems
• Experience in internal controls design and operational effectiveness
• Computer related system qualification in a regulated industry
• Experience defining data-conversion requirements and/or review of data for an ERP implementation
• General understanding of Biotech/Pharmaceutical company operations
• Understanding of ETL (extract, transform, load)
• Understanding of systems outside of ERP, such as Ariba, EDI, Maximo, WERUM is a plus.
• CranSoft experience a plus
• Minimum 6 years of experience working with an ERP system
• Firm understanding of relational databases
• Experienced in SQL Server queries or equivalent basic programming
• Information Systems Audit and/or SOX certification experience
• Skilled at planning and project management
• Competencies include business analysis and process mapping
• Ability to work independently under minimal direction
• Effective team member
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Detail oriented; excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Positive attitude and a strong work ethic

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