Director Business Finance

59638 - EMSO Director Business Finance

How you’ll spend your day:

• Acts as a Business Partner to the Global EMSO region head, supports achieving the Function's short- and long-term goals by ensuring decision-making and execution is fact-based, supported by relevant financial planning, monitoring and analysis.
• Provides insights, trends analysis, communicates potential risks and opportunities and aligns the financial process with the EMSO strategy development requirements, drives efficiencies and identifies saving opportunities.
• Interacts with cross-functional Financial Leads and provides input to maintain compliance, consistency, adherence and integrity with the overall Company guidelines, Business Measurement Methodology Manual, SOPs, etc.
• Directs all periodical financial processes (monthly/quarterly closing, forecasts, AOP) for the function; interprets the analysed results and submits necessary corrective measures; manages the adherence to the function's expense, capital expenditure and resource budgets; presents executive information during the quarterly business reviews; initiates budget adherence measures based on the monthly expense reviews with the Regional heads.
• Ensures accurate financial information by validating and implementing processes for collecting and reporting complete, relevant and timely financial data.
• Approves and manages financial processes and measures to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the EMSO organization and processes, including spend base and headcount.
• Approves the inventory and CFC reporting for EMSO
• Ensures transparency of EMSO Regional numbers and performance.
• Serves as the Global EMSO liaison for all finance, accounting and budgeting aspects; coaches EMSO staff on relevant financial matters.
• Participates and leads finance projects within TGO to represent Global EMSO
• Manages the Global EMSO Costing process and responsible for the EMSO Costing methodology alignment.
• Approves the CAPEX reporting for EMSO and CER spend in line with the defined thresholds
• Signs SEC certificates for the EMSO Region
• Other projects and duties as required/assigned.

Your experience and qualifications:

Required:

• University degree in Finance or Accounting
• 8+ years of progressive experience in Finance/Accounting
• 4+ years of managerial experience
• Fluency in English - verbally and in writing
• Global or international work experience

Preferred:

• Pharmaceutical industry experience
• Experience in Business Finance management
• Experience in managing expenses
• Thorough understanding of financial systems

Skills/Qualifications

• Financial acumen – possesses strong financial/accounting, analytical and critical-thinking skills; is and stays up-to-date on new developments
• Collaboration and influencing – listens generously, forges alignment, works collaboratively, gains buy-in and cooperation from other Finance or Global functions
• Communication – ability to clearly communicate complex matters and key business drivers at all levels of the organization; has professional stature and healthy level of assertiveness to advise and challenge senior management
• Planning and execution – thoroughly plans and communicate financial processes; sets and ensures adherence to all applicable deadlines
• Professional Expertise – outstanding understand of Business processes and the financial aspects and implication of these processes

Job Conditions:

• Able to work in a changing and flexible environment
• Should be able to handle stress and job pressure
• Position is based in Israel
• International travel (<10%)