FP&A Manager

Job Description

Our Finance team brings together our financial perspectives into our overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives.

The FP&A manager is responsible to provide financial insights and analysis to support strategic business decisions and drive business performance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Support the achievement of finance and business objectives by providing high quality FP&A support.
Act as financial Business Partner proving value added insights.
Lead company budgeting and forecasting cycles.
Provide ad-hoc reports & analysis in various areas to support business decisions.
Manage the financial Planning team.
Enhance financial processes, reports & analysis through continuous improvement efforts and contribute to the ongoing efficiencies & improvement initiatives.
Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures and supports company mission, values and standards of ethics and integrity.
Tracking of performance against forecasts and budget, working alongside the business to provide feedback & clearly articulate the drivers of performance.
Preparation of business review decks / presentation materials, and active involvement in business reviews.
Further develop financial planning processes & tools.
Support monthly / quarterly / yearly close process.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

Required:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, Accounting, Finance or Economy.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis.
Strong FP&A planning and reporting skills, ability to interpret financial data to information.
High proficiency in analytical tools, financial systems and advanced PC skills (e.g., QlikView, Power BI, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SAP etc.)
Business Level fluency oral and written in English.
Works effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, under pressure and with a high degree of professionalism.
Team player with a focus on collaboration, communication and interpersonal skills.
Strong organization skills to coordinate and manage multiple projects and activities.
Demonstrated commitment to education and professional development.
Ability to operate independently and navigate through change or uncertainty.
Problem solving and analytical skills with a proactive management style to implement new processes.
Possess a high degree of integrity and personal ethics in implementing corporate policies and procedures.
Results oriented, sense of urgency, knows how to prioritize, ability to communicate and to create rapport with stakeholders, effective communication. Process improvement orientation, innovation and change agent. Migration experience.
Bring a high level of energy and desire to contribute to the creation of a high performing FP&R team.

Preferred:

Previous experience in multinational corporate.
Pharmaceutical industry background.
MBA.

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Regular

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Requisition ID:R284070