Job responsibilities

The in country Finance Business Partner is a key local role, providing robust and insightful decision support to Business and Finance Management, to enable delivery of our financial objectives both operational and strategic.

The in country Finance Business Partner pro-actively works with Management to identify business risks and opportunities, find pragmatic approaches to challenges, aiding implementation of solutions and best practices across local organizations.

In support of Finance Management, the role ensures financial transparency and disclosure of risks.

This role requires a good working knowledge of finance processes and procedures applicable to the whole Commercial business.

Typical Accountabilities 

• Demonstrate sufficient business acumen to be able to support, while robustly challenging, commercial leadership at all levels.
• Ability to recognize problems, develop solutions and implement them
• Meet deadlines for all project deliverables with speed and accuracy
• Willing to take ownership for his/her work and challenge the status quo
• High quality and timely delivery of financial insight
• Ability to build and maintain effective interpersonal relationships, internally and externally, and communicate effectively
• Strong team Player across functions and geographies, Flexible and Can-Do attitude
• Resilient and ability to work under pressure
• Financial periodic, annual and strategic plans related to legal entity.
• Drive P&L management with focus on accurate Sales Forecasting, cost control and resource allocation.
• Business Performance tracking including Key KPI’s and core financial reports such as P&L, Stock in Trade, Net Working Capital.
• Drive monthly Business Reviews, ensuring complete, accurate and timely submission from Local to Area.
• Run the Planning and Forecasting processes in coordination with key stakeholders to deliver consistent, ambitious and reliable plans.
• Challenge and investigate financial results with the objective of identifying performance gaps, checking progress towards budget achievement and recommending gap closing actions.
• Engage with Business Stakeholders, with the objective to build insight into key business drivers and tactics, to identify opportunities and support solid business case preparation.
• Partner in pricing and business development activities, test business assumptions for evaluating the opportunity, challenge financial evaluations to ensure most profitable outcome.
• Pro-actively review and assess Business Performance Reporting landscape, driving changes and enhancement recommendations in collaboration with CFO / Global Finance Services.
• Be the link between Regional Operations/Supply and the local company. Ensure the tools and the local team meet the needs of the business.

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• University degree in Finance / Business / Economics
• 5 + year’s experience in financial management
• Outstanding analytical skills and strong execution track records
• Advanced financial modelling skills (Excel)
• Fluent English
• Developed commercial skills
• AICPA desired
• Experience in Pharma/Biotech /Medtech environment preferred