Finance Business Partner

E2E business ownership, driving the strategic business planning and rolling forecast to generate challenging growth goals and initiating timely plans and proactive action to gain improvements/ create/ enable growth;

Joint accountability with the business for the accuracy of forecasts and leveraging sound understanding of the business model and financial drivers to challenge and influence the key cost drivers;

In partnership with the CP-s, manage the MC P&L as appropriate. Supervisor of BA’s sales, cost, headcount and other planning and forecasting activities;

Liaise with CFO in terms of business planning and rolling forecasts, system sign-off based on CFO’s approval;

Prepare/support/cooperate in business review materials (QBR-s, plan presentations etc.);

Prepares monthly business P&L financial forecast detailing key risks, opportunities and sensitivities (both at demand and ex-factory sales/headcount and market share;

Planning regular performance reviews (sales & costs with the different departments);

Identifies new growth opportunities based on insights into the company, customer/ account/ provider/ medic, patient and industry;

Evaluates strategic options with sound, clear, concise and relevant financial analysis, assumption and judgement;

Performing financial analyses and business cases of new strategic and investment projects as requested by Management, providing advice on their profitability and thus facilitating decision-making and the optimisation of the profitability of the investments made;

Accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the reporting of actual with forecast;

Black belt owner of planning systems, continuously challenges of these processes and lead the changes;

Projects: joins and support those projects which could impact the activities under the responsibility of the role, being an active part of them;

Observing the Company's Code of Conduct & Core values, and all other local and global policies and procedures stated by the company in order to enhance AZ Corporate Reputation.

Qualified finance professional operating at the senior level (at least 3 years experience);

College or University degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Business Management;

Experience in management of Local Accounting standards and local Financial Management;

Experience of leading a finance team and working within a global organisation;

Significant experience of senior finance management and control roles;

Desirable: experience of working in a global pharmaceutical organisation/ understanding of the drug development life cycle and/or commercial aspects;

Rigorous and analytical thinking;

Experience in designing business cases and usage of decision support tools and coaching others in developing and using those tools;

Ability to apply governance, risk and compliance components;

Excellent commercial knowledge of the business area and local financial environment;

Broad range of system knowledge (SAP, Hyperion, global reporting and forecasting systems);

Impact and Influence/Collaborative Partnering;

Organisational Awareness – demonstrates knowledge of corporate business context;

Excellent communication and presentation skills, including oral and written, fluent English is a must, preferable: good language skills in one or more of cluster local languages;

Working across boundaries with Centres of Excellence, remote teams and 3rd party vendors.