Site Name:
Belgium-Wavre
Posted Date:
Dec 5 2024
Job purpose:
The Finance Director BeLux provides finance business partnering and leadership to the Local Operating Company (LOC) and is accountable for legal and statutory compliance of the Pharma legal entity.
As a member of the LOC Leadership Team, this role will provide support to the General Manager (GM) and the LOC Leadership Team on how to drive growth, optimise allocation of resources and manage P&L.
Success in the role requires the ability to interface with senior management, have high degree of financial competencies, understand accounting standards and strategic direction of the company as well as leading and managing the team.
The role also has full accountability for tax and statutory accounts and is part of the Board of Directors at LOC level. As this is a hybrid role covering both Business Partnering as well as Finance Controllership, the incumbent should have experience in both areas in order to be able to deliver value.
Belux is a combination of Belgium & Luxemburg, with an annual turnover of £180m, double digit growth, £35m investment and 180 employees.
Your responsibilities:
Provide financial leadership to
strategic decision making
to
maximise results
(sales, operating profit, cash flow), partner with the GM and the LOC leadership team to contribute to the
growth
of the business by making strategic resource allocation and pricing decisions. Develop and implement strategies based on financial insights.
Lead together with the LOC management team the preparation of
long-term strategic goals , three-year
financial plans
and
short-term goals
for the LOC with clear assumptions, risks and opportunities and mitigation plans. Lead
performance management
for the LOC by using relevant internal and external benchmarks, reviewing full P&L with senior management team.
Partner with Supply Chain Hub organisation to lead the Planning and Demand Review Meetings (DRM’s) process to set up an accurate
rolling forecast
by fully understanding the volume/value dynamics and competitive environment, with the focus on forecast accuracy and bias and risks and opportunities management. Provide
ROI Analysis
to support the business, develop business cases to right-size the investment providing recommendations in strategic resource allocations.
Challenge
pricing decisions
through price/volume sensitivity analysis in order to optimize profitability. Provide financial support with
new launches
based on price/volume assumptions, Market Share dynamics, scenario planning, ROI analysis, Profitability reviews. Understand established portfolio product elasticity, provide insightful price/volume and financial analyses.
Act as reference point regarding
financial ,
tax
and
statutory results
for the
Boards of Directors
(Shareholders' Meetings and Auditors) and for
Financial Stewardship
and
controls , RMCB risk management, pricing framework, core commercial cycle. Ensure accuracy and
compliance
of all controlling and accounting activities including statutory and tax reporting based on the services provided by the responsible organisations (Tax, CBS, Procurement etc.) as per the approved RACIs.
Lead
and inspire directly and indirectly Finance teams. Develop team
capabilities
and future potential. Collaborate with all shared service centers to ensure
One Finance
mentality. Lead and participate in
change management
projects focused on driving Finance or Business towards key global processes and models.
Additional information:
Reporting line: SFD Northern & Western EU
Number of positions available: 1
People management (direct/indirect reports, etc.): 2 internal direct reports
Business travel requirements: limited
Primary location: Wavre, Belgium
Application closing date:
Friday December 20th, 2024 EOB CET
Why You?
Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
Minimum Bachelor degree level such as ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, MBA, or local equivalent
Minimum 5 years of finance partnering experience (Finance/Business Partnering role in multinational companies)
Experience in financial controls in a matrix environment (e.g. statutory accounting, tax, shared services)
Knowledge of GSK accounting policies and processes
Change management
Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
Demonstrated strategic and leadership skills
Ability to influence key stakeholders in a complex, multi-cultural environment
Presentation and communication skills
Analytical and problem-solving and modelling analysis
Team-player who enjoys contributing to others
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