Title:  Director Finance Business Partnering

Job Summary

Lead the overall finance for Healthcare business unit including Financial Planning & Analysis, financial forecasting, annual financial budget, working capital and provide meaningful insights into financial information.

Job Responsibilities:

• Target and forecast accuracy, working capital control, business performance (top line, costs and EBIT), currency impact.
• Manage departmental operating budgets and costs according to annual allocation to ensure efficient usage of resources.
• Oversee annual target setting process within country Business Unit. Lead implementation of global templates, review facilitation, challenge country.
• Business Unit submissions, plan consolidation and annual budget presentation preparation to the Senior Executive Team.
• Analyze country Business Unit monthly performance based on various data sources (CORE, Crystal, Prism, etc.) to derive a consistent picture of current performance, key issues and action items. Prepare and present Business Unit's monthly operations review to the Country Finance Manager.
• Support country Business Unit on contractual negotiations, client/customer profitability analysis, internal and external presentations, issues tracking and management, investments and other key developments that require financial inputs.
• Analyze and challenge country Business Unit on key financial items such as advertising and promotion spend, working capital utilization and cost development.
• Support country Business Unit on strategy setting and strategic projects (e.g. M&A due diligence, restructurings, disposals, joint venture negotiations/management, etc.).
• Participate and drive country Business Unit continuous improvement initiatives to streamline Business Unit controlling processes/reporting and improve efficiencies through a better utilization of automated systems (Lighthouse, Exceedra, etc.).
• Manage internal interactions across country Business Unit on matters related to business controlling to ensure timely understanding of financial performance and adequate management of any financial issues.
• Work closely with Group Business Unit controllers to drive consistency of analytics and reporting. Drive high quality business control support to the country Business Unit.

Job Requirements:

• Degree or professional qualification in Accounting/Finance or a related discipline
• Master's Degree in Business Administration is an added advantage
• Minimum eight to ten years’ experience in a similar role and five years’ experience in a managerial role.
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge and understanding of the business and industry.
• Proven hands-on experience in SAP accounting applications and Power BI is an advantage.
• Demonstrate strong research and analytical skills, including statistical computations.
• Demonstrate proficiencies in office productivity tools (e.g. Excel, Word and PowerPoint).
• Demonstrate fluency in English (both written and spoken).