Head of Financial Planning and Analysis
- Recruiter
- Gi Group Recruitment Ltd - SMS Food Manuf
- Location
- Hatfield
- Salary
- Neg.
- Posted
- 25 Apr 2017
- Closes
- 03 May 2017
- Sectors
- Construction & Skilled Trades, Planning
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our successful global Pharmaceutical client is looking for a Head of Financial Planning & Analysis to join their team in Hertfordshire. The company offers an excellent working environment and benefits.
Main purpose of the job:
- Delivering a Financial Planning and Analysis function, incorporating strategic planning, business partnering, annual budget, forecasting and results consolidation.
- Ensuring that day to day activities are delivered in a timely and accurate manner.
- Delivering a robust financial plan both annual and medium/long term.
- Own the systems development project for EMEA management reporting.
- Business case analysis and ad hoc strategic projects
- Driving standardisation and positive working relationships within EMEA finance.
You will be acting as a business partner to the CFO and the EMEA executive team in a challenging high paced environment.Duties will include:
- Management of the EMEA region in the following areas:
- Responsible for ensuring planning/forecasting and actual reporting is coordinated in a timely and business effective way
- Communication of budget/forecast targets throughout regions
- Reviewing budget, forecast and actual result consolidation with a detailed level of consolidation
- Ensuring a quality financial support service is provided to the business groups.
- Manage and lead the priorities of the EMEA FP&A team, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of the tasks of the FP&A team, providing hands on support when required.
- To actively participate in recruitment and retention
- Full responsibility for medium and long term planning process and models
- Ensure quality KPI reporting and delivery of accurate headcount actual/forecast reporting
- Ensure robust SG&A control/reporting and forecasting
- Coordination with Group finance for EMEA financial systems development
- Business lead for SAP reporting stream.
- Ensuring robust control of the management reporting systems
- Drive the management reporting projects, managing all systems changes and implementation across EMEA regions.
- Challenging and reviewing the financial data provided by the EMEA regions.
- Ensure accurate and appropriate financial performance reporting
- Responsibility for financial calculations of corporate bonus scheme
- Ownership and calculation of financial reporting for EMEA strategic regions.
- Understanding of Epidemiology models and market share for EMEA brands to drive robust EMEA sales budgeting and forecasting.
Qualifications and Experience Required.
- An experienced accountant with a recognised accountancy qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or ACA or equivalent.
- High level of expertise and experience in Microsoft applications particularly Excel and Access financial systems.
- Proven leadership and experience of managing a team
- Strong knowledge of financial analysis, interpretation and evaluation.
- Experience of supporting commercial operations.
- Able to handle high volumes of data to analyse and report with a high level of accuracy.
- Understanding of multi-currency consolidations / cost consolidations
- Good overview understanding of SAP structures and financial process.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Able to communicate complex financial data in a clear and concise manner.
- Evidenced experience of adding value and proactively driving improvements
- Understanding of pharmaceutical industry desirable particularly relating to IMS reporting.
Skills and Aptitude Required
- Ability to manage and motivate teams.
- Proactive approach to solving problems.
- Resilient and able to continually deliver in a demanding environment
- Manage multiple priorities and delivery requirements within a short timescale.
- Capable of fostering strong working relationships within a large finance team
- Strong communication skills both to financial and non-financial stakeholders.
- Able to work under pressure with focus and precision within challenging deadlines.
- Determined approach to driving solutions.
For a confidential and informal discussion about the above role or other similar roles, please call ************ or apply by sending your CV
Key Words: Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical Healthcare, EMEA, FP&A, Financial Planning, Analysis, management, Associate director, Finance, Accounting, ACCA, CIMA, ACA, Accountant, Qualified Accountant, SAP, Excel, Access, Reporting, cost, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Gi Group Pharmaceuticals provides a tailored Account Managed Service and dedicated Pharmaceutical recruitment team and partners with many different Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology clients throughout the globe and the United Kingdom.
Main purpose of the job:
- Delivering a Financial Planning and Analysis function, incorporating strategic planning, business partnering, annual budget, forecasting and results consolidation.
- Ensuring that day to day activities are delivered in a timely and accurate manner.
- Delivering a robust financial plan both annual and medium/long term.
- Own the systems development project for EMEA management reporting.
- Business case analysis and ad hoc strategic projects
- Driving standardisation and positive working relationships within EMEA finance.
You will be acting as a business partner to the CFO and the EMEA executive team in a challenging high paced environment.Duties will include:
- Management of the EMEA region in the following areas:
- Responsible for ensuring planning/forecasting and actual reporting is coordinated in a timely and business effective way
- Communication of budget/forecast targets throughout regions
- Reviewing budget, forecast and actual result consolidation with a detailed level of consolidation
- Ensuring a quality financial support service is provided to the business groups.
- Manage and lead the priorities of the EMEA FP&A team, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of the tasks of the FP&A team, providing hands on support when required.
- To actively participate in recruitment and retention
- Full responsibility for medium and long term planning process and models
- Ensure quality KPI reporting and delivery of accurate headcount actual/forecast reporting
- Ensure robust SG&A control/reporting and forecasting
- Coordination with Group finance for EMEA financial systems development
- Business lead for SAP reporting stream.
- Ensuring robust control of the management reporting systems
- Drive the management reporting projects, managing all systems changes and implementation across EMEA regions.
- Challenging and reviewing the financial data provided by the EMEA regions.
- Ensure accurate and appropriate financial performance reporting
- Responsibility for financial calculations of corporate bonus scheme
- Ownership and calculation of financial reporting for EMEA strategic regions.
- Understanding of Epidemiology models and market share for EMEA brands to drive robust EMEA sales budgeting and forecasting.
Qualifications and Experience Required.
- An experienced accountant with a recognised accountancy qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or ACA or equivalent.
- High level of expertise and experience in Microsoft applications particularly Excel and Access financial systems.
- Proven leadership and experience of managing a team
- Strong knowledge of financial analysis, interpretation and evaluation.
- Experience of supporting commercial operations.
- Able to handle high volumes of data to analyse and report with a high level of accuracy.
- Understanding of multi-currency consolidations / cost consolidations
- Good overview understanding of SAP structures and financial process.
- Strong presentation and communication skills.
- Able to communicate complex financial data in a clear and concise manner.
- Evidenced experience of adding value and proactively driving improvements
- Understanding of pharmaceutical industry desirable particularly relating to IMS reporting.
Skills and Aptitude Required
- Ability to manage and motivate teams.
- Proactive approach to solving problems.
- Resilient and able to continually deliver in a demanding environment
- Manage multiple priorities and delivery requirements within a short timescale.
- Capable of fostering strong working relationships within a large finance team
- Strong communication skills both to financial and non-financial stakeholders.
- Able to work under pressure with focus and precision within challenging deadlines.
- Determined approach to driving solutions.
For a confidential and informal discussion about the above role or other similar roles, please call ************ or apply by sending your CV
Key Words: Pharmaceutical, Pharmaceutical Healthcare, EMEA, FP&A, Financial Planning, Analysis, management, Associate director, Finance, Accounting, ACCA, CIMA, ACA, Accountant, Qualified Accountant, SAP, Excel, Access, Reporting, cost, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Gi Group Pharmaceuticals provides a tailored Account Managed Service and dedicated Pharmaceutical recruitment team and partners with many different Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology clients throughout the globe and the United Kingdom.