North Cluster FP&A Manager Peripheral Interventions ("PI")

Additional Locations: France-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; France-Bourgogne-Franche-Comté; France-Bretagne; France-Centre-Val de Loire; France-Corse; France-Grand Est; France-Hauts-de-France; France-Normandie; France-Nouvelle-Acquitaine; France-Occitanie; France-Pays de la Loire; France-Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur; France-Voisins le Bretonneux; France-Île-de-France

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North Cluster FP&A Manager Peripheral Interventions (“PI”)

This role can be based in Hemel Hempstead or Voisins Le Bretonneux with an Hybrid work mode

PI in EMEA is a ~$400m business across 2 main franchises: Vascular and Interventional Oncology & Embolization. It strives for category leadership in all its markets and drives profitable revenue growth above Market.  It continues to invest in new products thru R&D or Acquisitions to sustain its leadership in the Peripheral business and capture growth and market share.

The Northern cluster consists of UK, France, Belgium and the Nordics and contributes around 30% of the EMEA revenues with an organization of more than 70 people.

The Cluster FP&A manager plays a critical Finance business partner role to support the Cluster Leadership team in developing & executing the business strategy. Great opportunity to join a large Division growing above market.

Purpose Statement

The Cluster FP&A acts as primary critical business partner related to Planning, Management Reporting & Financial Analysis to the Cluster Divisional Leadership and PI FP&A Director. They will be a member of the  Cluster Leadership Team in developing & executing the business strategy.  They will be a key member of the EMEA PI Finance organization, and report to the PI EMEA Finance Director.

Key responsibilities 

The role is a great opportunity to get exposure to the PI business environment while supporting the Sales and Marketing management teams to achieve their business goals and P&L objectives, while coordinating with the local finance and accounting teams.

Responsibilities include:

• Act as primary business partner to the Cluster Leadership & Divisional FP&A Leadership for all Financial Planning and Analysis activities within the Northern Cluster: Advise in setting appropriately challenging objectives for Regional/Country performance; Accompany the Cluster Leader to some of the Country Business Reviews and Plan Reviews to provide key financial support, Participate in the Regional Quarterly Business Review; Co-ordinate the annual budgeting & quarterly forecasting process; Advise the Cluster Leaders, Country management and regional FP&A teams in resource allocation decisions so as to optimize the Country's performance; Setting appropriate financial targets; Linking strategies and tactics to financial objectives.
• Manage the P&L of both Clusters: propose action and recovery plans in case of sales shortfall. Drive productivity initiatives to improve the profitability of the Business Unit.
• Responsible for leading compliance with quarterly budgeting calendar & guidelines, monthly & quarterly business reviews and quarterly plan reviews: Monitor and measure business performance to ensure maximization of opportunities to meet or exceed targets whilst managing effectively the P&L; reviewing the quarterly commission calculations and presenting to Management for approval; Modelling business cases for investment or analyzing resource/territory allocation and distribution within the region;  Provide guidance/advice to ensure performance targets are achieved.
• Collaborate with the Finance Operations team to get adequate support on some of the more standardized FP&A activities. Provide functional leadership and mentoring to other the finance resources across the region.
• Assist regional FP&A in the execution of region wide or Corporate wide FP&A related initiatives.  Represent the Division in various regional and Corporate task forces, as required. Masters Financial Systems used in the region.
• Establish, maintain and/or leverage as appropriate information systems to support the FP&A process.  Recommend and implement techniques to improve productivity and analysis, increase efficiencies, manage costs and maintain state of the art practices.
• Drive compliance in all finance related matters (CA&C, SOX, Statutory, monthly Closing – as required).  Participate in implementing Quality requirements in all aspects of the Finance Process.
• Participate in driving quality awareness in every employee, while guiding the local organization towards improved performance and customer-oriented initiatives.

Profile

• Over 4 years of experience in Finance, preferably FP&A with an Audit or Accounting background.   
• Fluent in English (main working language), French a positive
• Strong Excel knowledge and systems skills (Tableau, Hyperion, SAP).
• Management of FP&A activities for multiple countries in a commercial environment
• Full Business Unit P&L management experience including closing, reporting and forecasting
• Ability to solve problems and work independently and collaboratively as part of a larger team
• Self-starter/autonomous and pro-active
• A “change” advocate who thrives working in a dynamic and changing environment
• Initiative and ability to work well within a fast-paced organization often under tight deadlines
• Business-oriented: ability to interact with Sales and Marketing management, at all levels, and challenge status quo.
• Communication: ability to adapt communication style depending on the internal customer.
• Team spirit: ability to influence group of experienced peers and drive towards company goals.

Requisition ID: 579955

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