Global Healthcare Finance Director

Location

Barcelona | Spain

Job description

The Finance Director will have financial leadership responsibilities for the Global Healthcare (GHC) Cluster, which includes sites in the US (5), Europe (5) and India (2). The individual will lead the financial strategy with appropriate reporting and KPIs; ensure that accounting activities are in accordance with established legal, regulatory and Company policies; help to improve the financial performance of the business by working closely with Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Product Management and Sales; and oversee the financial planning/analysis activities for the Cluster.

• Proven experience in a senior financial managerial position
• Positive, strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Understanding of manufacturing costing, inventory, and data processing

• Ability to identify and prioritize major areas of opportunity and take appropriate actions
• Capability to build/maintain excellent rapport with management staff at each facility
• Excellent leadership skills, including effective time management, prioritising and delegation [Must be able to lead, coach, inspire, support and motivate your team and the site teams, whilst always seeking to improve best practice]
• Prior experience with ERP systems and strong knowledge of MS Office Products
• Important to be able to take a step back and look at the “big picture” as well as giving attention to the finer details
• Creative, solution-minded approach to problem solving with strong project management skills

• Develop and maintain timely and accurate financial reporting and KPIs for GHC, which services the needs of the broader Divisional team
• Ensure that all Cluster sites maintain appropriate financial records and reports on an ongoing basis and also for individual projects, in a manner that facilitates management reporting and facilitates good decision-making
• Drive improved financial performance by identifying and executing opportunities to increase sales and reduce costs
• Manage capital planning for product growth, plant maintenance and cost reduction projects
• Manage the acquisition (and disposal) of capital assets throughout the Cluster including presentation of larger projects to the Division
• Ensure that a budget and 3-year plan for the Cluster is prepared annually and that forecasts are prepared on a monthly basis, along with relevant analysis and reporting
• Help with the development, roll out and tracking of new Division-led reporting such as Net productivity KPI’s, data warehouse, forecast models, polymer reporting, etc
• Work closely with local and division management to identify and measure ways for improving the profitability of the business
• Develop, implement, and ensure compliance with appropriate internal financial and accounting policies and procedures, as well as ensuring compliance with SoX.
• Lead Divisional Finance initiatives within the Cluster
• Liaise with Berry central functions, such as Finance, Treasury, Tax, IT, Company Secretary, Internal Audit, etc as appropriate
• Train plant and business segment personnel on basic financial tools and P&L analysis
• Assign, direct, develop and appraise Finance team members

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