【COMPANY OVERVIEW】
UK medical device company
【JOB RESPONSIBILITIES】
Partner with the business or its functional stakeholders to manage external relationships with suppliers and customers, ensuring optimal commercial outcomes for the business (10%).
Lead and develop the Finance function in Japan and South Korea to ensure it meets its control and insight objectives in an efficient manner. This includes: finance strategy, service and communication development; identifying opportunities for process and operating model improvement; and cost control and efficient resource deployment (10%).
Be an active member of the cluster leadership team and the International Commercial Finance team. This will involve attending key meetings and proactively working to shape the future organization (10%).
Drive business performance by partnering with the BU Directors to set performance targets, monitor performance against KPIs, assess commercial risk and intervene to exploit opportunity or re-set course where necessary to ensure the cluster meets and exceeds its objectives (15%).
Challenge the business and its functional stakeholders to ensure rigor in decision making. This will involve providing commercial and financial insight in many areas of the business including, but not limited to, sales force effectiveness, customer and portfolio profitability, asset efficiency, pricing strategy and commercial risk management (15%).
Drive the strategic and commercial planning processes of the Japan/South Korea business. This will include strategic review planning, budgeting and forecasting and will require an excellent understanding of business drivers required to achieve business objectives (25%).
Identify, lead and drive innovation and change initiatives in the organization. Support the business and its functional stakeholders in the implementation and monitoring of business initiatives (10%).
【REQUIREMENTS】
10+ years post-qualification experience with at least two years in a senior commercial finance role. * Relevant industry experience advantageous, ideally in Medical Devices or Pharmaceuticals.
Experience working in (or with) Established/International markets.
Highly talented individual with the ability and willingness to progress to more senior Finance roles. Competences:
Ability to work across multiple initiatives simultaneously and process complex data to generate relevant insight.
Ability to use financial insight and business acumen to solve problems.
Ability to build strong relationships across the business and its functions.
Ability to drive business performance based on KPI and driver analysis.
Ability to perform complex analysis, modelling and valuations.