Finance Director – Pharma – Life Science

Are you ready to take on a key role as Finance Director in a dedicated Nordic &

BeNeLux team within a global pharmaceutical company focused on innovation and

patient benefit?

The company is known for its warm, supportive, and collaborative culture. You’ll be part of a team of professional people who genuinely care for one another and enjoy working together. It’s a happy and inspiring environment where people thrive.


Description of the Role

The Finance Director coordinates financial planning, accounting management practices and relations with financial institutions and the Group through their individual responsibilities or those of their employees, ensuring compliance with Group procedures and regulations. They also are part of the Senior Leadership Team providing Strategic input & leading the Affiliate to sustainable profitability.


Mainly they will ensure:

• Supervision of the Finance team

• Support and involvement in the strategic operations of the company

• Management of the budget process, Plan, Budget and Reassessments

• Supporting the decision making and actions of budget holders and senior business leaders to increase revenue, reduce cost through managed risk taking.

• Delivers analytical support to the business in terms of sophisticated financial analysis and data modelling techniques.

• Ensuring the purchasing function delivers to a high standard, in full compliance with internal procedures

• Ensuring supply & logistics resources and processes follow EU and local legislations and guidelines (eg GDP Guidelines) in collaboration with GDP Responsible Person


Key Responsibilities & Decisions

• Management of Finance & Supply team and its activities

• Ensure that the regulatory requirements of all statutory bodies are met with regard to financial reporting and that all master data and transactions are in compliance with company policy (including J-Sox, IFRS ).

• Development of Affiliate Strategy with the Business areas

• Takes overall control of the company’s accounting policy and procedures, issuing written

policy documents.

• Accurate recording of inventory and cost of goods.

• Creatively challenge and shape decision making, embedding robust investment appraisal

techniques

• Investigate key variances from budget/forecast and predict future impact where overall targets for the year are concerned

• Publish monthly reports and commentary

• Investment appraisal

• High-quality financial guidance and advice & smooth efficient planning processes run and coordinated by the Finance Business Controller

• Oversees the monthly close process including all associated routine and judgemental journals, and publish reliable financial statements in accordance with routine deadlines:

• Flash and other Management Reporting

• Departmental expenses

• Balance sheet controls


Direct Reports

• Finance Business Controller

• Finance Accountant

• Logistics Manager

The Finance Director position is based at the Stockholm office


You will find the application below, and please contact Niklas Claesson for more information.