Finance Business Partner - Commercial - EU, US & ROW

Clinigen is a rapidly growing global specialty pharmaceutical services business with a unique combination of services across the pharmaceutical lifecycle. We currently have over 1,000 employees headquartered in the UK with global offices in the US, EU (Belgium, Germany, France), Asia Pacific and South Africa.

The Role:
To support our growth, we are seeking a proactive and analytical minded Finance Business Partner who will report into our Director of FP&A. You will operate as a key member of Clinigen’s Group finance function and drive process change and business transformation whilst having access to the leadership team up to C-Suite.

You will play a pivotal role in business partnering with one of Clinigen’s commercial business units, EU, US & ROW region, leading and driving responsibility for ensuring the generation of budget, forecast, internal reporting, FP&A, divisional P&L, balance sheet reconciliation and cash flow forecasts, all performed to the highest quality and service standards.

You will be working within a close-knit team based onsite at our Burton-On-Trent office two days per week (typically Tuesday and Thursday).

Key Responsibilities:

• Take individual responsibility for delivering right first time, accurate, timely and relevant financial reports on a regular basis aligned to the Group finance timetable and allowing the business the information upon which to base decisions.
• Ensure governance and budgetary control across the BU.
• Manage the provision of the monthly management accounts and KPI reporting for relevant regions.
• Manage the budget and forecast process for relevant regions.
• Manage the consolidation of BU budget submissions.
• Manage the production of flash sales reporting process for the relevant regions.
• Maintain a clear and accurate balance sheet for relevant regions.
• Provide analytics for 3–5-year strategic plans for relevant regions.
• Develop clear objectives linked to the above which can be provided to the team as part of the finance strategy.
• Communicate effectively within the finance team assisting the team to operate at a high standard of efficiency.
• Drive reporting improvements aligned to the BU strategy.

Finance Leadership:

As a senior role in the wider Finance team, there is an expectation for this individual to take a proactive role in the Finance group to share best practice and set an example to the rest of the Finance group. This will include:

• Ensure effective communication of key messages to the team from across the Group.
• Recognize and celebrate success on a team and individual level.

Minimum Requirements:

• Fully qualified chartered accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Demonstrable experience in a similar position.
• Demonstrable business and commercial awareness.
• Experience of managing a senior budget holder.
• Ability to understand and communicate effectively to all Financial matters relating to the IFRS.
• Deliver highest level of customer service to the business as demonstrated by 360 feedback.
• Pharma or Life Sciences knowledge highly desirable.
• Advanced excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s and graph creation.
• Experience of Oracle and HFM platforms desirable but not essential.

Benefits:

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Discretionary Bonus.
• Pension contributions & Life Assurance scheme.
• Flexible Benefits Platform with £25/month Company contribution.
• Annual salary review.
• Independent financial advice service.
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme.
• Shopping discounts with retailers.
• Long service awards.
• Recognition scheme & employee of the year awards.

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