Finance and supply chain director

Job Description:

Key responsibilities:

• Integrity of financial data and compliance:

-Ensure strict implementation of IFRS and internal guidelines across the M&S entities (and others if applicable).

-Ensure adherence to the local fiscal and finance related regulations of the respective country.

-Inform Regional or Area Controller / Group Finance timely on potential issues, assess the risks and propose corrective measures

• Protection of Group assets:

-Identify and assess opportunities and risks at country level, in line with the guidelines of the Group (Risk monitoring).

-Recommend and/or implement pro-actively risk mitigation measures, e.g. financial terms of the commercial contracts, factoring schemes.

-Implement Internal Control Systems guidelines

-Propose and implement measures to optimize leverage

-Implement Group instructions related to financial commitments and/or transactions (e.g. double signatures on financial commitments to 3rd party) and review contracts with financial commitments

• Treasury tasks:

-Implement Group Treasury guidelines

-Implement and manage bank relation in line with Group Treasury guidelines and instructions.

-Monitor and manage cash flow effectively

-Identify and propose optimization measures

• Tax management:

-Implement Group Tax guidelines

-Monitor transfer prices and inform/propose potential adjustments to Group tax

• Controlling - Financial performance assessment:

-Advise and challenge the General Manager with timely and proactive analyses, assessments of variances to the plans, financial impacts and risks.

-Provide Management Information to other departments

-Inform timely General Manager and Area Controller on any unexpected issue impacting potentially the financial performance of the Country and Area.

Propose / implement corrective actions

Identify areas of improvement in business and organization and propose implementation plan.

Monitor key ratios

• Planning and Budgeting processes:

-Set ambitious objectives to the Finance department

-Challenge budget of other departments (M&S) and of other organizational units if applicable (e.g. R&D) -Ensure optimal processes for all planning and budgeting activities across the country

• Management Information Systems & Reporting:

-Ensure the implementation and efficient use of the Management Information Systems and performance measures defined by the Group across the Area(e.g. Dashboards, Group Performance Indicators, Volume-Price reports, Product Group profitability)

-Ensure timely and accurate financial reporting across the country

-Ensure - propose standardized and coordinated use of financial information systems.

Implement information systems to monitor business performance in line with Group standards

Propose additional reporting requirements in case of deficiencies

• Supervise supply chain and logistic person ensuring adequate supply level and collaborate with SNO regional team to facilitate the flow of relevant information

• Performing Finance organization:

-Identify & implement synergies across the country (M&S and others)

-Propose efficiency improvement measures

-Fix and assess objectives of the Finance organization in the country.

-Motivate staff and ensure optimal training across the Finance organization.

Required Experience & Competences:

• Bachelors degree in business, finance, accounting or equivalent

• CPA or CA certification required

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Finance and Controlling at senior level positions Experience in a multinational healthcare company would be advantageous

• Strong understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and the Australia & New Zealand healthcare landscape.

• Proven experience in leading and developing to high-performing organization.

• Excellent English communication skills (both verbal and written).

• Ability to engage with key stakeholders.

• Team building capabilities

• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Location:

Ferring Korea