Strategic FP&A Ops Lead, Americas (Manufacturing)

1482 Opella Healthcare Colombia S.A.S.; Bogotá; On-site; COP 283,224,000 - 409,101,000; Full time

Job summary

Opella is seeking an FP&A Ops Lead for M&S Americas to lead capital and operating expenditure financial operations across manufacturing sites in the Americas. Reporting to Head of FP&A Operations Americas, you will strengthen forecasting, governance and reporting while partnering with site controllers, finance partners and manufacturing teams to drive efficiency.

You will lead monthly closings, budgets, rolling forecasts, and investment governance, build dashboards, develop analytical tools, and

Qualifications

• Experience in finance, controlling, planning and analysis, cost accounting or manufacturing finance.
• Strong understanding of CAPEX accounting, fixed assets, budgeting and governance.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; SAP knowledge; TM1 forecasting.
• Power BI or Power Query for reporting and analytics.
• Analytical, business partnering, and stakeholder management with clear communication.
• Bachelor’s degree as listed.
• Fluent English and Spanish; Portuguese or French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly closing activities for manufacturing expenses and capital investments, including variance analysis, accruals, provisions, prepaid expenses, capitalization and related balance sheet reviews.
• Lead budget, forecast and rolling forecast cycles for capital and operating expenditure, consolidating assumptions and validating spending plans with site finance partners.
• Build and maintain forecasts, identify financial risks and opportunities, and support long-range planning and scenario analysis for manufacturing investments and cost optimization.
• Oversee capital investment governance by monitoring project execution, approved budgets, timelines, capitalization milestones, financial performance and return-on-investment indicators.
• Partner with Manufacturing Site Controllers and cross-functional teams across the Americas, providing actionable insights, challenging assumptions and supporting investment and expense reviews.
• Prepare management reporting and industrial performance analysis, ensuring consistent and reliable data across financial systems and reporting tools.
• Develop dashboards and analytical tools while advancing process standardization, automation, simplification, data governance and continuous improvement across the region.

Skills

Finance experience

Controlling

FP&A

Cost accounting

Manufacturing finance

SAP

Excel

PowerPoint

Power BI

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance / accounting or related field

Tools

TM1

Power Query

Job description

Opella is seeking an FP&A Ops Lead for M&S Americas to lead capital and operating expenditure financial operations across manufacturing sites in the Americas. Reporting to Head of FP&A Operations Americas, you will strengthen forecasting, governance and reporting while partnering with site controllers, finance partners and manufacturing teams to drive efficiency.

You will lead monthly closings, budgets, rolling forecasts, and investment governance, build dashboards, develop analytical tools, and