Financial Manager EMEA M/F

STERIMED Infection Control; Boulogne-Billancourt; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

STERIMED Infection Control in Boulogne-Billancourt seeks a Senior Finance Controller to drive EMEA financial performance and act as trusted partner to site directors and regional management.

You will consolidate financials from multiple entities, analyze margins, support capex business cases, and coordinate regional finance across sites, ensuring reporting harmony. English fluency is mandatory and SAP experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Engineering.
• 8+ years in industrial controlling/financial controlling, multi-site preferred.
• Fluent English mandatory.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate monthly regional financial reporting for EMEA.
• Consolidate the financials of 10 entities in the region.
• Analyze margins by product, customer and site; monitor intercompany pricing.
• Lead harmonization of margin analysis methodology across region.
• Support business plan construction on large capex projects.
• Coordinate Finance team in EMEA and support site directors.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Excellent interpersonal and ""

Autonomy and self-drivenness

Stakeholder management

Education

Master's degree (Bac+5) in Finance, Accounting, Business or Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

With 1,700 employees on 3 continents, STERIMED is the world leader in sterilization packaging solutions for medical devices, a market with strong structural growth and high requirements (product quality, medical standards, etc.). Sterimed develops, produces, transforms and markets different types of solutions (bacterial barriers and pre-formed sterilization packaging) for both hospitals and medical device manufacturers.

Sterimed is characterized by a strong entrepreneurial DNA and has been very acquisitive for several years. Since its foundation in 2016, the group size has been multiplied by 5, and since 2021, 6 acquisitions have been made in Europe. This growth generates many synergy opportunities (commercial, industrial, product, purchasing, organizational etc.), which are coordinated at group level but carried out at site or field team level in a spirit of subsidiarity.

Sterimed has 14 production sites and 23 logistics and sales sites on 3 continents. 50% of sales are generated in EMEA region from 10 sites. The HQ offices are located in Boulogne Billancourt (92).

Missions:

Reporting directly to the group's EMEA Chief Operating Officer, with a dotted line to the Group CFO, you will steer the financial performance of the region and be the trusted finance partner to site directors and regional management. Your responsibilities will include:

• Financial reporting & margin analysis: coordinate monthly financial reporting for EMEA, consolidating the 10 entities’ financials from the region; analyze and provide insights on gaps vs budget and last year performance to help management take the right decisions and prioritize actions. Analysis includes price/volume variance, margin on direct costs by products & customers, Ebitda bridge vs Budget and LY, low margin customers/products, productivity, etc.
• Intercompany sales, pricing & margin monitoring: Manage transfer prices between regional entities in compliance with Group policy and help arbitrate on any financial issues between sites (costing, invoicing, working capital transfer, etc.),
• Margin harmonization & analysis: lead the harmonization of margin analysis methodology across the region and produce regular, comparable margin analysis by product, customer and site to support commercial and operational decisions.
• Support business plan construction on large capex projects – review assumptions and support project management with payback calculations.
• In collaboration with Site directors, coordinate the Finance team of the region – supporting their growth & development, managing gaps, advising on new hirings or organization changes.
• Support smaller sites that do not have dedicated controlling resources with their reporting needs.
• Coordinate EMEA budget preparation, consolidation and presentation; orchestrate the agenda, participate in the annual seminar giving guidelines & templates, review site budgets and consolidate/prepare the EMEA Finance part of the presentation.
• Contribute to the financial integration of each acquired entity in the region and support recently acquired entities on transversal issues in coordination with corporate teams level (insurance, credit limits, cash management, audits, tax reporting and controls, compliance, etc.).
• Work towards harmonization and consistency of methodology for reporting, cost accounting and indicators (gross margins, cost categorization); in particular, take an active role in SAP deployment on site to facilitate this harmonization.
• Assess costing of large NBOs (New Business Opportunities) when multiple sites are involved, to help make competitive quotes.
• Supervise cost benchmarks on products on request, to help improve and optimize operations and decide on product transfers, etc.
• Organize working capital reporting and optimization – analyze each component (Inventory, Receivables & Payables), report them monthly, and provide guidance to management on actions to take.
• Orchestrate cross-fertilization and exchange of finance best practices within the region.

Profile:

• Master's degree (Bac+5) in Finance, Accounting, Business or Engineering.
• A first experience of 8 years minimum in industrial controlling / financial controlling, ideally in a multi-site or multi-entity manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills, comfortable consolidating and interpreting financial data across multiple entities and currencies.
• Rigour and methodology, balanced with pragmatism and a hands-on approach.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to partner credibly with site directors and stakeholders across the region.
• Autonomy and self-drivenness, with the ability to manage several topics in parallel.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP or equivalent) is a plus, given the role's contribution to reporting harmonization.
• Fluent English is mandatory (many of the people you will be dealing with are non-French speakers).
• Experience in a multicultural / international environment is strongly advised, to illustrate your capacity to adapt to various cultures.

Workplace:

Boulogne-Billancourt (92), with regular travel expected to the different EMEA sites.

Sterimed is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for everyone. Please do not hesitate to let us know if any accommodations would help facilitate your participation in our recruitment process.