Finance Business Partner, FTC - Speke, Liverpool

CSL Plasma; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company in Liverpool seeks a Manager, Finance Business Partner to provide financial insights and support operations. The ideal candidate should possess a degree in Accounting or Finance, have significant industry experience, and demonstrate strong analytical and leadership skills. This hybrid role requires collaboration across teams and ensures adherence to financial controls and policies.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years in industry finance role, preferably in pharma or manufacturing.
• Experience in managerial cost accounting.
• Experience in Business Partnering with manufacturing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides finance business partner support to operations and quality functions.
• Tracks financial progress of cost centers and projects.
• Owns the site inventory provision and write off process.

Skills

Financial expertise

Analytical skills

Leadership skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent

Tools

SAP (FI/CO)

PowerBI

MS Office (Excel)

Job description

The Opportunity

The Opportunity: Manager, Finance Business Partner, Fixed-Term Contract

Reporting to the Finance Director/Lead Finance Business Partner in Liverpool, you will provide finance business partner support to operations and quality functions on site. You will provide financial insights to support decision making to meet local operational demands and drive improved efficiencies.

You will also be the primary finance business partner to the Local Project Management Office (PMO) and the Site Investment Review Board (SIRB). You will partner with the business to prioritize projects and set financial budgets and forecasts, ensuring financial risks are appropriately identified and managed, and ensure financial performance is tracked and fully understood. You will assist with preparation of Business Cases, including cost estimates and ROI calculations, and support the development of financial models for project evaluation and conduct scenario analysis to assess financial implications of various project outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will be required to possess a combination of financial expertise, industry knowledge, strategic thinking, and leadership skills.

The Role

• Assists with financial target setting for respective areas of site through budget and quarterly forecast process, and reporting of outputs through clear, descriptive narratives
• Tracks financial progress of cost centers and projects throughout year. Look for opportunities to analyse variances and provide value added analysis for input into decision making
• Owns the site inventory provision and write off process in collaboration with Supply Chain
• Advises relevant department leaders on technical issues involving accounting and reporting
• Collaborate with project managers to develop and evaluate business cases and manage budgets for both Capital and OPEX projects
• Collaborate with Liverpool functional leaders and other Finance colleagues across CSL Seqirus and the CSL Enterprise
• Prepares monthly site capex reporting, including rolling forecast, for companywide consolidation
• Ensures sound financial controls are in place and adherence to all financial policies
• Audit support (internal & external)

Your Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor\'s degree in Accounting or Finance
• CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent
• Minimum of 5+ years in industry finance role, preferably in pharma/vaccine manufacturing (at least manufacturing)
• Experience in managerial cost accounting
• Experience in Business Partnering (manufacturing preferred)
• Experience with SAP (FI/CO), PowerBI and BW (Business Warehouse) reporting tools preferable
• MS Office at advanced level including MS Excel
• Excellent analytical skills, with a high focus on delivery of financial targets
• Exposure working in a Global environment.
• Ability to work well with tight deadlines and in a dynamic environment with multiple deliverables
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to interact with management at all levels

The role is based in Speke, Liverpool

Hybrid role: Office based 3-days a week

Our Benefits

CSL Seqirus is committed to attracting and retaining world-class employees who are valued for their contributions to achieving business objectives. Learn more about some of the benefits you can participate in when you join CSL Seqirus.

About CSL Seqirus

CSL Seqirus is part of CSL. As one of the largest influenza vaccine providers in the world, CSL Seqirus is a major contributor to the prevention of influenza globally and a transcontinental partner in pandemic preparedness. With state-of-the-art production facilities in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia, CSL Seqirus utilizes egg, cell and adjuvant technologies to offer a broad portfolio of differentiated influenza vaccines in more than 20 countries around the world.

We want Seqirus to reflect the world around us

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