Senior Finance Business Partner AWC

Convatec Group PLC; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global medical solutions company is seeking a Finance Business Partner for their UK Advanced Wound Care team. The role involves delivering sustainable growth, strategic planning, and financial oversight for the business. Ideal candidates will have an MBA/CPA, at least 10 years of experience in finance leadership, and be proficient in SAP and financial strategy development. This position offers a chance to significantly impact the growth and efficiency of the business unit.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of post-qualification experience in a finance leadership role (Finance Director).
• Experience managing a $50-100m P&L in EU markets.
• Experience driving business turnarounds and developing growth strategies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sustainable and profitable growth for the UK AWC business.
• Support GM in development of long-term Strategic Plan and Annual Budgets.
• Identify performance gaps and drive course corrections.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Commercial acumen

Interpersonal skills

Analytical ability

Leadership

Education

MBA/CPA or similar qualification

Tools

SAP

Hyperion

Power BI

Job description

About Us

Pioneering trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch: Convatec is a global medical products and technologies company, focused on solutions for the management of chronic conditions, with leading positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, and infusion care. With around 10,000 colleagues, we provide our products and services in almost 100 countries, united by a promise to be forever caring.

Our solutions provide a range of benefits, from infection prevention and protection of at-risk skin, to improved patient outcomes and reduced care costs. Convatec's revenues in 2023 were over $2 billion. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index (LSE:CTEC).

We devise, develop and manufacture innovative products and services that support people with deeply personal and challenging medical conditions, helping to improve care for them and giving them greater confidence, freedom and mobility.

We are guided by our five core values, that shape the way we work, every day: Improve Care, Deliver Results, Grow Together, Own It and Do What's Right.

At Convatec, we're transforming our business for the better. Better products. Better ways of working. And better ways of delivering for our customers and each other. We're aiming for nothing short of excellence.

About the Role:

This is a key role within the European Finance team acting as a key business partner to the General Manager for UK Advanced Wound Care (AWC) while reporting to the Sr Director (Finance Business Partner) for AWC Europe.

You are the primary interface into Finance for the business teams, providing insights, identifying new opportunities and driving business performance as you support the long-term strategy for the business along with the General Manager for UK AWC.

Within Finance, you are the business advocate, focusing beyond the finance boundaries and leading on cross-functional collaboration. Key is the overt ownership of relationships with multiple stakeholders, consistently building executive confidence by showing yourself to be an expert in the relevant market.

Accountabilities:

You will be vital for delivering sustainable and profitable growth for the UK AWC business within Convatec. This would include supporting the leadership team on various growth, efficiency and transformation initiatives.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver sustainable and profitable growth for the business unit - Sales / EBIT / and Cash optimization along with the GM for UK AWC along with full P&L ownership / responsibility
• Partner the General Managers in the development of long-term Strategic Plan and Annual Budgets
• Lead the development and delivery of strategy translation into short, medium and long-term financial and non-financial targets and KPIs (EBIT, revenue growth, cash flow)
• Identify potential performance gaps and drive course correction through a balanced scorecard approach for the business
• Partner the supply chain team on developing a robust S&OP framework with the support from the commercial colleagues
• Drive strategic allocation of resources across channels and ways to improve commercial productivity
• Provide support on developing and tracking Investment initiatives and Product/Market launches. This includes development of business cases, and the post-event evaluation of investments
• Identify and utilize market and competitor insights from Sales Force Excellence teams within the BU decision making processes
• Develop frameworks/ models to ensure efficient and effective management of sales and marketing activity, including Advertising & Promotions, Salesforce Effectiveness, and Backorders/Issues
• As a senior representative in the finance function with deep knowledge of the business unit, support our finance function to grow together by sharing knowledge, with a particular focus on building commercial acumen within our FP&A team

Principal Contacts:

• UK General Manager for AWC
• UK Commercial Leadership team and European AWC and Finance team
• FP&A COE Lead, European Finance Controller, Tower Leads of Global Business Services

About You:

As a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit, you apply your strategic thinking skills and growth mindset to drive business turnaround and transformation, consistently challenging the status quo.

• You need to have an MBA/CPA or similar qualification with around 10-12 years of post-qualification experience including the leadership of the Finance function (Finance Director) of a multi-country commercial entity managing a $50-100m P&L within the EU markets.
• Commercial acumen / understanding of market drivers and dynamics in Europe/UK
• Demonstrated experience in leading and developing a team of Finance professionals
• Ideally should have demonstrated experience of driving business turnarounds, developed growth strategies and partnered Sales / Commercial Teams in driving return on marketing investments
• This experience should be ideally in a Pharma / MedTech, consumer environment in one of the key European markets
• Should have good interpersonal skills, analytical ability and have the gravitas of managing senior business stakeholders
• Working Knowledge of SAP / Hyperion / Power BI would be an added advantage
• Fluent in English. Knowledge of other European languages would be an added advantage but not essential

Convatec provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.