Senior Finance Business Partner AWC & OC

ConvaTec Group; United Kingdom; Remote; USD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to drive strategic initiatives and enhance business performance across the UK Advanced Wound Care and Ostomy Care sectors. This pivotal role involves collaborating closely with General Managers, leveraging financial insights to support decision-making, and ensuring the successful execution of long-term strategies. The ideal candidate will possess a strong finance background, including significant experience in managing P&L responsibilities, and will be a key advocate for finance within the business. Join a dynamic team committed to improving patient outcomes and driving innovation in the medical field.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years of post-qualification experience in finance leadership.
• Experience managing a $50-100m P&L in EU markets.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sustainable growth for the business unit with full P&L responsibility.
• Partner with General Managers to develop long-term strategic plans.

Skills

Strategic Thinking

Commercial Acumen

Analytical Ability

Interpersonal Skills

Education

MBA/CPA or similar qualification

Tools

SAP

Hyperion

Power BI

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner AWC & OC

Convatec Paddington, England, United Kingdom

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). To learn more about Convatec, please visit our website.

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) and UK Ostomy Care (OC) while reporting to 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 Managers for UK AWC and UK OC. Within Finance, you are the business advocate, focusing beyond the finance boundaries and leading on cross-functional collaboration.

Accountabilities:

• Deliver sustainable and profitable growth for the business unit – Sales / EBIT / and Cash optimization along with the GM for UK AWC and UK OC along with full P&L ownership / responsibility.
• Develop clear frameworks on patient modelling, lead indicators and competitive benchmarking for the Ostomy Care business.
• Partner the General Managers in 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 support from 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.
• 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 and OC
• UK Commercial Leadership team and European AWC and OC 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 foster a mindset of continuous improvement, translating strategies into actions and act as the 'go-to' Finance leader within Europe for the Business Unit.

• 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.
• 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.

Our products make a big difference every day. So will your contribution. The work you do will mean more, because it'll make things better for your team, our business or our customers' lives. It'll inspire you to deliver to your very best.

Equal opportunities:
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.