Senior Finance Business Partner (UK&IRE)

STERIS Canada Corporation; Basingstoke and Deane; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner in Basingstoke. This role focuses on financial planning and analysis for the UK and Ireland, driving business productivity and profit improvement. The ideal candidate has a strong background in finance management, preferably within the medical devices industry, and possesses excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of successful FPA management experience.
• Strong resolution, problem-solving, analytical skills, and business acumen.
• Experience managing finance professionals and processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial planning and analysis to support profit and productivity.
• Prepare and enhance management reporting and financial analysis.
• Lead annual strategic planning and budgeting processes.

Skills

FPA management

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Customer service orientation

Education

5-7 years of FPA management experience

Experience in manufacturing or medical devices industry

Tools

Excel

Cognos

Tableau

Longview

PowerPoint

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Senior Finance Business Partner (UK&IRE)

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

About you:

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you passionate about supporting the medical and pharmaceutical industries? Do you care about keeping patients and people safe? If so, then a career with Steris could be a great fit for you.

About Us:

At Steris, we are the technological leader in design, production, and supply of sterilization equipment and monitoring systems.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Manager- FP&A vacancy. This is an excellent opportunity to join the business at a skilled professional level.

Reporting to the EMEA Head of Business Finance, the Country FPA Sr Manager provides financial planning and analysis to support continued profit and productivity improvement for the HC business in the country. This role is a partner with BU & Commercial country leaders and Finance teams across all locations and functions through management and delivery of financial reporting and analysis initiatives.

This role is a key member of the EMEA Finance team and supports multiple functional areas. It involves leadership and contribution. All management reporting, forecasting, budgeting, strategy, initiatives, current and future state, is led by this team.

What is involved

• Consolidation and preparation of the Country monthly business review, monthly & quarterly forecasts, and Quarterly Business Review for all functional areas of the Country business.
• Analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue results, profit margins, and Opex for the Country by BU.
• Strengthen core financial planning and analysis functions and build strong relationships across country & multiple functional areas.
• Continuously improve the financial forecasting and budgeting process, with full ownership of the P&L, establishing a proactive vs. reactive forecast/budget process.
• Establish a standard and consistent approach across all country analytic and reporting procedures.
• Prepare and enhance all management reporting, including supporting monthly and quarterly business reviews.
• Monitor and report against orders, backlog, sales, profit, and cash against targets on a weekly/monthly basis.
• Update cost and expense trend reports, analyze variations, and ensure alignment with the forecast.
• Lead the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of all internal FP&A Reports.
• Drive all strategic planning processes, including establishing assumptions, modeling, consolidation, and presentations.
• Prepare ad-hoc financial analysis to support senior management decisions.
• Own the full P&L, including Revenue, Margin, and OPEX.
• Review all direct Sales and Marketing costs, overhead allocations, and General and Administrative expenses for timeliness and accuracy.
• Lead the annual strategic planning and budgeting processes, including assumptions, spreadsheet modeling, and analysis.
• Partner with the commercial team (operations and finance) to achieve sales objectives.
• Improve data reliability, especially around Product Lines Pricing/Sales/COGS.
• Align Commercial and FP&A activities in reporting, forecasting, and budgeting.
• Assist in creating and reviewing Business Unit capital expenditure requests.
• Manage Country Sales commissions calculations & rewards framework.
• Manage special projects as requested.

Financial and Internal Controls

• Support the monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial close processes in accordance with corporate policies.
• Responsible for SOX reporting, data gathering, and consolidation.
• Ensure revenue is recognized properly on all contracts per revenue recognition policies.

Other Key Responsibilities:

• Establish key relationships and support strategic planning, consolidation, and ad hoc analysis for EMEA FLT/Management and Country LT.
• Be an expert in Longview, Cognos, Tableau, Oracle applications; create a team of power users and reporting.
• Extract financial data from various systems as required.
• Oversee Country Working Capital reporting, KPI reporting, and department spending analysis.

Long-term strategic focus:

• Partner with Corporate & Division teams on reporting alignment and continuous improvement.
• Work on restructuring opportunities to improve profitability.
• Bring innovative ideas to enhance transparency and assess profits and growth.

Required Experience

• 5-7 years of successful FPA management experience, preferably in manufacturing or medical devices industry.
• Experience managing finance professionals and processes.
• 2-3 years developing metrics.
• Strong resolution, problem-solving, analytical skills, and business acumen.
• Manufacturing and Operations accounting knowledge preferred.
• Proficiency in Excel, Cognos, Tableau, Longview, and PowerPoint.

Skills

• Self-starter with excellent organizational, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail; capable of working independently and in teams; able to handle complex tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Customer service orientation.
• Ability to build relationships at all organizational levels.

STERIS plc provides employment and advancement opportunities without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender), sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic as defined by UK employment law. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities, with the goal of selecting the best candidate for each position.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services supporting patient care, emphasizing infection prevention. We help our customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences, and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, NYSE-listed company with approximately 18,000 employees and customers in over 100 countries.

STERIS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.