Finance Director, UCAN Pharma Growth & Strategy

Baxter Healthcare; Deerfield (IL); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

ESPP program

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20–35 days

Job summary

Baxter Healthcare is seeking a Finance Director, UCAN to provide financial leadership for the U.S. and Canada Pharmaceuticals and Clinical Nutrition businesses, guiding pricing, contracting, new product launches, and FP&A.

You will partner with marketing, sales, and operations to drive growth and profitability while ensuring regulatory compliance. You will lead a cross-functional team across regions, deliver the annual plan, and support investor communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• MBA and/or CPA preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive finance experience, including demonstrated ability to build and lead teams.
• Pharmaceuticals industry experience (leadership role) supporting commercial operations in a highly regulated environment, including pricing and contracting, new product launch financials, gross-to-net and margin analytics, with cross-functional partnership across Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, and Regulatory/Quality.
• Strong business insight and good judgment, with understanding of the relevant business environment.
• Ability to influence and drive consensus with diverse collaborators; proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of GAAP, tax, and legal accounting; acquisition accounting knowledge is a plus.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and shared service resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis and reporting of financial results, including trends and variances to budget, forecast, and prior year.
• Translate insights into clear management reporting to support day-to-day commercial execution.
• Provide proactive leadership for all operating forecast updates and deliver the annual operating plan (AOP) and strategic plan.
• Provide finance leadership for a significant pipeline of new product launches and business development initiatives over the next 2-3 years.
• Partner with Marketing Analytics to develop product models that forecast and optimize the price/volume relationship across the pharmaceutical portfolio to maintain or expand profitability.
• Lead financial analytics, modeling, and negotiation support for GPO, customer, tender, and vendor deals.
• Lead a cross-functional team to improve Canadian compounding profitability as part of a global initiative.
• Serve as liaison with the Accounting CoE on new commercial models that may require outstanding accounting treatment.
• Act as a key contact for Investor Relations and support development of external messaging for the U.S. market.
• Represent Finance on special task forces, cross-divisional teams, and working groups, including business development integration activities.
• Identify key business risks, perform risk assessments, and recommend mitigation plans.
• Drive compliance with internal controls, GAAP, SEC requirements, and Baxter financial policies and procedures across all related entities and operations.
• Develop and lead a high-performing, cross-region finance team with a strong focus on mentoring, development, and succession planning.
• Travel up to 25%.

Skills

Financial analysis

Performance mgmt

Data management

Interpersonal skills

Risk management

Leadership

Negotiation

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

MBA

CPA preferred

Job description

Baxter Healthcare is seeking a Finance Director, UCAN to provide financial leadership for the U.S. and Canada Pharmaceuticals and Clinical Nutrition businesses, guiding pricing, contracting, new product launches, and FP&A.

You will partner with marketing, sales, and operations to drive growth and profitability while ensuring regulatory compliance. You will lead a cross-functional team across regions, deliver the annual plan, and support investor communications.