Global Finance Partner for Pharma Solutions

Croda Singapore; Plainsboro Township (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Croda's Pharma Solutions unit in Plainsboro, NJ is seeking a Global Finance Business Partner to lead global performance data, provide independent insight, and support strategic decisions across sales, margin, cash flow and capital investments.

The role partners with Pharma Solutions VP and site leadership, offering a centralized view to drive profitability and operational excellence in a multi-site, global context.

Qualifications

• Senior finance business partnering experience supporting strategic and operational decisions in a complex business.
• Strong FP&A capability across budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, reporting and scenario analysis.
• Strong financial-accounting and data understanding, with the ability to investigate complex movements and explain their business implications.
• Experience analyzing sales, margin, profitability, cash flow, working capital, costs and balance-sheet performance.
• Experience supporting manufacturing or site leadership with cost analysis, investment decisions and operational insight.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and coordinate across functions, sites and geographies without direct authority.
• Strong analytical and presentation capability for finance and non-finance audiences.
• Pharmaceuticals, life sciences, biotechnology, specialty ingredients or multi-site manufacturing experience is advantageous.
• SAP, enterprise financial data, dashboards, automation or analytics experience is advantageous.
• Capital-project governance, investment appraisal, technology-transfer finance or grant support is advantageous.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or a relevant discipline; CPA, CMA, ACA, ACCA, CGMA or equivalent qualification is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance global reporting for sales, margin and profitability.
• Lead monthly performance reviews that explain results, identify risks and opportunities, and establish actions.
• Improve visibility of product, portfolio, site and global profitability.
• Proactively review balance sheet, cash flow and working capital performance.
• Coordinate budgets, forecasts and long-range plans with clear understanding of assumptions and movements.
• Support sales management and forecasting processes.
• Advise on complex commercial contracts and associated finance and accounting implications.
• Analyze capacity, portfolio optimization and investment trade-offs across sites.
• Strengthen governance for capital projects, including investments of $1 million or more, technology transfers and grant applications.
• Integrate Alabaster performance, costs and investment decisions into the global view.

Skills

Finance partnering

FP&A

Financial analysis

Stakeholder influence

Dashboarding

Education

Bachelor’s in Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP

Excel

Tableau

Job description

Croda's Pharma Solutions unit in Plainsboro, NJ is seeking a Global Finance Business Partner to lead global performance data, provide independent insight, and support strategic decisions across sales, margin, cash flow and capital investments.

The role partners with Pharma Solutions VP and site leadership, offering a centralized view to drive profitability and operational excellence in a multi-site, global context.