Senior Financial Controller

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Senior Financial Controller

Apply locations Milan, Italy time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R0025624

Job Description:

Ferring+You

The role contributes to the definition, development and management of a planning and management control system able to ensure the company achieves its business results, through the coordination of the budgeting process, the collection, assessment and analysis of results, and support to the interpretation and making of decisions. The role reports to the country Finance Director.

Your day at Ferring

Working in close collaboration with the country Finance organization and ensuring timely achievement of the below tasks:

Period end closing and reporting:
– Define Journal Entries
– Perform analytical review
– Perform Internal Controls

Inventory management and validation:
– Perform cost accounting and control

Financial budgeting and planning:
– Contribute to achieving financial ambitious goals and targets; and challenge budget of other departments and of other organizational units if applicable
– Forecast P&L and cash flow
– Perform budget process
Costing:

– Perform variance analysis

Management reporting and forecasting:
– Prepare period financial forecast
– Evaluate financial performance by advise and challenge the business with timely and proactive analyses, assessments of variances to the plans, financial impacts and risks; provide management information to other departments; inform timely on any unexpected issue impacting potentially the financial performance of the Country and Area, propose/implement corrective actions; identify areas of improvement in business and organization and propose implementation plan, monitor key ratios; identify & implement synergies across the country; propose efficiency improvement measures

Projects and improvements:
– Support HQ/Corporate Finance in the implementation of corporate Finance programs, processes or procedures which are to be locally applied.
– Contribute to performance management and drive continuous improvement initiatives e.g. propose standardized and coordinated use of financial information systems, identify and propose optimization measures

Compliance and integrity:
– Strict implementation and adherence to internal guidelines, instructions, processes and systems, local as well as global
– Strict adherence to the local fiscal and finance related regulations of the respective country
– Risk management: Inform relevant parties timely on potential issues, assess the risks and propose corrective measures

Collaboration:
– Collaborate with SDM’s to ensure smooth service delivery
– Collaborate with GPO to work on continuous process improvements
– Collaborate with BPO to ensure a smooth relationship and a seamless delivery of the in-scope finance activities

Finance strategy and business partnering:

– Advise and challenge business with timely and proactive analyses, assessments of variances to the plans, financial impacts and risks.

– Provide Management Information to other departments
– Inform timely on any unexpected issue impacting potentially the financial performance of the Country and Area.
– Propose/implement corrective actions.
– Identify areas of improvement in business and organization and propose implementation plan.
Monitor key ratios.

Finance Policy:
– Strict implementation of IFRS and internal guidelines across the entities (and others if applicable).
– Adherence to the local fiscal and finance related regulations of the respective country.
– Inform timely on potential issues, assess the risks and propose corrective measures.

Manage and process collections:
– Forecast collections

Behind our innovation…There’s you

• University master’s degree in finance or Economics
• 7- years’ experience in Finance and at least 2 years’ working experience as finance analyst in a multinational environment
• Demonstrated understanding of financial and accounting principles and processes
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams, on- and offshore
• An analytical mindset and be a self-starter, being able to see opportunities and solve problems independently
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, being able to work with both management and employees in the organization
• Presenting your views and being challenged
• Work independently with the ability to influence multiple stakeholders
• Ability to work in decentralized finance structure
• Ability to set long-term financial targets and sponsor performance improvement projects
• Professional business English (oral and written) as well as local language as required
• IFRS knowledge

People come first at Ferring

• Get inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone’s right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you love
• Our inclusive support package – “Building Families at Ferring” provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role
• Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents
• Extended support on family building journey

Making a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member’s contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it’s Ferring + You.

Behind our purpose… There’s you

If our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!

We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.

Location:

Ferring Italy

Posting

At Ferring, we believe in everyone’s right to a family and we commit to building families of every shape and size.

Millions of people around the world are unable to access the care, treatment and support they need to build a family. We want to change that.

We are addressing some of the greatest challenges in reproductive medicine and maternal health through our research and development programmes.

Learn more about our #FamilyProject Commitment

Building a Family against all odds

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As a leader in reproductive medicine and maternal health, Ferring commits to standing up for our patient communities, now and always.

Ferring Mission

Driven by its entrepreneurial spirit and enabled by a decentralised organisational setup, Ferring will harness its world-class competencies in science and business with other innovative technologies to create solutions for patients and doctors.
By developing an understanding of people’s needs, we will deliver personalised healthcare solutions, integrating pharmaceutical products with diagnostics, data, devices, education and support services to optimise health outcomes.

Ferring will be the world-leading, most trusted healthcare company in reproductive medicine and maternal health, and a leader in specialty areas within gastroenterology and urology. Each of us at Ferring will contribute to providing innovative solutions to help people live better lives. We will devote significant research and development investment to new therapeutics, life cycle management and next generation healthcare solutions.

As a privately owned, specialty healthcare company that operates globally, Ferring will grow revenues at a rate that is 50% faster than the industry average. We will strive for efficiencies in our business and create flexibility to invest in opportunities to build our future.

We are, and continue to be, part of a transparent and aligned company. We strive to best address the needs of patients, stakeholders and customers by collaborating across functions, experimenting and sharing our practices, and continuously learning. We are always guided by the Ferring Philosophy.

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