Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Overview: Our Finance team brings together our financial perspectives into our overall strategic and tactical decision making. We use state-of-the-art techniques for financial analysis, planning, accounting, reporting and performance evaluation. This allows the organization to continue advancing medical innovation and improve lives. The Executive Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will be a key financial and strategic business partner supporting assigned divisional client organization in our Manufacturing and Research and Development Divisions. The incumbent will lead a team of finance professionals, responsible for forecasting and analytics, supporting both internal and external stakeholders, overseeing monthly close activities, and tracking of actuals. Primary ResponsibilitiesProvide financial and strategic support to client organization Serve as part of the leadership team of both client and divisional finance organization Partner on strategic as well as tactical fronts to manage the progression of the pipeline with due financial considerations Support the development of robust and realistic financial plans and help articulate those plans in clear and concise manner to the various stakeholders Provide financial support for the formulation and evaluation of capital investment proposals and to help prepare and present the business cases to the various governance bodies Develop and maintain strong relationship and partnership with counterparts across the enterprise to support integrated program views Collaborate seamlessly with various finance and business stakeholders to help advance business goals Have an enterprise mind-set and be able to articulate fully integrated costs and investment considerations and potential trade-offs Provide financial support to pipeline and supply chain and capacity decision making, with knowledge of key drivers to relevant governance committees Analyze and report actual financial results and discuss adjustments needed to the projected spend to stay aligned with the approved financial plans Understand operational productivity drivers of the business and to develop/maintain financial metrics to measure actual performance vs. what’s expected Oversee various critical financial processes and to take proactive steps to align with the evolving business needs and ensure that the processes run efficiently and effectively Ensure full compliance with the accounting requirements and maintain sound financial internal control environment Lead and/or participate in various special initiatives/projects Lead a team of talented professionals and provide guidance and leadership to the team on various business support aspects Help team members realize their full career aspirations and proactively seek ways to attract new talent EducationRequired: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance/Accounting, Science, or Engineering