Overview
This role supports the Head of Finance for the EUCan Cluster by providing regional financial insights, performance management, and decision support across commercial operations in Canada, UK & Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal.
The position is flexible within the cluster and can be based in Italy, UK, Spain, France, or Portugal.
Responsibilities
Business Partnering & Decision Support
- Support the Head of Finance with financial analyses, insights, and recommendations for leadership and business discussions.
- Assess business performance trends and identify risks and opportunities.
- Develop executive presentations, briefing materials, and management reports to support decision-making.
Financial Planning, Forecasting & Reporting
- Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and outlook cycles across EUCan markets.
- Perform variance analyses and identify key drivers behind performance.
- Consolidate market inputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of financial information.
Performance & KPI Analysis
- Monitor and analyze financial and commercial KPIs across the region.
- Support the development of dashboards and management reporting tools.
- Identify emerging trends, risks, and opportunities to improve business performance.
Process Excellence & Data Management
- Maintain high-quality financial data, reporting models, and planning templates.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, including reporting automation and standardization.
- Coordinate planning timelines, submissions, and follow-up activities across markets and FP&A teams.
Stakeholder Management
- Partner closely with country Finance Business Partners, FP&A teams, Finance Operations, and Commercial stakeholders.
- Build strong cross-functional relationships to drive alignment and collaboration.
- Support the continued evolution of the Finance Business Partnering model by strengthening insights, storytelling, and business impact.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- Approximately 5+ years of experience across finance disciplines such as business partnering, financial planning & analysis, reporting, accounting operations, or related areas.
- Strong analytical and financial modeling skills, with the ability to translate data into business insights.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including experience preparing materials for senior leadership audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multiple countries and stakeholder groups.
- Fluent English required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience within the biopharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, or related industries.
- Experience with reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI.
- CPA, CA, ACCA, CIMA, or MBA qualification.
- Additional language skills in French, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese.
Compensation & Benefits
- Professional development opportunities and exposure to a broad range of finance and business partnering activities.
- Access to company benefits (details provided through the employer’s benefits information).
Location
- Flexible within the EUCan Cluster: Italy, UK, Spain, France, or Portugal.