Director, FP&A

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JOB SUMMARY

The Director, FP&A is responsible for leading, coordinating and operationalizing weekly and quarterly financial processes as well as supporting the the quarterly global sales target setting process. This role will help West achieve its quarterly financial revenue targets which requires extensive coordination with the Global SIOE process and Executive leadership. To meet the revenue targets, this role will collaborate with multiple stakeholders including Executive leadership (CFO, COO, CCO) and coordinate the inputs with Global SIOE to assess the financial impact of decisions and escalations. Clear communication, critical thinking, team problem solving, decision making, and escalation management are core responsibilities of this role as well as presenting weekly to key members of the Executive leadership team. This role is site agnostic and global in nature.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate, and administer the weekly Global Executive Quarter End Close (QEC) process, including coordinating prework, preparing the content and presentations, facilitating weekly

meetings, capturing action items, and follow-up to ensure accountability and execution of decisions and escalations.

• Develops and ensures organizational adoption of Global Executive QEC operating and governance models as well as policies in close coordination with the Global SIOE process.

• Provide weekly updates to key Executives (CFO, COO, CCO, Market Unit and Operations leads) in QEC meetings outlining actual/projection versus target as well as facilitate discussion and

decision for escalated issues.

• Evaluate financial impact of escalated issues to provide adequate decision support for trade-off discussions in the QEC forum.

• Ensure the SIOE output is properly integrated into the QEC process to assure decisions are properly escalated, discussed, and decided/resolved in QEC with Executive involvement. Follow up on

actions to ensure timely resolution of issues.

• Document and communicate key actions and decisions to drive organizational alignment and execution with Global SIOE.

• Review the QEC and Financial Target setting process to ensure its alignment with contemporary best practices and is suitable for our dynamic business needs.Drives continuous improvement to
leverage automation and technology including using existing tools, dashboards, and analytical tools.

streamline the process and bring best practices to West’s QEC process. 

• Hold contributing personnel, including leadership, to account for agreed actions, mitigation of risk and realization of opportunities as identified in the QEC process. Escalate as appropriate.

• Support Global SAP S4 HANA implementation work where required.

• Performs other duties as assigned based on business needs.

 
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Education: 

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent experience required

 
Work Experienc e:

10-12 years of relevant work experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Finance Business Partnering, General Accounting, or other related areas in a global manufacturing/B2B environment required

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

KSAs Excellent technical and analytical skills in finance, forecasting, financial analysis, and budgeting. Understanding of business disciplines to develop, analyze and interpret financial data. Executive presence and experience presenting to senior leadership. Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment on a global basis. Strong influencing and change management skills. Present analyses and advocate recommended actions to a variety of audiences with self-confidence. Ability to multi-task, prioritize tasks, and drive projects to completion with tight timelines. Demonstrated ability to learn quickly when facing problems and ability to apply knowledge to new situations. Superior verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to interact with all levels of the organization, including Executive leadership. Strong work ethic and integrity to handle confidential/sensitive information. Ability to make recommendations and decisions independently. Experience using tools and systems such as SAP HANA, Hyperion, PowerBI, SAP BI, Microsoft Office products etc. Ability to lead teams and build effective working relationships both internally and externally. Strong presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills. Self-starter and results oriented independent worker. Able to be aware of all relevant standard operating procedures as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description Support and contribute to Lean Sigma programs and activities towards delivery of the set target. Ability to comply with the company’s safety and quality policy at all times.

 
Licenses and Certifications

MBA, CMA and/or CPA preferred

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Travel Requirements

10%: Up to 26 business days per year

 
Physical Requirements

Sedentary exerting up to 10lbs/4kgs of force occasionally, and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to life, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Additional Requirements

• Use written and oral communication skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills must be coupled with public speaking, quick decision making.
• Organizational skills will enable planning, prioritization & achievement of goals especially of importance for the successful execution of related activities
• Position operates in a professional office environment. May stand or sit for extended periods of time
• Read and interpret data, information and documents
• Must maintain the ability to work well with others in a variety of situations
• Must be able to multi-task, work under time constraints, problem solve, and prioritize
• Ability to make independent and sound judgments
• Observe and interpret situations, analyze and solve problems
• Able to routinely use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines

The job description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified and shall not necessarily be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job. West Pharmaceutical Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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